New Childhood Vaccines Pros And Cons Essay

In today’s medically advanced society, all people should have access to a lifetime of good health and well-being. Some may say that in developed nations we are working towards this goal – after all, many previously deadly and debilitating childhood diseases have almost been eradicated. However, in lieu of these past threats are new developments of childhood disorders that have increased at astounding rates, and to which no cause has been identified. This flux in new childhood syndromes mirror the timeline of the CDC’s more aggressive vaccine schedules for children ages 0-6 years. This schedule calls for a total of 48 doses of 14 vaccines, which is more than triple the recommendations made in 1953, and more than double the amount given in 1983 (NVIC). While these vaccine schedules are merely recommendations, most public schools will not allow children to attend who do not have proper vaccinations records. Concerned parents become lodged between a rock and a hard place, stripped of their right to advocate for what they feel is in the best interest of their child. Because the safety of vaccines cannot be definitively proven, a parent should have the right to withhold vaccines from their school aged children without their child …show more content…
Vaccines have been scientifically linked to developmental disorders, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Autism, and Alzheimer’s- which are diseases widely reported to have no “official” known cause (Edwards). The primary cause of concern are the preservatives used in the vaccines, which contain thiol-mercury compounds, thimerosal, or aluminum, which are toxic and some people cannot excrete from their systems (Edwards). Statistically speaking, these increases in developmental disorders are largely notable. For example, in 1992, 1 child in 500 developed autism, however in 2013 after the CDC’s recommended vaccine dosages doubled, 1 child in 50 developed autism