In my research paper, I will be addressing the controversies that surround vaccinating children. I believe that children should be vaccinated on the referred schedule by public health organizations and pediatricians. Vaccinations have major impacts on health of individuals and the low rates of disease outbreaks. Since the early 2000s parents have started questioning the efficiency and benefits of vaccinations. Some believe it can lead to certain disabilities such as autism, delayed development, and mental retardation. Other parents believe that the scheduling of vaccines close together impact the health of their child and see it as unsafe.
Vaccines are meant to trick the body into believing they have already had the disease and then create antibodies that later help prevent contracting the disease. When enough people have vaccines, it contributes to a herd immunity, which can prevent widespread outbreaks and make it safer for people who are unable to vaccinate. Since the publication of Andrew Wakefield’s article on the relationship between the MMR vaccine and …show more content…
Many parents believe that their children are receiving too many vaccines at one time. They believe this can be potentially dangerous to the child's immune system because it is not fully matured at the time of injections. They also believe that it can lead to adverse effects but the CDC claims that it is rare for child to side effects to vaccines unless they are allergic. As a result, parents refuse vaccines and believe their child can develop a natural immunity, but they forget that these deadly diseases can kill people. Also, the infectious diseases have been almost extinct over the past sixty years so they have never lived through the horrors of deadly epidemics because of vaccines. Parents need to consider the benefits of vaccines because the advantages can outweigh the risk of contracting a deadly
Vaccines are meant to trick the body into believing they have already had the disease and then create antibodies that later help prevent contracting the disease. When enough people have vaccines, it contributes to a herd immunity, which can prevent widespread outbreaks and make it safer for people who are unable to vaccinate. Since the publication of Andrew Wakefield’s article on the relationship between the MMR vaccine and …show more content…
Many parents believe that their children are receiving too many vaccines at one time. They believe this can be potentially dangerous to the child's immune system because it is not fully matured at the time of injections. They also believe that it can lead to adverse effects but the CDC claims that it is rare for child to side effects to vaccines unless they are allergic. As a result, parents refuse vaccines and believe their child can develop a natural immunity, but they forget that these deadly diseases can kill people. Also, the infectious diseases have been almost extinct over the past sixty years so they have never lived through the horrors of deadly epidemics because of vaccines. Parents need to consider the benefits of vaccines because the advantages can outweigh the risk of contracting a deadly