Measles

are not around anymore. This can cause more harm than good ; recently parents stop vaccinating their children due to the misconceptions of children being diagnosed with autism or other disease/disorder. It all begun when a physician claimed that measles, mumps, and rubella affected children, and caused autism. Today it is clear that vaccines and autism are not linked together. “It builds on the overwhelming body of…

Introduced in 1988, the polyvalent MMR vaccine immunises against measles, mumps and rubella. There has been a great deal of controversy with regards to the MMR vaccine, including links to febrile seizures, autism and inflammatory bowel disease. However, the vaccine has proven extremely effective in preventing contagious viral infections. The MMR vaccine is a live attenuated vaccine and two doses are required for complete protection of children, and in some circumstances, adults. Through…

blow up and have become more common. But even though they have done so much good to us, people still suspect that they harm us more than they benefit us. About the same time, autism started to get more recognition and was known as a disease. The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (or MMR vaccine) was licensed in 1971 and became a big hit and many people all around the world got the vaccine for themselves and their families. Then on February 28, 1998, Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues…

child go deaf from contracting mumps. The introduction of vaccines has helped the number of infected children sharply drop. However, in the past decade certain childhood illnesses have become more prevalent in the United States, specifically cases of measles and pertussis. The increase in cases for these diseases can be partially attributed to parents refusing or delaying mandatory vaccinations because of their fear of complications or the chemicals within the vaccines. At birth an infant’s…

which raises concerns among parents. For example, parents have also heard untrue rumors of vaccines causing autism and SIDS. The textbook, Introduction to Public Health (2017) denies these rumors through studies. The original claim that linked the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine to autism was retracted because of the fraudulent representation of data. The Institute of Medicine published a review of the connection between vaccines and SIDS; the review found no link between the two topics (Schneider…

This fear is one of the major reasons of why some parents prevent their children from being vaccinated. In 1988, The Lancet, a respected medical journal, published a paper specifying a link between the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine and autism. However, after further research by other doctors, the paper was retracted. Despite this, many people today still believe that the MMR vaccine causes autism, positing that the mercury-containing compound thimerosal…

their children to stay healthy and be shielded from avoidable diseases. Vaccines are the best way to do that (Immunization Action Coalition). Vaccinating children may come with various side effects, but it also protects others and saves lives from measles and other diseases. There are side effects and reactions that may happen to the patient, but nothing as extreme as the disease the vaccine is preventing. One of the main reasons parents do not vaccinate their children is because of the side…

Polio. Rubella. Diphtheria. Whooping Cough. Measles. Mumps. These are all diseases which can be prevented by the use of vaccines. According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control, 732,000 American children have been saved from death via vaccines. This number is small compared to the CDC’s estimate of 322 million cases of prevented diseases between 1994 and 2014. The measles vaccine alone has decreased childhood deaths from measles by 74% (“Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children…

tuberculosis(TB), syphilis, gonorrhea, polio, diphtheria, smallpox, and many other contagious diseases. They argue that these people could harm everyone in the United States. Leathy (2016) also supported this idea. In his article, he listed 6 diseases; TB, measles, whooping cough, mumps, scarlet fever, and bubonic plague, which immigrants bring into America. Leathy (2016) mentioned that Americans were almost free from these diseases during the 20th century, but with the rising number of illegal…

parents were noticing how their children were becoming autistic after their vaccination. Vaccination also causes deafness, long term seizures and long term brain damage but are very rare symptoms. Although vaccination can reduce risks of smallpox and measles, vaccination should allow people to make their own choice. I'm in no place to tell those who were reading this what they should do about the vaccination, but the it should not be mandated, Tucson citizens have a right to choose whether or…