Vaccine

one in 100,00) people have allergic reactions. If people that are able to have vaccinations choose not to have them, then they put the people that are unable to have vaccinations at risk because the non-treated people may be carrying the virus. Vaccines are made using…

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…

Even though all diseases we vaccinate for are very rare it is also very easy to underestimate the importance of vaccination. In the 1970’s and 80’s there was a case against the whooping cough, “ After a scare about safety with the whooping cough vaccine, parents stopped vaccinating their children against the disease. This led to 3 epidemics, and at least 100 children dead after catching the disease.”( Choices, 2015). You should still have your kids vaccinated because, we are riding the world of…

“Vaccines have reduced and as well in some cases, eliminated many diseases that killed or severely disabled people just a few generations ago” (Meadows). For example, “smallpox vaccination eradicated that disease worldwide. Your children don’t have to get…

of requiring parents to vaccinate their children are: those who are vaccinated will never be infected by these diseases ever again, cause herd immunity which will help stop spreading of the diseases to non-vaccinated people who are allergic to the vaccine, prevent the suffering and hurting of people from these diseases, helps source more money to hospitals, it saves time and money, mostly likely covered my health insurance and prevents any children from missing school if an outbreak were to…

pain, not for long term pain. There is a vaccine for shingles. It is called Zostavax, and was developed in 2006. It can reduce the risk of getting shingles by 51%. The vaccine can provide protection from the shingles virus for up to five years. There are only a few side effects of the shingles vaccine. They include soreness, swelling, redness in 33% of people who use the vaccine. Also, headaches in 1.4% of people who use the vaccine. Shingles, for the most part, isn't a…

potential harmful effects carry too high a risk. Limiting vaccinations would cause an outbreak in diseases because vaccines prevent the disease from forming. Vaccinations have lowered the risk of getting a disease, but the disease is still there and if vaccinations were stopped, it would have immediate effects. For example, “Great Britain, Sweden, And Japan-cut back the use of pertussis vaccine…The effect was dramatic and immediate” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).…

potentially fatal. Other parents are just simply misinformed about vaccines and choose to let their fears guide their decision to vaccinate. This anti-vaccination movement have shown its effects in the community. There has been…

Also, it can save time and money while preventing these diseases. There are a lot of ways vaccines are effective, but these are to name a few as examples. Taking the first example, vaccines are effective for protecting our bodies. While diseases can take a toll, or in the worst case scenario, a life, vaccines can reduce that risk tremendously. A lot of life threatening diseases have been prevented with vaccines. With these vaccinations, it…

and discredited information on vaccines are the main reason people do not get vaccinated. News, social media, and even political leaders have publicized false information given among certain vaccines and immunizations. Side effects and links between vaccines and diseases have been discredited, and have caused an unnecessary paranoia in the public eye. In 1998, Andrew Wakefield’s false research on the connection between the vaccine MMR…