Polio Vaccine in America

Koprowski’s polio vaccine was given to many children less than one month old, before their immune systems were fully developed.” many of the children were given 15 times the recommended dosage to insure

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?”

Formaldehyde is used as a preservative to stabilize the vaccine. It is used as a chemical to embalm dead bodies and preserve laboratory specimens. It has been classified as a known human carcinogen (cancer causing substance) and has been ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds on at least 8 federal regulatory lists. Formaldehyde is suspected of weakening the immune system and causing neurological system

Vaccinations have helped removed such childhood illnesses such as polio, but the growing anti-vaccine movement has prompted parents to refuse vaccinations for their children.

On October 22nd, 2007 The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention posted a web article which admitted that polio vaccines contained a cancer-causing virus. The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention also known as the CDC, deleted the post within the week it was posted. The National Center for Biotech Information Center confirms that Micro biologist Maurice Hilleman discovered Simian Virus 40 was contained in polio vaccines administrated from 1995. (Hilleman) The CDC stated that the virus was removed from the vaccine in 1961. Records show that contaminated vaccines were used until 1963 and were used in different parts of the world until the 1980’s. (Varmus) As a result of the 98 million people given a polio vaccine; 30 million received the contaminated dose. (Hilleman) On May 10th, 2002 a Pathologist by the name of Dr. Michelle Cabone tested the

Poliomyelitis (polio) is a disease that attacks the nervous tissue in the spinal cord and the brain stem resulting in paralysis (Document One). Polio is caused by the poliovirus, but it is unknown how this virus is acquired. The virus enters the digestive tract and stays in the intestines for up to eight weeks, and then attacks the lymphatic system, the blood stream and eventually travels to the brain and spine (Document Four). Once it is infected in one’s body, the disease is highly contagious and can be spread through contact of saliva, food, germs, or feces (Document Two). “The poliovirus causes most of its infections in the summer and fall. At one time, summer epidemics of polio were common and greatly feared” (Document Four). This may

Doctor Mercola has stated in his research that the vaccine includes harmful toxins including mercury, formaldehyde, and sodium deoxycholate which can have very damaging effects on the

It is almost too easy to say that vaccination should no longer be allowed. There are so many dangerous ingredients in them and this story about a mom and her kids getting vaccinated is the perfect example of why parents should not get their kids vaccinated. Her son, Harley, is 2 months old, and her daughter, Ashlee 2 years old, were getting taken to the doctors to get vaccinated. The only thing wrong with Ashlee is she had a cold. Harley was given his first DPT, polio, and Hib shots, which are shots that babies get when they’re born. Ashlee received her first Hib and MMR and DPT and polio shots. After they were vaccinated they went home and took a nap. Not long after Harley woke up and thighs were all red and not long after Ashlee woke up and fell because she couldn’t walk. Her mom took her to the hospital, leaving Harley with a babysitter. Eventually her mom came back to her son screaming and screaming until he fell asleep. For the next 10 days Harley had barely eaten or slept and on that day he passed away. After they looked for all the possible things that could have happened and the doctors for starter, marked Harley as a 5 week old baby when he was

David Oshinsky's 2005 Polio: An American Story, is a history of the fight to eradicate polio in the 20th century. Polio became one of the most, if not THE most, feared diseases of the century due to the influence and example of President Franklin Roosevelt, who was stricken with the disease as an adult in 1921. Owner of a Warm Springs, GA resort dedicated to polio rehabilitation(where he died in 1945), Roosevelt needed to raise funds to keep the resort operational. In 1934, he allowed planners to throw a nationwide series of birthday parties (over 6,000) for him to raise money for the care of polio survivors and for the upkeep of Warm Springs. The success of these parties and recognition that the key to raising money during the Great Depression

Once America’s most feared diseases and causing death and paralysis across the country, thanks to vaccination, there are no reports of polio in the United States.

However, as a whole, vaccinating one's child could keep him/her and others from getting sick, and their are many reasons why parents should consider it. Side effects may occur, but are usually minor. “Most side effects from vaccinations are mild, such as soreness, swelling, or redness at the injection site” (History of Polio). The myth that vaccines cause autism has been debunked. Andrew Wakefield published an article insisting that the “measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine were increasing autism in British children. The article has since been discredited due to many different violations with it, and has since lost his medical licence. (The History of Vaccines) Another myth is to wait until the child is older because their immune systems can’t handle vaccines when young. If the child waits to get the vaccine, they may be more susceptible to the disease, putting a great risk of the child at getting the disease. According to Dr. Offit, “a baby’s body is bombarded with immunological challenges, from bacteria in food to the dust they breathe” (Vaccines - The Safest). This shows that a baby’s immune system is well adapted, and comes in contact with many airborne microbes. Compared to everything else a baby may come into contact with, the vaccine is nothing the immune system can’t handle (Ten Vaccine Myths). Lastly, some believe that because most people got vaccinated, the disease has been eradicated. While that may be true in most cases, it can be very risky not to get the vaccination. “The ability of immunizations to prevent the spread of infection depends on having a certain number of children immunized. Unfortunately, the level of immunization required to prevent diseases such as measles from spreading from child to child is high—95 percent" (Ten Vaccine Myths). Just because others got vaccinated does not guarantee one's safety from the disease. There are many misconceptions about

In 1977 Dr Jonas Salk (inventor of the Salk polio vaccine) testified with other scientists that 87% of the polio cases which occurred in the US since 1970 were the by-product of

When hygienic conditions were poor polio attacked infants. The disease was spread by contaminated water and contact with fecal contamination. Many infants died when the conditions were poor. But as conditions improved the virus spread differently. It was spread more through playmates and family members, the contamination came from the

Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease caused by wild poliovirus. Among the 721 polio cases was detected during January 2006 - May 2016. This disease invades nervous system, can lead to paralysis within a few hours or even death. The poliovirus enters the human body through oral water or food contaminated by decal mayor of the infected person. Virus in the intestine in the proliferation of the excreted by the feces of infected persons, and can be passed to others. The initial symptoms of polio are fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiff neck and limb pain. This disease mainly affects children under 5 years old. There is one case of irreversible paralysis (usually legs) in 200 cases of polio infection. In paralysis, 5-10% of

Polio is an infectious disease that has killed and paralyzed many people (Birth of Jonas Salk and the death of polio in India). It has taken the lives of