Human Immune System: The Salk Vaccine

Over the years several studies have been done throughout time to support vaccines are beneficial to a human immune system and essential to the public’s health; by preventing outbreaks, decreasing the spread of diseases and researching better ways to help our immune system. In the eighteenth century, many disease surface and the development of vaccines started. This virus mainly affects children who are younger than five, those who contract it will be left paralyzed and will die. Researchers started studying the disease trying to develop an effective vaccine. The first successful vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk, first tested in 1952, and announced to the world by Salk on April 12, 1955. The Salk vaccine, or inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), consists of an injected dose of killed poliovirus and the body will produce antibodies against polio. Right after many vaccines were produced and distributed to the public. With everyone vaccinated it …show more content…
In the twenty first century is rare to hear about the diseases that were once a threat to human population and still having to be vaccinated against them. The reason behind this is to prevent an outbreak of the disease despite the fact we have been vaccinated against it we still need to be immune to it. Parents now question if it necessary to vaccinate their children now since the diseases are not around anymore. This can cause more harm than good ; recently parents stop vaccinating their children due to the misconceptions of children being diagnosed with autism or other disease/disorder. It all begun when a physician claimed that measles, mumps, and rubella affected children, and caused autism. Today it is clear that vaccines and autism are not linked together. “It builds on the overwhelming body of