Children all over the world are being punished by parents who refuse to vaccinate them. They are being punished by diseases such as Polio, Small Pox, and Measles. These diseases are the cause of millions of children throughout time being maimed, crippled, and killed. We have seen the outcome of some of these illnesses in such people as Franklin D. Roosevelt who contracted polio and lost the use of both of his legs. Diseases such as these have no place in the modern world where they are easily preventable. A common misconception of these diseases is that since they have been nearly eradicated, that they no longer stand a threat. Just because a disease has almost been eradicated does not mean it can be dismissed. This is an ongoing fight that
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Whereas if someone used their natural immunity to fight against a disease they would be better off. Many doctors agree that natural immunity is much more effective than vaccines because after the one time illness the body can defend against that illness from then on. However, with vaccinations it can take up to ten doses of the vaccination before you become totally immune to a disease.
The last point I would like to mention in this section is that diseases that we treat with vaccinations have all but disappeared in today’s society. You don’t hear of anyone getting the measles or the mumps anymore. No one gets polio these days. Even if someone did come down with the measles, with today’s medicine it isn’t a serious illness. Everyone gets chicken pox at least once in their lifetime. Rubella can be treated with acetaminophen. We can treat these diseases without the use of vaccines, making vaccines less …show more content…
According to Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN and practicing neurosurgeon, "you are 100 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to have a serious allergic reaction to the vaccine that protects you against measles." Ellen Clayton, MD, JD, Professor of Pediatrics and Law at Vanderbilt Law School and co-author of the 2011 IOM report "Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines," summarized the findings of her reports, "The MMR vaccine does not cause autism… The MMR and DTaP do not cause Type 1 diabetes. And the killed flu vaccine does not cause Bell’s palsy, and it does not trigger episodes of
Whereas if someone used their natural immunity to fight against a disease they would be better off. Many doctors agree that natural immunity is much more effective than vaccines because after the one time illness the body can defend against that illness from then on. However, with vaccinations it can take up to ten doses of the vaccination before you become totally immune to a disease.
The last point I would like to mention in this section is that diseases that we treat with vaccinations have all but disappeared in today’s society. You don’t hear of anyone getting the measles or the mumps anymore. No one gets polio these days. Even if someone did come down with the measles, with today’s medicine it isn’t a serious illness. Everyone gets chicken pox at least once in their lifetime. Rubella can be treated with acetaminophen. We can treat these diseases without the use of vaccines, making vaccines less …show more content…
According to Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN and practicing neurosurgeon, "you are 100 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to have a serious allergic reaction to the vaccine that protects you against measles." Ellen Clayton, MD, JD, Professor of Pediatrics and Law at Vanderbilt Law School and co-author of the 2011 IOM report "Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines," summarized the findings of her reports, "The MMR vaccine does not cause autism… The MMR and DTaP do not cause Type 1 diabetes. And the killed flu vaccine does not cause Bell’s palsy, and it does not trigger episodes of