Immunisation And Vaccination Research

Between 1924 and 2013, vaccinations prevented 103 million cases of polio, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis A, diphtheria, and pertussis (Bailey). Vaccinating is “the process by which pathogenic cells are injected into a healthy person in an attempt to cause the body to develop antibodies to a particular virus or bacterium—successful creation of antibodies is referred to as immunity to the disease caused by the particular pathogen” (Introduction to Should Vaccinations be Mandatory). Popular conflicts regarding vaccination include the worry that this form of immunization isn’t natural, the idea that vaccination schedule for children in the U.S. takes away parents’ rights to make decisions for their children, and the concern that vaccinations aren’t safe for all children. Most doctors and scientists advocate for vaccinations in the name of herd immunity, protection against foreign diseases and prevention against pockets of disease outbreaks. Vaccinations should be mandatory for all children in the United States for who they are deemed safe and effective.

Whether or not to vaccinate yourself/ your child has become a very important question to ask yourself. With recent news of vaccinations having a possible link to autism and many other negative side effects, it has become increasingly more important to weigh the risks and the rewards of vaccinations. While this may be a risk, the risk of zero vaccinations worldwide would have an exponentially larger and more negative effect on the majority of the world. Vacinations are the key to achieving longevity in life not only for one person but for the whole of the human species. This leads one to ask “if everyone is vaccinated, what is the difference if I decide not to vaccinate due to inherit risks?”

Although the negative claims behind anti-immunization stances are deceptive and discredited, some parents find it difficult to accept that vaccines are necessary and safe. Many of these reasons are due to personal or religious beliefs that have persuaded parents to bypass immunizations for their children. Consequently, health officials are seeing disquieting rises of diseases that are easily preventable. The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) has reported hundreds of measles cases in the United States in 2011, the largest number in 15 years (Ben-Joseph, Elana). Essentially, almost all of these cases were in individuals who had not received a vaccine shot. Also found in the article was that a great amount of the quarrel over the shots comes from a 1998 study that tried to connect autism to a type of vaccine that defends against measles. However, there has been no scientific evidence that a vaccine or a combination of any of the shots induces autism. Undoubtedly, the doctor that wrote the article, calling vaccines a “deliberate fraud” ,lost his license for not submitting any evidence of his claim and causing people to neglect shots for that year. Sadly, due to that article, 1 in 4 parents still believe that vaccines are

Vaccination is widely considered one of the greatest medical achievements of modern civilization (Harvard Law School, 2007). Childhood deaths from infectious diseases were commonplace less than a generation ago; however they’re now increasingly rare due to vaccines. In order to be effective at eliminating communicable diseases, vaccines must be administrated to a sufficient level of people in the community. However, there has been plenty of controversy over the morality, ethics, effectiveness and safety of immunization. It has been argued in the past whether laws should be introduced that render some vaccines obligatory for all children (Singer, 2009). These objections may lead to an unacceptably high number of exemptions, which can compromise vaccination programs and leave the population susceptible to outbreaks. Parents argue that it is they who should have the ultimate decision-making right on whether or not to vaccinate their children. Whereas nurses and health care officials oppose that view on the grounds that by making vaccination rates in children incomplete, we expose all children to contracting the vaccine-preventable diseases. The most recent Australian Childhood Immunization Register coverage report illustrates that 92.1% of children aged 12 to 15 months have been fully immunized in Australia (ACIR, 2014). A survey was conducted for the Mansfield community to analyze and identify the factors which prevents them from vaccinating their children.The

Currently in Australia, vaccinations are not compulsory. Fortunately, with the Australian government’s new incentive scheme ‘No Jab No Pay’ that came into force on the 1st of January 2016, the Australian government are now able to withhold Child Care Benefits. The intent of the legislation is that parents who do not follow the Australian Childhood Immunisation Schedule at the appropriate times, will be unable to claim any child-care rebates. The governments reasoning for introducing the legislation is because they believe the vaccination rate of young children, is not high enough and assume that the reason some parents are not vaccinating their children are because they are ignorant or have a lack of access to vaccination facilities. The claims suggest that this legislation will raise Australian vaccination rates to make sure parents do not miss out on their child care benefits and subsidies. The child care benefits could mean a lot to some parents and give their families extra financial security. Vaccinations are much less expensive than the long term payments that could possibly come with treatments of vaccine preventable diseases. Some vaccine-preventable diseases can result in long term effects and take a financial toll on families because of lost time at work caring for ill family members as well as countless medical bills to treat the

The vaccination of children is a common practice in the United States. It has helped prevent the spread of infectious diseases that has plagued our society since the dawn of time. Since the decline of those infectious diseases, the United States and other countries have gone to what is called “herd immunity,” which is a mandatory vaccination of a majority of children to protect the mass population from contracting those easily communicable diseases (Orenstein & Yang, 2015). However, as of late the numbers of unvaccinated children are going up. Why is this happening? Why are so many parents choosing not to vaccinate their children? To answer those questions one must look at the reason why childhood vaccinations are required and why people choose to have their children vaccinated. Many parents believe some vaccinations help build their children’s immune system, but for other parents vaccinations are looked at as a risk to their children’s health and well-being. Many studies have been conducted to compile information to quantify the need for mass vaccinations, but childhood vaccinations have become so common in today’s society, that it’s hard to find a large percentage of unvaccinated children to gather a significant amount of data from. This is because the groups of unvaccinated children are too small and wide spread to consistently provide relevant data. This has led to a very controversial debate between parents, medical professionals and government officials about

One of the main reasons that people do not vaccinate their children is many continue to believe that vaccinations cause autism. The myth started when a scientific paper published in 1998 contained falsified data that claimed vaccinations caused autism. This paper has since been debunked and retracted with the principal scientist’s medical license removed, but the myths surrounding vaccinations continue today. This misconception has been wrongly perpetuated by those outside the medical community, including celebrities, political figures, and community leaders, who are unaware of the current data on the subject. Over half of people who refuse vaccination believe that

Parents should be forced to vaccinate their children no matter what the circumstance. There are multiple reasons why parents should vaccinate their children. If a person does not want their child getting diagnosed with a viral disease, than why would they not want to vaccinate them? This seems like an issue that should not even need to be discussed because of the extremity of the consequences of not getting a child vaccinated. Without vaccines, epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases would return (What Happens When You Don’t Vaccinate). This research paper will discuss many upsides and downsides of vaccinating children.

No person should be denied their right to choose what is right for their child, but there should be consequences for families who decide against vaccination. Many families have linked the diagnosis of autism to the vaccination of their child although this fact has been proven incorrect several times. Parents who refuse to vaccinate put not only their child but, other children and families at risk. Cases of preventable diseases have begun to make a comeback because of the lack of vaccination. Although parents shouldn’t be forced to vaccinate their children, they should have consequences for their choice.

Over the past decade the debate concerning the safety and necessity of childhood vaccines, as well as the correlation between vaccination and autism, has been overwhelming the media and the minds of conscientious parents. While freedom of choice is valued above all else in this country, when it comes to vaccination, blindly following the anti-vaxxer rhetoric puts at serious risk the health of many, especially the most vulnerable citizens. Immunization is a safe method to prevent many common infectious diseases and has been proven to be extremely effective in morbidity and mortality prevention; and a full course of medically recommended vaccination should be mandatory for all school-age children who do not have

Compulsory vaccinations are the right choice for society today, with the benefits vastly out weighing any associated risks. When a sufficient percentage of a society is vaccinated the risk for disease epidemic plummets greatly, unfortunately there is much misinformation about vaccines readily available to the

As a parent immunizations for a child are always a big decision. Most parents decide to vaccinate their children without a second thought, while some struggle with if the positives outweigh the negatives, negatives sometimes being serious side effects, and sadly there are some parents that simply cannot afford to vaccinate their children or do not have the necessary resources. There are many communities worldwide that do not use immunizations, due to religious reasons or a lack of resources. (Miller, 2006) These communities see many negative health complications due to people and children not getting vaccinated. Countries with vaccine programs have seen a decrease in preventable diseases due to the vaccines given to children at early

During the 20th century, the advancement of immunizations was perhaps the greatest beneficial public health measure. Vaccine manufacturers’ work with society to develop safe and effective means of vaccinations to decrease both compliance with vaccinations, but the cost. Despite smaller public groups trying to go against the administration of vaccinations, causing suspicion and misconception, many people still trust the benefits of vaccinations in comparison to the risk of not receiving them. One of the biggest steps in allowing society, families, parents to understand the benefits and to build a trusting relationship with vaccinations, is to first and foremost educate them.

Before vaccines were invented, people could only obtain immunity against an infectious disease after they survived from that disease. Thanks to modern technology, people nowadays can acquire immunity against some once fatal infectious diseases just by vaccination, which is injection or oral-taking inactivated or attenuated strains of microbe in order to stimulate body immune system, thereby preventing disease caused by that microbe (Kurstak, 1994). Some diseases, such as polio and smallpox, have been eradicated from many countries and regions in the world (Kurstak, 1994). Vaccination is considered to be a safe and effective way to prevent many infectious diseases and have saved millions of children’s lives, yet it is not mandatory in Canada. Only three provinces (Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick) have legislation or regulations that require proof of immunization of certain diseases for school entrance, but all have exceptions for medical or religious reasons (Vaccine Choice Canada, n.d., para 1). Therefore, it is extremely important for parents to understand why your children need to be vaccinated.

The act of vaccination has been discussed frequently over the past decade, with arguments from supporters of vaccination and anti-vax advocates impacting on the opinions of others regarding child vaccination. While the focus is primarily on the act of vaccinating babies and young children as well as adolescents in high school, this report will investigate into the “mandatory nature” of vaccination as this is a current contemporary issue affecting Australians. The question of ‘Should all people in government education centres go through mandatory vaccination?’ will be further explored through three focus questions including ‘Why were vaccinations introduced?’, ‘What are the benefits and risks of vaccines?’ and ‘Should vaccination be mandatory for adults working in education centres?’ In order to gain highly effective and relevant information, primary sources in the form of an interview by a Nurse Unit Manager from the Immunisation Section of the South Australian Communicable Disease Control Branch and a survey of the general public have been conducted, as well as the use of secondary sources from various websites, including medical journal articles and news reports.