Do the risks of vaccinations really outweigh the benefits, or is the media over-exaggerating?
Today, many parents around the world read unnerving articles and hear celebrities preach about the dangers of vaccinations, and how terrible they really are. But are their claims about modern immunization fact or fear? Truth or lie? Parents should not reject as many vaccinations as they currently do, because the benefits of current vaccines strongly outweigh the risks.
The fact is, some claims about vaccines are unsupported by scientific evidence. Jenny Mccarthy, a well-known actress, model, comedian, and anti-vaccine activist has a fourteen year old son, Evan, who was diagnosed with autism at the age of two and a half, after a series of vaccinations such as measles and mumps, polio, and many other common immunizations given to newborns. Due to the
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The problem with this, however, is the fact that even if an illness is wiped out in a certain part of the world, it can always resurface. For example, if a person travels to another country and so happens to pick up a disease from someone there, they will end up bringing it back to their country, where it can then spread and resurface. This is why we still immunize children, even if the virus hasn't been seen for years. Aside from that, the fact that many third-world countries are crawling with deadly disease and illness don’t have many of the luxuries of modern medicine that we have in the United States, should we not take advantage of the fact that we have the opportunity to protect ourselves from things such as and pertussis (whooping cough) which has the ability to kill infants and young children, and shingles, a painful skin condition that, while not very likely to be ruinous, can be very agonizing and, in some cases, long-lasting, while we have the requirements to do so
However, the anti-vax lobbies and groups believe that the “risks of vaccine outweigh the benefits, despite what science says” Mrs Suthers said.. “They have a strong belief that the pharma industry or the government is out to get them” she added. Ms Stephanie Messenger talks of her concerns of vaccinating children in her recent book “Melanie’s Marvellous
According to the national vaccine information center website the injury act was out into place to make sure that the children and there families will be financially be taken care or in the event that injury or even death occurred form vaccines to the child. I think another good thing about the injury act is that health care providers need to keep written records of the vaccines as well as give parents information about the pro 's and con 's of the vaccines. I think that it should be mandatory because I feel like if you don 't vaccinate your child you are not only putting you child at risk but someone else 's child at risk as well. According to the website www.vaccines.gov immunizations can protect future generations for instance smallpox no
I agree with you 100 percent about children getting vaccinated. I 'm the mother of a 4 year old little girl who has always been vaccinated from day one of birth and thank goodness has never had any bad side effects from her vaccinations and I even get her a flu shot every flu season. And I like knowing that if she did have any complications I would want to know that if nothing else that my daughters medical bills would be taken care of. And i always found the information about the vaccinations and all the pros and cons are very helpful and easy to read. I think that the national childhood vaccine injury act is a good thing
Vaccination Nation is about the controversy of vaccinations causing autism. The United States federal court denied any link between autism and vaccines, more specifically the MMR vaccine. Vaccines causing autism has been the talk on news, celebrities and magazines. Despite scientist denying that there is no connection this topic has gained several legal claims against vaccines. This has led parents into panic about autism.
News Flash! Recent outbreaks of what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) call vaccine-preventable diseases demonstrate the effects of the anti-vaccination movement. “Antivaxxers” as they’ve come to be called, as noticed on this author's Facebook page, are a population of parents who make a conscious decision not to vaccinate their children. The goal of this paper is to shed some light on the Antivaxxers, their arguments for choosing not to vaccinate their children, and research that proves the Antivaxxers’ theories are wrong. After all, vaccines aren’t something to be concerned about, they are proven to be effective.
After several hours of Julia vaccinating her child, he developed Autism. the child had lost his language, social skills, control over his body and got rapidly sick for 3 years. After this experience, Julia stopped her other children from getting vaccinated. However, Julia is not against vaccination, as she stated that “ I’m not out to band vaccines, I believe in the concept of a eradicating infectious diseases. But right now one size fits all for everybody is not working”(The doctors,2008).
According to the World Health Organization, there are 25 vaccine preventable diseases, 2.5 million child lives saved by vaccinations and 0 linked casualties from vaccinations. Good morning everyone, my name is Nihad and today I will be talking about the dangers of the anti vaccination movement and I hope by the end of this speech, you will be persuaded to get immunized and in turn safeguard the health of the future generations. After vaccinations have been introduced, several disease incidences have been controlled and some fatal illnesses have been completely eradicated; an advancement that is currently under threat due to the anti vaccination movement. According to Alexandra Le Tellier from the LA Times, 1/3rd of kindergarteners are not up to date with their vaccinations.
With advances in technology, we have developed a large number of very effective vaccines, however we have also uncovered disadvantages to vaccinating against diseases. Most states mandate that children get 29 individual doses of nine different vaccines to attend kindergarten [3]. Not all federally recommended vaccines are required as a condition of employment, and school or day care attendance in all states, but they are strongly recommended of the safety of adults, children and the elderly. But how safe are vaccines really? The people who support vaccines, their use, and the laws that require people of all ages to be vaccinated, believe that yes, vaccines are safe.
Parents who don’t vaccinate their children put them and others at risk because it allows normally preventable disease to continue to spread. Vaccinations have been around since 1796 and have since helped
This common good approach drew vociferous protests and the anti-vaccination movement emerged (Stern & Markel, 2005). Today, with the advances in virology and technology, vaccines are, for the most part—safe. Smallpox has been all but eradicated in the world
“Over time, vaccinating turns that diseases into serious diseases that we no longer tolerate, even when those diseases were not public health priorities before their vaccines were developed.” Something to mention is diseases that aren’t contagious or aren’t that harmful, there are still vaccines for those diseases so that you won’t get it in the first place. " Vaccines are safe, the mothers don't know what they're talking about. " Many hoaxes are started to bring down a statement that someone doesn’t think it’s correct and try to persuade others to change their minds. These are my statements on why children should be
One of the questions that came to mind while researching that helped deepen my understanding of the unit was "Do the risks of getting a vaccine outweigh the risks of not getting a vaccine?" I thought about this question myself and concluded that the risks of getting a vaccine do not outweigh the risks of not getting a vaccine. It is evident that getting vaccines can cause other complications, such as the body not being able to produce enough antibodies to fight off the virus, however, this case is really rare. Moreover, even if someone were to get the virus from the vaccine, the form of the virus would be less severe than if they were to actually get the virus. Also, most childhood vaccines produce immunity about 90 - 100% of the time (vaccines.gov) therefore vaccines are proven to be pretty effective.
This theory has cause people to have negative viewpoints on vaccines and makes them feel unsure on whether or not to have their children
Many people may think that vaccination is a bad thing, that instead of preventing it causes illness, that is not natural. Natural or not, there are many reasons as to why we should vaccinate us and the younger generation. Most of the time children don’t like vaccination because it hurt, but is the responsibility of a parent to seek the wellbeing of his or her child. Vaccination it’s a preventive measure of various diseases. Unfortunately, things like the anti-vaccination movement, the misinformation on the Internet, and the believe that vaccination causes more damage than is worth, have led our society to think that it’s right not to vaccinate.
The Good the Bad and the Vaccine Vaccines, a term that gives some parents the peace of mind and makes some parents anxious. Vaccines makes our bodies ready to fight disease and viruses more effectively by introducing our body to microscopic amounts of viruses and bacteria. Common deadly diseases such as small pox that took many lives has now been eliminated because of the smallpox vaccine. In the past common diseases such as polio, rubella is now a rare case because of vaccination. To prevent public out break, Vaccination for childhood diseases such as pertussis, polio, measles, diphtheria, rubella is now mandatory for children attending public schools in Canada.