Anti Vaccine Pros And Cons

For centuries different diseases and infections have plagued the human race. As science evolves throughout our history, we’ve figured out how to combat these illnesses effectively, but some still choose to not protect themselves or their children and put the rest of us at risk. Mandatory childhood vaccination is essential for keeping our population safe and building a strong and healthy future. While many support this stance, some also have opposing views to this subject. Some claim that the vaccines pose a dangerous health risk to young children that can amount from anything to a weakened immune system, to developing secondary disease from the vaccine. As well, some see vaccinations as non-effective and don’t see why they should immunize and potentially put their child at risk. Also, anti vaccine parents do not feel they should be held socialy responsible for not protecting their child and putting others at risk. These are legitimate concerns, but if you look at how diseases have been irradiated, the vast amounts of research done, and countless children’s lives saved because of vaccinations, you might ask yourself why people would decide to not protect the ones

Many anti vaccine parents say that they are worried that their children will be adversly affected by the harmful side effects of the vaccine. Some even believe it can cause mental illness in children such as attention defecate disorder or autism, but this is simply not the case. Most vaccinated children will show no side effects, but as Cathy Campbell of The Ottawa Citizen states, occasionally “high fever, cough, runny nose, sore eyes, sore mouth and widespread skin rash are symptoms, and take about 10 days to recover”. If you compare these uncommon symptoms to those of the diseases their being vaccinated against, it would be a small price to pay in comparison to the symptoms of polio or the