Vaccination Pros And Cons Essay

For many years following the publication of a 1998 article in the Lanclet, vaccinations have been widely feared. The infamous study was the first study to be released connecting vaccines (the MMR vaccine to be exact) and autism. However, the study was released with miniscule merit and evidence, because the study was undertaken, which means that the study was based solely on a smaller sample than necessary to conclude what the doctor did. Furthermore, many soon-to-be parents and new parents have taken matters in to their own hands to unknowingly educate themselves and others based on false evidence. Therefore, contrary to popular belief, vaccinations do more to promote the well-being of America than harm. The doctor’s name was Andrew Wakefield. His article published in the Lancet skyrocketed in the media so vastly that not only American vaccination rates …show more content…
Small pox was eradicated, which goes to show that vaccinations do work if the majority of people go out and get the vaccination. Power in numbers is a prevalent factor in eradicating diseases, and by the time small pox was eradicated the majority of people had gotten the vaccination. Another case of ‘herd immunity’ and the benefits of having a majority of the herd immune until the last of those who are in immune become immune. Take measles for example; the vaccine for measles prior to the 2000s had only been used by sixteen percent of people around the world. Measles was written as the cause of death on around two hundred and fifty million death certificates. However, after the 2000s when seventy-two percent of children were vaccinated, the number of deaths dropped by millions. Therefore, if children continually are getting vaccinated at a steady rate of the next few years, it is quite possible that the measles will be eradicated from the world. This goes to show in whole that vaccinations do help, and they can alter the future of the human