Vaccines

persuasive points; in the end, vaccinations should be mandatory for children. Requiring vaccines would be beneficial because they prevent diseases and benefit the community. For example, the article titled “Vaccines & Health Hazards” states, “The Centers of Disease Control (CDC), American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of…

In 1954 there were 38476 cases of reported polio in the United States in the same year a mass trial of the polio vaccine began with over 1.3 million children participating in the trial (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 2016). Six years later the vaccine was licensed for use and then five years after that the reported cases had dropped to only 72 (Post-Polio Health International, 2008). The first ever vaccination is often attributed to Edward Jenner in 1796 when he noticed that if…

children all around the country. All of the doctors and nurses are on the alert. Two mothers enter the doctor’s office with their children. The doctor explains and suggest that prevention is essential. Mother A angrily exclaims “I do not trust your vaccines! My child will be better off without them!” Mother B understands and she gets her child immunized and protected from the contagious disease. When the disease strikes their community Mother B’s child is protected and safe from the contagious…

Vaccines are used to maintain the public’s health in a safe and efficient way. They prevent sickness from spreading and prevent death from many different infectious diseases. Vaccines have destroyed both smallpox and polio which were both major public health issues. Vaccines help along the body’s natural immune system and prepares your body to fight off unnatural infections or bacteria. If a person has been vaccinated properly the immune system can prevent an illness before it hits. When many…

creation of the first smallpox vaccine in 1796, vaccinations have saved millions of lives around the world from the most lethal diseases. According to the CDC, vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths among children born in the last 20 years. Failing to be immunized can lead to a more dangerous secondary illness, for instance contracting Hepatitis B can lead to severe cirrhosis of the liver, and failing to get a Pneumococcal Vaccine can lead to…

Many people still refuse to vaccinate their children with mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine despite the evidence that has proven it to be safe and effective. these parents choose to not vaccinate their children due to the possibility of developing autism. This in turn puts the child and all other children they interact with at risk for these life-threatening diseases which had been almost completely eliminated from our society. By making inoculations mandatory for all children, it would…

policies in place to ensure that vaccine protocols are put in place and enforced. Like any medications, vaccines can cause some side effects too. Most of them are very minor and minimal. Some side effects that are commonly seen are headaches, pain at the injection site, and redness at the injection site. Side effects are different than adverse reactions. Adverse reactions are an injury that is caused by taking a medication or a vaccine. Adverse reactions for vaccines are minimal, unless the…

Vaccines & Vaccinations The History The first form of vaccination was used in the 1500s by the Chinese and it is called variolation. Variolation was the act of using the pus and liquid of the lesion, putting it on a needle and inserting it in the healthy person so that they could be protected by the disease when it comes to them. Then in the early 1700s, this method then moved onto Turkey where the royal family on the throne embraced the idea and had themselves inoculated. Moving into the late…

In the end Vaccines do work! Medical technology has advanced further in the last 100 years than it has throughout history. We live our lives relatively disease free and we owe so much of that to vaccines. Despite the overwhelming evidence, people still have questions and concerns. Which is okay. In 1798, smallpox was killing hundreds of thousands of people every year. Until Edward Jenner that milkmaids who had gotten cowpox, a less deadly form of the disease, didn’t get smallpox. This was the…

Should people get vaccines? According to debate.org, 73% of those surveyed believe people should get vaccines and 24% those surveyed believe people shouldn’t get vaccines. Three percent remain undecided on the issue. In this country people have a rights to refuse getting vaccinated. It is against some people’s religion to get vaccines and some people cannot get vaccines due to medical condition(s). In the U.S Constitution it states “congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of…