Polio

religious reasons. Vaccines have been proven effective and have even successfully eradicated deadly diseases, which in the past have taken the lives of millions of people. Vaccines have completely annihilated smallpox and are close to eliminating polio (11 facts). Smallpox itself was responsible for “300-500 million deaths during the 20th century” (History). With smallpox completely gone, millions of lives are saved each day. Just through a simple shot or oral medicine, vaccines prevent such…

Diphtheria, Pertussis, Yellow Fever, Polio, and so many more disease that have been stopped with vaccines. There is a mass of rumors in social media that vaccines are not good for a child. While every parent has the right to decide what is best for the child, I want to make sure that their facts are legitimate. Vaccines can help a child in so many ways including saving their life. Parents should consider having their child vaccinated because vaccinations are safe, they save lives, and they…

Immunizations should be required for children because they are healthy for the child. Immunizations has the word immune in it which describes what a vaccine does to a child. The immunizations keep children immune from diseases such as polio, chicken pox, and measles. The immunizations are given to children as a vaccine, which has weak lab-made proteins that act like the actual disease in order to teach the human body how to become immune to it. WebMD claims, “Each of the diseases addressed by…

cells are being used in labs. Since the HeLa cells divide indefinitely, scientists can study and analyze them without running out of supplies. Over the years, these cells have greatly contributed to science, but more specifically, the vaccine for polio. Polio is an infectious disease caused by a virus that claimed thousands of lives worldwide. In February 1952, Jonas Salk claimed he had developed a vaccine for the poliovirus, but he needed large quantities of cultured cells to test the vaccine…

A couple become the proud parents of an adorable baby boy. After reading an article online suggesting that vaccines contain harmful chemicals and can lead to the development of autism, they decide to refuse their newborn’s immunisations. As the years pass, their child continues to grow at a natural, healthy rate, and the parents continue to ignore the immunisation schedule given to them by the paediatrician. One day, the child cuts his foot. Within days, the child is hospitalised with…

When their charity first started 400,000 children were stricken with polio, now it is down to one thousand (Tweedie). If this trend continues Gates’ money and time spent to erase polio will have made a large significance to society. Gates will provide over ninety-five percent of his wealth to his foundation which will provide enough money for the research for cures of other diseases…

drastically decreased. In 1988, cases of polio were greater than 350,000, but the introduction of its vaccine allowed the amount to decrease to 187 in 2012 (“Vaccination Programs”). Factors like improved health care and hygiene have contributed to the decrease. However, vaccination…

Recently there has been great discussion on the subject of vaccinations. Families who do not want their children to be vaccinated are able to claim “religious” or “personal” reasons for not vaccinating. It has become widely spread that vaccinations have a link to autism and other disabilities.Some celebrities have been using their place in the public eye to reinforce the decisions against vaccination. A vaccine is the introduction of a weakened virus to the immune system in order to let the body…

vaccine (7). Polio vaccination was another successful mandate campaign. During the 1950s, more than 50,000 cases polio reported across the US and thousands of children were crippled. 21,000 polio infected individuals were paralyzed and more than 3000 died. The fear of the disease and terrified image of the iron lungs reinforced the necessity of vaccination. Understanding the effectiveness of the polio vaccine, the US government’s decision to “implement a compulsory vaccination program for polio…

A decade ago in Nigeria, rumors spread that polio vaccines were surreptitious sterilization efforts. That led to a boycott of the vaccine in 2003 and a resurgence in the poliovirus three years later. This story highlights a key point about vaccinations: Confidence is critical. Lack of confidence in vaccinations -- lack of confidence in their effectiveness, their safety and their usefulness -- has fueled a growing debate about the use of vaccines. Vaccines have, no doubt, revolutionized…