The Benefits Of Vaccination

Vaccination protects the spread of diseases around us. Getting vaccinated doesn’t only mean helping yourself, it means helping other people around you too. “The U.S. has seen 118 cases as of mid-May, compared with the 56 cases a year from 2001-2008” (Ropeik). This is important because it’s saying that the rate of vaccination is decreasing, which disease will be increasing. We shouldn’t let this continue because diseases would be spreading faster than ever. We should be alarmed and need to take action for our future and get vaccinated now. Getting vaccinated means protecting ourselves and our community. That’s the reason why vaccine were there in the first place, to

[Vaccinations have lowered the death rates of Americans over the years. According to McNeil “in November 2007, death rates for 13 diseases that can be prevented by childhood vaccinations were at all-time lows…nine of the diseases, rates of hospitalization or death had declined more than 90 percent. For three…death rates had dropped by 100 percent” (Paragraph 3). This study shows that vaccinations are beneficial to children. With these vaccinations, children will be less exposed to these diseases, which will prevent them from spending time in the hospital or in some cases dying.

Secondly, vaccines minimize the risks for many possible illnesses. For example, when children go to school they are putting other children at risk every day by not having been vaccinated. Children spread many microbes and without vaccines there would be more viral and bacterial infections in schools than ever. Without being vaccinated children are greatly susceptible to infections and would have to keep days off from school until their immune system kicks the infection. Health-care costs would be through the roof and many individuals already lack health care. There are many clinics that offer low-cost or free immunizations to infants and school aged children (ProCon.org, 2013).

"Despite overwhelming propaganda in the mainstream media that vaccines do not cause autism, one poll found that one out of every four parents now believe that vaccines cause autism" (Vaccines Cause Autism). Parents who listen to the media rather than the doctors don't want to accept the fact that there is no connection between autism and getting vaccinated. As one doctor explains in viewpoint, "There is more likely a coincidental link between immunization schedules and diagnoses of autism because the disease tends to arise when children are young, around the same ages that they are receiving vaccinations" (Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism). Children get vaccinated against 14 diseases by the age of two, along with annual flu vaccinations. Even though many doctors have mounting evidence proving the safety and value of vaccination, many parents are still passionately opposed to them. "Many people believe that the increased number of vaccines children now get twice as many as they did in 1980 and can receive up to 20 injections by their first birthday are to blame for the rise in kids with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)" (Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism). It's completely coincidental that autism comes out around the same time that many of the vaccines are given to the children. Parents blame the vaccines because they don't want to accept that their child developed

According to the Centers for Disease Control, “732,000 American children were saved from death and 322 million cases of childhood illnesses were prevented between 1994 and 2014 due to vaccination” (“Should Vaccines Be Required”). If vaccines were never invented, then people would die from many diseases because of the serious symptoms that each disease presents. Every disease is different and presents its own set of symptoms and levels of seriousness. Doctors and medical researchers have not yet discovered cures for these diseases, so being vaccinated as a preventative measure is the safest and smartest thing that a person could do. It is better to be protected from getting a disease than getting it and dealing with it until it either goes away on its own or kills

Vaccines can save the lives of children who mean the world to their parents. According to “Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children?” the author states, “vaccines save 2.5 million children from preventable diseases every year, which equates to roughly 285 children saved every year.” That would be a lot of kids that everyone loves that would pass away if they didn't receive a vaccine. The author state, “The measles vaccine has decreased childhood deaths from measles by 74%.” This proves that vaccines can really save a lot of lives If parents love their children as much as most parents, then they will get them vaccinated.

With a development of media and technological ways of social communication, is it vital to trust information from the reliable sources. Many people who do not trust or not satisfied with the quality of medicine, and usually quest the material from unreliable sources. Therefore, matter of reliability of immunization is still a huge topic for debate. For example, people sometimes rely on anecdotes, rare cases or even opinions that they have heard from others. The following article presents different point of view of the opponents, and emphasizes the evidences that support benefits of immunization.

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

In conclusion, now a days we don’t hear about cases like polio which is a crippling disease, that can make one lose the use of their legs and it is easily preventable by 2 drops of an oral vaccine. Also another disease you don’t hear much about is Mumps which can adversely affect a person's fertility later in life and it can also be prevented by vaccination. Vaccination does not cost a lot, can avoid transmitting, and live longer and

Getting vaccinated helps tremendously to avoid getting life-threatening diseases. Immunizations not only spare children from horrible life-threatening diseases but also save lives. “In 1963 more than 400,000 Americans fell ill every year and thousands died” (Hand 1). When vaccines weren’t available at the time many as 100, 1 thousand and or 1 million people were very sick and dying. When vaccines arrived in 1967 Americans saw a tremendous change in the death toll, they saw 57,000 cases annually

Vaccine’s benefit human lives in many ways that wouldn’t be possible without them such as “Vaccines are responsible for many global public health successes, such as the eradication of Smallpox, and the significant reductions in other serious infections, like Polio and Measles”(Ben Balding). First of all vaccines decrease healthcare costs. Although this may sound backwards by having the cost of the vaccine itself, but by receiving these vaccines and protecting yourself from these diseases you will save yourself money rather than not getting vaccines. See if you don’t receive these vaccines that are provided then you put yourself up at risk to catch these serious diseases. About 29% of deaths in children 1-59 months are vaccine preventable.If these diseases enter your body, then you will have the costs of treatment, prescriptions, and even hospitalization in your mailbox. Research shows that the cost of getting vaccinated is less than a fraction of the price of getting the disease and having to treat it. Secondly, vaccines decrease the number of deaths caused by these diseases and instead, increase the number of lives. Studies show that the conduction of these vaccines have proven to decrease the spread of these diseases to a minimal amount. This shows that vaccines

“From the time they are born, babies face numerous immunizations- up to 28 shots by age 2.” (NCSL 2015) A great deal of research has gone into testing the safety of these vaccines and their effects both immediate and long-term. With predominant research showing that parents should vaccinate their children; however, many disagree with this research. In recent years there has been a large push by parents to opt out of vaccinating their children. This has, in part, been caused by the idea that vaccines could cause autism and other similar developmental disabilities.

In recent years, less people are getting vaccinations. Vaccinations are the weaker and harmless form of a specific pathogen that are administered into an individual’s immune system to help fight against a specific disease. Less people are getting vaccinations because they fear of negative side effects that may happen to the individual introduced with a vaccine such as the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR vaccine). The MMR vaccine was believed to have cause autism in the 1990s, which caused a decrease in the MMR vaccination. However, vaccinations are safe and effective and provide beneficial purposes for everyone. Vaccinations help one’s immune system protect itself from future pathogens. It helps prevent dangerous diseases from infecting the

One of the best ways to protect your children is by vaccinating them, and making sure they have all the required immunizations and doses. Some of the deadliest diseases are almost completely gone or extinct because of vaccinations. Polio was once one of America’s most feared diseases, since people have started to vaccinate their children, there has been no cases of polio in the United States. Vaccines are only given to children after long and careful examination by a healthcare professional and scientist. Causes of severe allergic reactions due to vaccines have been very rare.

Immunizing patients is vital for healthcare providers to do to maintain the health of our population. Within the research one thing maintained the same and this was the need to advocate for our clients, whether they are children or adults. Along with advocating for our clients we need to inform our patients and their parents (if they are underage) of the benefits of vaccination. There are risks to vaccination and it’s not for everyone, such as, in most cases the immunosuppressed. That is also another reason why our healthy population should vaccinate to help protect those who cannot be vaccinated. The immunizations may be updating little changes at a time but what will always remain the same is people need to be educated and informed on why