Like any medications, vaccines can cause some side effects too. Most of them are very minor and minimal. Some side effects that are commonly seen are headaches, pain at the injection site, and redness at the injection site. Side effects are different than adverse reactions. Adverse reactions are an injury that is caused by taking a medication or a vaccine. Adverse reactions for vaccines are minimal, unless the person has an allergy to any component in the vaccination. Since the early 2000’s …show more content…
To eradicate means to remove or destroy. “If a particular disease is eliminated worldwide, it is considered eradicated.” ("Disease Eradication — History of Vaccines," n.d.) Currently smallpox is the only disease that is considered “eradicated” but there are many other diseases like malaria and polio that are close to eradication. At one point smallpox had killed up to 35% of its victims and left the survivors scarred or blind. One of the main reasons that smallpox is eradicated is from the investigation of new cases and vigilance of making sure that people go the smallpox vaccination. The World Health Organization suggests that there are many more diseases that are on their way to eradication because of tactics that were used to help the smallpox epidemic come to a