With today 's medicines and doctors, there always seems to be a way to cure someone 's virus or disease. We live in a society where keeping your children healthy and attending regular doctors appointments for vaccines are the norm. Some parents are choosing not to do so. 1 in 20 children are not being vaccinated and it is causing many issues within cities and especially school systems. Some schools will not even allow the students in for the lack of vaccines stipulated for attendance (Gavett). This poses many health threats to all generations. The effects of not vaccinating children at a young age can be not only detrimental to their health, but also fatal.
In 1976, Edward Jenner created the first vaccine, and it was a cure for smallpox. After that hundreds of vaccines were created so that people could be saved from preventable diseases. So, what is a vaccine? “A vaccine is a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but can also be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose” (Immunization: The Basics). Vaccines were created to help save the world from …show more content…
Before immunization nearly everyone in the United States got measles, about 3 to 4 million cases each year were reported. Then, with the introduction of vaccines, there were fewer cases and only 450 deaths a year between 1953 and 1963. In another case, the immunization for rubella was issued in 1964 to 1965, during an epidemic. This was a dire time, there were 2,100 neonatal deaths and 11,250 miscarriages in one year. Of the 20,000 children affected, 11,600 were deaf, 3,580 were blind, and 1,800 were mentally handicapped (What Happens When We Don’t
In 1976, Edward Jenner created the first vaccine, and it was a cure for smallpox. After that hundreds of vaccines were created so that people could be saved from preventable diseases. So, what is a vaccine? “A vaccine is a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but can also be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose” (Immunization: The Basics). Vaccines were created to help save the world from …show more content…
Before immunization nearly everyone in the United States got measles, about 3 to 4 million cases each year were reported. Then, with the introduction of vaccines, there were fewer cases and only 450 deaths a year between 1953 and 1963. In another case, the immunization for rubella was issued in 1964 to 1965, during an epidemic. This was a dire time, there were 2,100 neonatal deaths and 11,250 miscarriages in one year. Of the 20,000 children affected, 11,600 were deaf, 3,580 were blind, and 1,800 were mentally handicapped (What Happens When We Don’t