The human immune system is one of the most incredible, yet most complex, systems in the human body. Entire college courses are based solely on the body’s immune system due to its complexity and importance. The immune system is the body’s defense structure against viral and bacterial infections. It can communicate with the rest of the body, cause inflammation, activate cells, produce antibodies, kill infected cells, mark and disable pathogens, as well as remember pathogens for the future. (Chaplin)
After a pathogen has entered the body, it does all it can to fight it off. During this complicated process the body has the ability to remember what this certain type of pathogen looks like. If this same …show more content…
This belief started in 1998, after a British physician claimed he had found evidence that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine was linked to autism. This possibility has been thoroughly explored and no study since then has found a link between vaccines and autism. The original study from 1998 has been withdrawn by the UK medical journal that originally published it. () It is possible that this belief has still held it ground today because there is still no known cause of autism and concerned parents of children who suffer from autism are looking for something to blame. The parents of children with autism don’t want to be blamed for their childs ailment, and they are scared and confused. They just want something to point their finger at, so to speak. Also, they recently broadened the ‘autism spectrum,’ so they have been diagnosing more and more kids with lesser symptoms with autism. This rise in the number of children diagnosed with autism and the rise in children getting vaccinated doesn’t have any correlation. Again, it is likely just concerned or frightened parents making assumptions out of fear. Although, it is proven that vaccines do not cause autism, so this controversy is not a valid reason to not get vaccinated or not to get your children