Why Is Vaccine Safety Important

Vaccine Safety A mother with a 5 month old daughter had gotten her daughter 8 vaccines due to a doctor’s request. Two days later, her daughter had a seizure and the doctor said it was probably from a fever, although she never had a fever. He also stated that the seizure shouldn’t happen again. She had another seizure one day later and the doctor said the same thing again. The daughter was free of seizures for a little while. Since the seizures disappeared her mother took her to get more vaccines and the seizures had returned afterwards. Vaccines have been a go to for many people, for vaccines have been known to prevent disease and illness. Vaccines are considered to be dangerous because there are many concerns on vaccine safety, some are linked to other diseases, and there are potentially dangerous side effects and injuries involved. …show more content…
According to Beverly Ballarlo and Nancy Sprague, “Controversies over vaccine safety have raged for as long as vaccines have existed.” Vaccine safety has been a concern since the beginning of vaccines many years ago. Ballarlo and Sprague also state that, “vaccines may cause serious side effects or even prove fatal.” There are many side effects involved with vaccines that many people don’t know about. Also, many people don’t know that vaccines can actually be fatal. Finally Ballarlo and Sprague state that, “many of the vaccines have been linked to other health concerns.” There are so many different health concerns involved with vaccines that people should be aware of. Safety is something that should be taken