What is a vaccine? A vaccine is a weakened strain of an antigen used to stimulate the body to produce antibodies to gain an immunity against a variety of diseases. So what the reason makes vaccination controversial; is it the risk of the drug’s side effect? The ingredients used to create the drug? Do the Pros outweigh the Cons? How effective are vaccines? The debate about giving the vaccine to children are the group that is anti-vaccination “say that children’s immune systems can deal with most infections naturally and that injecting questionable vaccine ingredients into a child may cause side effects, including seizures, paralysis, and death.” The group for vaccination argues “that vaccination is safe and one of the greatest health …show more content…
The argument about the side effects of the vaccines is that the effects from the vaccines are worse than the disease itself. While it may be seen that the side effects are bad, "The diseases are all associated with serious complications that can lead to hospitalization or even death." Which brought on vaccines to prevent the disease and that trip to the hospital, the symptom of certain diseases can cause severe pain, high fever, inflammation, nausea, and etc. versus the effects of the vaccines which can cause mild to moderate fever, and some incident of serious side effects only rarely occurs. Vaccines have proven to reduce the death count significantly to the diseases that once killed many, as the life expectancy becomes longer the results of vaccines becomes more apparent. Another concern that is arguably the most frequently debated is that natural immunity is considered longer lasting in contrast to artificial immunity. While the argument is valid and holds partial truth we should look at it in different perspectives. Our body has two types of immunity, passive immunity which is a short lasting immunity that develops immediately by the passing down from mother to child through the placenta or breastfeeding. The second type is active immunity, which both artificially acquired and naturally acquired immunity falls under, this immunity occurs when the body is exposed to the antigen or pathogen resulting in the body to respond by producing antibodies. This process takes
Vaccinations are not without controversy. Some parents worry about the possible side effects of vaccines can potentially harm their children.
Illnesses and diseases continue to develop and spread constantly throughout the world. These harmful viruses have always had a huge impact on humanity. Viruses caused many deaths and outbreaks in the past and present because viruses can be passed on easily. Luckily today there is a way to prevent the spread of these viruses, which is vaccines. Vaccines are used to provide immunity against diseases. Once vaccines were introduced there were a lot of speculations and assumptions. There are many people who are for and against vaccines, but today there are many health professional, experts, doctors, and parents who believe that vaccination is a lifesaver. Vaccination is a controversial topic for many parents and guardians of children. Vaccines
Vaccination vs. Non Vaccination has been a very controversial issue whatever side your on re-garding your opinion you must understand that in it will effect the health of you or your children . Even tho vaccinations are based on “choice" what if i told you that your child cannot attend a public school without vaccines. Even tho all 50 states require vaccinations for children entering public schools there is no real vaccination laws that exist . Vaccinations have cost the lives of people and have cost the government money so why are they so required . One example is that about 30,000 cases of adverse side effects have be reported due to vaccines since 1990 , Most were not serious but 15% was considered life threatening and left many people permanently dis-abled , ill , hospitalized , or in some cases even dead. In another case since 1989- July 2014 The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has paid over 133.2 million in legal coverage due to all the problem vaccinations have caused over the years
Since their first introduction in the late 1700s, vaccinations have been a controversial topic of discussion. Vaccines are a safe and effective way to prevent the spread of disease. Although we can attribute the eradication and control of many diseases to vaccinations, there are still many Americans who are refusing to vaccinate their children based on their belief in a few unfounded fears. Most of these fears that the anti vaccine community believes are centered around the health risks involved with the practice of vaccinating. The majority of these fears have been disproven through extensive research. With the continued research and innovations of the
Vaccines have been around for many years and I am sure they have saved many lives, but there are many precautions that come along with getting vaccinated some being life threatening. Vaccines have also been proven to cause long term seizures,comas, and brain damage. Not only can there be many risks in getting vaccinated, but vaccines contain harmful ingredients. For example some vaccines contain Aluminum and an excess amount of Aluminum in the human body can cause neurological problems. Formaldehyde is also found in vaccines, studies have shown that Formaldehyde may be a leading cause to cancer. Children who attend a public
Immunizations and vaccines have been around since the 1800s (Historic Dates). The idea of immunizing the population from deadly and unpleasant diseases is not a new idea. Yet many Americans, and people all around the world are beginning to question the effects of these vaccines, mainly on children and infants. It has been in more recent years that doctors have been recommending for children to start receiving vaccines as soon as they are born. The most common misconceptions of vaccines are that they cause autism, or that they cause the person being immunized to be a carrier of the disease. This causes a lot of new parents to rethink and hesitate to get their children vaccinated. However, the effects
Vaccinations first surfaced during the turn of the 19th century. It is currently a law that all school aged children receive a specific list of vaccinations in order to attend a school system of any kind. While the requirements in America are general consistent from state to state, they do vary slightly across one another. Although it is required, there is a list of exemptions that would allow parents to send their children to school without receiving the required immunizations. An example of the exceptions are, medical reasons that would mean the child is not stable enough to receive these vaccinations, or a family that has specific religious beliefs and cannot vaccinate. Those children that are not protected rely on us with able children
There has been much controversy over the topic of children receiving vaccines. Many believe vaccines are dangerous and do more harm than good, regardless of what they hear or read about. Many are misled about the information they learn about injections from the internet or the opinion of others. Vaccines affect people in different ways, mainly depending how your body responds to it. When a vaccine is being administered, a synthetic substitute is injected into your body, and is acting as an antigen without giving you the disease. This topic is contentious because part of the disease is injected so your body becomes immune to it. This is one reason parents do not want their children to receive vaccines because they think they will develop and produce the disease.
Vaccines have been a hugely debated topic since their first conception in the late 18th century. Many have questioned their effectiveness and have doubted the science behind them; they have become a topic of doubt and fear. Despite this, the science behind vaccines is there, open to the public. Others say they cause more problems than they remedy. We will need to analyze all the perspectives to get a full view of the pros and cons to making vaccinations mandatory. Should vaccines be a mandatory procedure in the United States, or should the system stay as it is, that is, people being able to opt out of vaccinations on religious, philosophical, and medical grounds?
Mandated Vaccinations are a huge argument right now because of health and disease issues. There are people on both sides of this argument. Some people are against vaccinating their children because they feel they are being forced to have their child get vaccinated. While some people feel the need that vaccinations are important to protect themselves from any illness or diseases. Vaccinations should be mandatory for all schools and health care purposes.
The world today is far different from how it used to be 2000 years ago, and 2000 more years from now it will continue to change. Changes come from what we currently have, so we have to decide what we are going to keep and what we want to change. One of the changes that we are going to have to decide is to keep or get rid of vaccines. A vaccination is when a person (normally a nurse) injects you with a small amount of weakened/dead microbes which helps your immune system get used to the disease and help prevent it. There are many benefits to have vaccines available to us, and like everything else in the world; there is a downside to having vaccines. Everyone has different opinions and depending on your perspective of how you see things, and what has happened to you. All of these factors can affect what and how you think of things.
Lets look at what a vaccination is first: “a vaccine introduces a antigen (a foreign substance that triggers an immune system response) into the body, and the person produces antibodies and develops active immunity to a disease without having the clinical disease” (Ball, Bindler and Cowen 370). Research reports of vaccination progress show supporting data of the decline in morbidity from nine vaccine-preventable diseases and their complications. The diseases being: smallpox, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella and haemophilus type B (cdc.gov). Vaccinations have proven their benefits over time, they improve the quality of life and allow the parents to have a piece of mind in this area concerning their child's
The prolonged debate on the benefits of vaccinating against diseases continues today, with more talk arising over vaccinations potentially coming compulsory. When looking into this argument it is important to juxtapose both sides of the case and weigh out the benefits and disadvantages/conflicts that arise when getting vaccinated against different diseases. Vaccinating means introducing the body to a particular disease. This is done by injecting a weaker pathogen of the disease into the body. Initially, the body will naturally defend itself against the pathogen, but once the body successfully defends itself, the antibody will remain within the system creating an immunity against the disease (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
Should children be vaccinated? This is a question that has been a hot topic for some time now. All children should be vaccinated. We often ask “Why should we have our children vaccinated”? There are pros and cons to vaccinations. Vaccinations will reduce the risk of illness, provide a safer environment, and keep the parents from worry as much. In some cases, people think they cause more harm than anything.
If you had the choice, would you prefer a child with autism or a deceased child because you refused to vaccinate? Chances are, you would prefer to have a child with autism. There are parents who have read articles falsely linking vaccines to autism causing them to make the decision to deny vaccinations. Their refusal not only puts their child at risk, but other children surrounding them. Their denial erases the long-standing history of saving lives and the eradication of deadly diseases around the world. This also undermines the research and testing scientists have done in order to protect people. It is vital to the health of human life that we keep researching and finding new information about vaccines.