Vaccine

Today, there are thousands of children in the United States whose parents have chosen to not have vaccinated. These unprotected children are the result of their parents’ misguided fear of vaccinations and the side effects that can accompany them. Due to these parents’ worries and the threat their choices pose to others, there has been much debate on whether or not parents should immunize their children. What these parents fail to realize is that by deciding not to vaccinate their children, even…

Mary Catherine is just one example, of the many children who have faced the consequences that come with not being vaccinated. Mary’s parents, Suzanne and Leonard Walthers, decided to research the safeness of vaccines for their new baby and found information that initially made them decide against getting Mary vaccinated. It is because of this decision, that Mary came down with a form of meningitis, one that had nearly been eradicated in the U.S. and could have easily been prevented with a…

as well as more specialized health concerns (often bioterrorism) such as anthrax and typhoid fever. Further, immunization science has also allowed researchers to deal with and study various deadly strains without undue danger to the researcher. Vaccines are cost effective, simple, and can be applied in a diverse set of situations and environments. There is a cross section of…

that way the students in the school will be safer from getting an infection or virus. Vaccines are also only given by doctors and healthcare professionals. Vaccines will involve some discomfort and may cause pain, redness, or tenderness at the site of injection but this minimal compared to the pain, discomfort, and trauma of the diseases these vaccines prevent. The disease prevention benefits of getting vaccines are much greater than the possible side effects for almost all children. Mandatory…

What is a worse fate for a child- a life-threatening disease or a developmental-behavioral disorder? Fortunately, it is not a choice anyone has to make with the help of vaccines. It may seem scary, leaving a child’s fate into others hands, but it’s necessary. Parents would normally feel helpless when children succumb to illness, and the last people they can trust for dire situations are doctors. Advancements in science and technology has made science fiction, into reality, and injecting…

and proved its effectiveness. It was not until the 1920s that vaccines became available globally and were important as an official “preventive public health measure,” (The History of . . .). From there debate…

The measles vaccine alone has contributed to the numerous lives saved. An editorial in USA Today states that in the 1960’s there were 450 deaths reported that was caused by the measles. Once the vaccine was issued in 1963 the number continuously declined until it reached numbers that were nearly nonexistent in 2000 due to all 50 states requiring immunizations before a child begins school. The chicken pox vaccine has a very similar outcome and it cut the number…

about Oral Polio Vaccination in northern Nigeria" Research Questions 1. What are the reasons for vaccine refusal and high increase in non-compliance in changing epidemiology of the virus by Care givers and Parents after Nigeria was declared to have ‘interrupted’ poliomyelitis? 2. Why do Caregivers and Parents change their belief or perspective from a previously vaccine accepted population to a vaccine refusal population post-polio interruption phase? 3. How can the polio programme be dynamic in…

needle-sharing contacts should be tested for susceptibility to HBV infection and should receive the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine instantly after collection of the blood sample for serologic testing. Susceptible persons should complete the vaccine series using an age-adequate vaccine dose and schedule and individuals who are not fully vaccinated should fufill the vaccine series. 5) Sex partners of HBsAg-positive…

children many schools will require vaccinations from these main diseases before they are allowed to begin classes. Every vaccination has different risks that come with it, and some are more harmful to children than others. Most of the time children have no complications with the vaccinations, beyond the minimal redness and/or swelling at the injection site. Even with this being the case there is always a risk of the child having a severe allergic reaction after a vaccination. There are some…