Vaccines are one of the greatest medical achievements in the history. Diseases like smallpox, polio, and whooping cough where once common and now are rarely seen. Vaccinations stop the spread of disease and should be mandatory.
Smallpox is a disease caused by the varoil virus. The most common is a rash that covers the face arms and legs that will soon turn to blisters. In severe cases blisters form around the eyelids and cause blindness. According to the World Health Organization smallpox has a mortality rate of 30%.
In 1796 Edward Jenner developed the first smallpox vaccine using the cowpox virus. Cowpox is a disease similar to smallpox but much less severe. Jenner used pus from the hands of a milkmaid infected with cowpox to inoculate …show more content…
It can be particularly dangerous for infants you cannot receive the vaccine until 6 months of age. Infants rely on herd immunity until they're old enough to be vaccinated. In October 2010 the California Department of Public Health announced a whooping cough outbreak. By December the outbreak had killed 10, all of which were infants under 3 months old. Michael Sicilia, a spokesman for the California Department of Public Health says, " This is a preventable disease." but some parents still choose not to vaccinate their children because of skepticism over one of the ingredients.
Controversy over Thimersol has led many parents to delay or skip vaccinating their children. Parents fear there may be a casual link between Thimersol and autism based on a research paper written by former Dr. Andrew Wakefield. The research paper has since been proven fraudulent. According to the CDC, in 2003 nine CDC funded studies have found no link between Thimersol and ASD.(cdc) And in 2001 Thimersol was removed from all the childhood vaccines.
There has been no credible evidence to support the link between vaccinations and autism. in fact, autism support groups everywhere encourage parents to vaccinate their children.(autism
Smallpox is a disease caused by the varoil virus. The most common is a rash that covers the face arms and legs that will soon turn to blisters. In severe cases blisters form around the eyelids and cause blindness. According to the World Health Organization smallpox has a mortality rate of 30%.
In 1796 Edward Jenner developed the first smallpox vaccine using the cowpox virus. Cowpox is a disease similar to smallpox but much less severe. Jenner used pus from the hands of a milkmaid infected with cowpox to inoculate …show more content…
It can be particularly dangerous for infants you cannot receive the vaccine until 6 months of age. Infants rely on herd immunity until they're old enough to be vaccinated. In October 2010 the California Department of Public Health announced a whooping cough outbreak. By December the outbreak had killed 10, all of which were infants under 3 months old. Michael Sicilia, a spokesman for the California Department of Public Health says, " This is a preventable disease." but some parents still choose not to vaccinate their children because of skepticism over one of the ingredients.
Controversy over Thimersol has led many parents to delay or skip vaccinating their children. Parents fear there may be a casual link between Thimersol and autism based on a research paper written by former Dr. Andrew Wakefield. The research paper has since been proven fraudulent. According to the CDC, in 2003 nine CDC funded studies have found no link between Thimersol and ASD.(cdc) And in 2001 Thimersol was removed from all the childhood vaccines.
There has been no credible evidence to support the link between vaccinations and autism. in fact, autism support groups everywhere encourage parents to vaccinate their children.(autism