The controversy concerning vaccination for children has been a debate for many parents. A vaccine is defined as a biological agent used to prevent very serious illnesses and diseases, such as smallpox, measles, influenza, tuberculosis, and hepatitis by injecting a weakened infectious organism into the human body. When vaccines are given, the human body produces antibodies against the foreign substance, thus creating a defense mechanism for immunity to occur. Parenting decisions based on vaccinations are a sensitive matter in a child’s life. Many parents favor vaccines because they care about their children’s health during the first years of their lives. There are parents who fully trust and admire doctors for their efforts in contributing to preventative healthcare. However, some parents delay vaccinations because they are genuinely concerned about severe allergic reactions or long-term side effects. Other parents completely refuse vaccinations because they are unable to afford it or hold personal, moral, or religious beliefs. Disease prevention is important to public health because it protects both those who receive them and those with whom they come in contact with. There is a minority of parents who are against vaccinations because of the idea that it causes more harm than good. They fear that vaccinations will cause serious and permanent damage in the natural immune system. They also believe that their child’s immune system is never allowed to grow if they become too dependent on the medicine. The Family Doctor website has an article called, Vaccines: What They Are and Why Your Child Needs Them that affirms, “Vaccines are generally quite safe. The protection provided by vaccines far outweighs the very small risk of serious... ... middle of paper ... ...nes and Community Decisions to Vaccinate." PubMed Central Journals: Public Health Reports. Web. 13 May 2012. . Holy Bible: New American Bible. Kansas: Catholic Bible Publishers, 1970. Print. Catholic Readers Edition. Siegal, Judy. "Parents Should Be Pressed to Have Their Children Vaccinated." Proquest. The Palestine Post Limited. Web. 12 May 2012. . Staff, Editorial. "Childhood Vaccines: What They Are and Why Your Child Needs Them." Health Education. Family Doctor, Dec. 2010. Web. 15 May 2012. . "Vaccines ProCon.org." Vaccines ProCon.org. Web. 12 May 2012. .
Literature 132-03 Thursday March 20, 2014 Do the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks? Although vaccination has proven to be an effective means of preventing serious childhood illness, there is still question over whether the benefits outweigh the risks. Through much research we can assume that it has been successfully proven that the benefits truly do outweigh the risks; which is why many people should choose to vaccinate their children. “Vaccines are among the 20th preventing disease, disability
Vaccines are the name for killed or weakened pathogens. They are inserted into a person to make them immune to the virus or disease. Vaccines are essential for a healthy lifestyle; the majority of the world is vaccinated, but the rest believe the side effects outweigh the benefits. Today, vaccinations are widely available to any parent or child and are well practiced. While they were not as common in the 50’s and 60’s; most children that lived during that era ended up with various diseases and eventually
There is the well-known saying, “Better safe than sorry.” People are affected daily by diseases and illnesses that could be prevented by a simple vaccine. Specific vaccines should be required for every citizen by a certain age. The benefits of regulating vaccinations range from protecting future generations, economic savings, the safety of vaccines and the eradication of serious and deadly diseases. On Christmas Eve 2009, Katie and Craig welcomed their daughter Callie Grace into the world. Katie
Vaccines have the possibility of protecting people from infectious diseases and viruses. Some do not agree to vaccinate. Even though some are hesitant when considering vaccines because of perceived fears, everyone should receive vaccines to protect themselves from the harmful viruses and diseases, because scientists have provided information proving their safety, vaccines are able to protect people from viruses and diseases, and there are many benefits of vaccinations. Vaccinations have benefits
apprehension is what vaccines are being introduced into their infant’s small bodies and the many adverse reactions they cause. In our current generation, infants are injected with up to 31 vaccines just in their first year of life (CDC, 2015). Life threatening diseases are prevented with such vaccines, but parents are often left to wonder, how many of these vaccines are even necessary. Many of the vaccines are given in combinations; sometimes three or more disease fighting vaccines are given in one inoculation
through vaccination. Vaccine protect individuals against viral infections, as well as whole populations against pandemics. 90% of population must be vaccinated to protect against an outbreak. (Muller, 2003) Different types of vaccines are used depending on the cost, the safety, the quality of the immune response induced, and the preferable route of entry. In this review, we are going to focus on edible vaccines, their benefits, their challenges, and their properties. Edible vaccines are plant material
Vaccines must additionally be re-evaluated, for the adjuvants used in them can be harmful. In almost every vaccine, a form of aluminum is used as an adjuvant. Aluminum is used because it is causes the body to react quicker to the inactive virus in the vaccine (ProCon, 2016). This helps the body to react quicker to the vaccine and build antibodies faster. However, in recent studies, Aluminum has been discovered to have health effects on humans (ProCon, 2016). Aluminum is not used by the body such
Vaccinations Forced vaccinations are a major controversial issue in the world today. Vaccines train the body’s immune system to defend itself against a foreign invader like a virus or bacteria, without launching a full-scale attack like it does when the full sickness is acquired. Most people think that vaccines give the disease to the person in order to make the body fight it off. This is true in a sense. Vaccines are weakened strands of the disease, which causes the body to produce antibodies against
Vaccines: Necessary or Useless? Vaccines are not fun. Getting poked with a needle is not exactly considered ideal. I know I never liked getting vaccinated. When I was a baby, I would scream and kick and beg the nurse not to give me a shot. I hated needles and I hated shots. I have outgrown my fear now, but I still do not want to get poked with a needle every day. Despite my hatred of needles as a young girl, I still received every vaccine that my doctor recommended. And guess what? I have never gotten
optional vaccines; the debate stems from the fact that some vaccines were derived from aborted fetuses. Here is a quote from a prominent professor: ¨During the Rubella epidemic of 1964, some doctors advised pregnant women who were exposed to the disease to abort their children. The resulting virus strain became known in the science world as RA/27/3. R stands for Rubella, A stands for Abortus, 27 stands for the 27th fetus tested, and 3 stands for the 3rd tissue explant. In other
exposed to the infectious diseases. However, with so many potential side effects to vaccinations, that could easily deter one from getting the vaccine. When looking at the potential side effects to these vaccinations it is important to remember the reason for the vaccination in the first place. What are the benefits to getting a vaccination and how do those benefits outweigh the side effects? Also, how will their use effect the future populations? It is important to keep these questions in mind when given
The first reason that vaccinations should become mandatory is that common vaccines, such as the flu shot, hepatitis B, and meningitis have been proven to be increasingly effective. Several cases have proven that when vaccinated, it aids in one’s body preventing and fighting against these illnesses. In the book “Public Health England” by Stephen Dorrell, it is described how a vaccine works and is effective, for example, “Vaccines produce their protective effect by inducing active immunity and enables
Annotated Bibliography: Vaccines Vaccine safety is one of the most controversial topics in today’s public discourse. Everyone has heard of them, but few know why they are so encouraged. A vaccine contains a weak or dead version of a microbe. This creates a small scale invasion of the immune system, which activates cells to destroy the microbe. Once these cells have been made they are always there to provide protection. This protection is immunity, for those cells are then able to recognize any live
and I can’t help but notice that some parents are denying vaccines to protect their children from the danger of them. I thought to myself “Shouldn’t these children be receiving vaccines to keep them healthy?” The physician I was shadowing always insisted on giving kids a vaccine and explaining to each parent why their kid needs one. But half the time, parents insisted “no” and were there for checkups or to get advice on their child. A vaccine works by injecting a weak or dead germ of the disease into
the considering whether to be vaccinated or not. Proponents of vaccines, advocate that vaccines should be a mandatory part of healthcare regimes. Research shows that vaccines can save lives and are safe to be distributed into human lives. By becoming vaccinated, it reaps benefits on the economy as well as helping protect future generations from diseases that vaccines have helped eradicate. However, there are also indications that vaccines should not be mandatory, and that the government should not intervene