The Pros And Cons Of Vaccines

All along the history of the humanity, humans have had to deal with many diseases, some of them were very brutal that killed thousands of hundreds of people. People tried a lot of remedies to cure those diseases, but sometimes it wasn’t enough, they tried inoculation which referred to the subcutaneous instillation of the virus into no immune individuals. It was until the 18th century in 1796 when Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine to fight smallpox. From then to now many vaccines have been developed to prevent illnesses that cause millions of deaths. When we talk about vaccines the first thing that comes to our minds is needles and the pain that they produce, plus the fear that we have when the nurse or the doctor are ready to apply them. Despite our fears, many parents take their kids to the clinic to get their vaccines, while some other parents refuse to vaccinate their children. Here we face two different opinions the people who think that vaccination is good for the health of our children and the ones that are against vaccination. As everything in life we have pros and cons, but also we have stronger beliefs than just pros and cons which are cultural and religious. …show more content…
For example, the chickenpox vaccine contains chickenpox virus, but the antigens in the vaccines are dead or weakened to the point that they do not cause disease. However, they are strong enough to cause the immune system to produce antibodies that lead to immunity and attack the antigen. In other words, a vaccine is a safer substitute for a child 's first exposure to a disease. We can conclude that the child receives protection without having to get sick through vaccination, since children to be vaccinated develop immunity without suffering from real