To begin with, according to CDC, in the olden days, before vaccines were made, diseases like whooping cough, polio, measles, and rubella hit a lot of infants, children and adults in the U.S. This resulted in a huge number of people dyeing every year from the diseases, however, most doctors have never seen a case of measles recently. As vaccines were developed and became used widely, these diseases rates have been attenuated and almost gone from our country. Furthermore, more than 15,000 Americans died from diphtheria in 1921, before there was a vaccine. Only one case of diphtheria has been reported to CDC since 2004. Also, an epidemic of rubella which is German measles in 1964-65 infected 12½ million Americans, killed 2,000 …show more content…
For instance, was the case in 2013, several measles outbreaks occurred around the US, including huge incidences in New York City, and Texas. The outbreaks were mainly among groups with low vaccination rates. If vaccination rates fell to low levels nationally, diseases could become as common as they were before vaccines. The diseases rates are low in the US right now but has not been disappeared around the world. So, if we let ourselves become vulnerable by not vaccinating our kids, all the under controlled diseases will come back through travelers from outside