Rubella

different implications on the population, which is still suffering the repercussions. Since the publication of Wakefield’s study, the percent of MMR vaccinated children in England dropped from 92 to 80%, which signifies an increase in measles, mumps and rubella cases all around the country (Callahan 6). Moreover, according to the World Health Organization, every year 2.5 million unvaccinated children die of diseases preventable by vaccines; a number that has been increasing in the last years due…

Description of Disease Transposition of the great arteries is a life threatening congenital heart defect. In transposition of the great arteries, the two main arteries, the aorta and the pulmonary artery, are reversed. These arteries are responsible for carrying blood away from the heart through the left or right ventricle depending on whether the blood has been oxygenized or not. In a normal heart, there is a constant blood flow pattern in which blood is cycled from the body to the heart, the…

Vaccine Safety A mother with a 5 month old daughter had gotten her daughter 8 vaccines due to a doctor’s request. Two days later, her daughter had a seizure and the doctor said it was probably from a fever, although she never had a fever. He also stated that the seizure shouldn’t happen again. She had another seizure one day later and the doctor said the same thing again. The daughter was free of seizures for a little while. Since the seizures disappeared her mother took her to get more…

Negative Effects of Mandatory Immunization In the Darwin’s theory of evolution, human beings are descended with modification. Natural selection promotes the history of the human beings’ development. Immunization is a compulsory way to protect children from the infectious diseases. Richard Adler, an expert in the immunization area, defines that immunization is an artificial process of resisting to communicable diseases (Alder ). The definition of immunization sounds not that bad. However, the…

Wakefield wrote a journal and claimed to have found that vaccines are also in cahoots with measles, mumps, and rubella. (Soloway) Furthermore, Wakefield was suspended from practice based on the lies had said in the journal, and conducted during the studies. People have yet to find scientific evidence that links autism to vaccines, and because of these parents started…

to date with their routine vaccinations. Some vaccines are required before traveling outside of the United States. You should be up to date with vaccines before any trip in or outside of the United States. These vaccines include measles mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria tetanus and pertussis vaccine (chicken pox), varicella, polio vaccine and your yearly flu shot. It is recommended for most travelers with standard itineraries and accommodations to get a hepatitis A vaccine. If you will…

Autism is a developmental disorder. In the United States alone there are nearly 450,000 people affected by some kind of Autistic Spectrum disorder (Siegel). This disorder affects five times more boys than girls. Although the cause of Autism is uncertain, much research is still ongoing. One of the most likely causes that has been discovered is genetics. An autistic persons brain is more symmetrical and later than the normal brain size. It has been proven that their brain can reach maturity in…

wiped out societies, has completely been eradicated from our planet. Polio is on its way to being eradicated as well. Ever since the creation of vaccinations, the success of wiping out deadly viruses has accelerated. The vaccine for Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR) however caused a controversy that…

Most parents these days have had no contact with anyone to lose a leg to polio or have a child die from Rubella. Because of this, people are less than excited to give their children these shots. If people could see what these immunizations were preventing them from, parents would not hesitate to give their babies shots. They would line up for days like they…

Bullying, (both cyber and in-person), an inferiority complex that can be brought on by the fashion and fitness industry, and of course the leading cause in deaths in Americans under the age of 18 car accidents. These are just three things that parents cannot really protect their children against, and with the countless other problems and hazards in the world why would you not want to protect you r child against all that you could. Starting with vaccinations, I’ve recently read numerous articles…