ines are widely considered to be one of the greatest advancements in the history of public health. Despite that some of diseases that were once considered eradicated are back and on the rise. There are widespread misconceptions about vaccinations and their effects. These misconceptions have caused many people to fear vaccines and stop getting vaccinated all together. It has gotten to a point where peoples individual and personal beliefs are becoming stronger than scientific proof. Despite evidence proving the effectiveness vaccines not all people who should be vaccinated are, creating a hazardous public health environment putting many at risk.
The story behind vaccinations first begins with a long history of epidemics, fear, and death. Smallpox, polio, yellow fever, diphtheria, and measles have all plagued the human population for centuries. These diseases caused the deaths of thousands. There is evidence that polio has even existed all the way back to the ancient Egyptians in 1400 BCE (“History of Vaccines”). But, during the 1950’s this all changed; vaccines created a cure for these once threatening diseases. …show more content…
There seems to be a miscommunication in medical language and the general public. Certain signifiers exist in scientific language because it is impossible to say anything with one hundred percent certainty (Mooney). When a study says “based on what we now know; to the best of our scientific knowledge and research there is not a link between autism and the MMR vaccine.” The media often misconstrues our manipulates a medical professionals words so it seems that something else is being said such as there could be a link but we are not sure. It is these miscommunication that have surrounded vaccines with so many stigmas and fears that they do not
The story behind vaccinations first begins with a long history of epidemics, fear, and death. Smallpox, polio, yellow fever, diphtheria, and measles have all plagued the human population for centuries. These diseases caused the deaths of thousands. There is evidence that polio has even existed all the way back to the ancient Egyptians in 1400 BCE (“History of Vaccines”). But, during the 1950’s this all changed; vaccines created a cure for these once threatening diseases. …show more content…
There seems to be a miscommunication in medical language and the general public. Certain signifiers exist in scientific language because it is impossible to say anything with one hundred percent certainty (Mooney). When a study says “based on what we now know; to the best of our scientific knowledge and research there is not a link between autism and the MMR vaccine.” The media often misconstrues our manipulates a medical professionals words so it seems that something else is being said such as there could be a link but we are not sure. It is these miscommunication that have surrounded vaccines with so many stigmas and fears that they do not