The Importance Of Vaccinations

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

The prolonged debate on the benefits of vaccinating against diseases continues today, with more talk arising over vaccinations potentially coming compulsory. When looking into this argument it is important to juxtapose both sides of the case and weigh out the benefits and disadvantages/conflicts that arise when getting vaccinated against different diseases. Vaccinating means introducing the body to a particular disease. This is done by injecting a weaker pathogen of the disease into the body. Initially, the body will naturally defend itself against the pathogen, but once the body successfully defends itself, the antibody will remain within the system creating an immunity against the disease (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,

It is human nature to want to understand the risks of vaccinations, especially when the benefits of that vaccine are invisible. It will never be known how many times people might be exposed to a vaccine-preventable disease, and how it could affect the immune system. There is sufficient data to help adults, and parents, weigh out the pros and cons of getting vaccinated. The benefits of preventing a disease with a vaccination can far outweigh the risks of not getting get. There are skeptics out there that believe vaccinating your child could give them neurodevelopmental issues, such as Autism. There is no scientific proof to back up this theory. Getting

1A vaccination is used to stimulate ones immune system and provide resistance from infections.2Many people believe that vaccinations need to be mandatory to prevent mass outbreaks and pandemonium much like the measles outbreak of December 2014. 3In spite of preventable outbreaks, many others deflect the idea of vaccinations because they believe that they are “unsafe”. 4Accoring to the Editorial Board for USA Today, mandatory vaccinations, such as the measles vaccination, are positively affective and only .5% of its recipients have experienced major and crucial side effects. 5Although it is understandable to opt out of a vaccination for religious reasons, we must analyze the impact that unvaccinated children have on the entire community. 6The

This is why the World Health Organization, as well as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend an extremely effective schedule of routine immunizations for children (“Recommended Routine Immunization”; “2018 Recommended Immunizations”). If parents follow this schedule, their child will gain a lasting immunity against fourteen of the most common and damaging infectious diseases over the course of four to six years (“Recommended Routine Immunization”; “2018 Recommended Immunizations”). By immunizing the youth, society is concurrently building herd immunity. Herd immunity is the concept that when the majority of the population is properly vaccinated, a bacteria or virus will not be able to spread and will eventually die off, which protects everyone, including those who cannot receive immunizations for health reasons (Laliberte). Illustrating this idea, vaccination that built herd immunity has allowed for a 99% decrease of polio cases in the United States over the past thirty years; and the measles vaccine alone prevented an estimated 20.4 million deaths worldwide since 2010 (Oliver; “Measles Fact Sheet.”). These numbers undeniably prove the efficacy of

Almost everyone in the world cares and wants the best for children, whether it be their own or not. Most people also want the best for society. But the question is, why would some of these same people deliberately cause the suffering of children and jeopardize society just because they do not believe in vaccination? Vaccinations help save lives by building immunity to deadly diseases, but people are willing to risk lives just because their political beliefs or religious beliefs or skepticism keeps them from vaccinating their children. To make sure everyone in the community is safe from certain diseases, the government needs to make most vaccinations mandatory for every child. There are already a few state mandates regarding vaccinations

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) describes vaccination as being one of the ten greatest achievements in public health of the 20th century (CDC 1999) Despite this regard, speculation regarding the matter of vaccines has been around for nearly the entirety of their existence (Wolfe 2002). In his book, Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All, Author Paul Offit does well in informing readers of the ongoing debate regarding the safety and implementation of vaccinations. Offit begins his book by equating this debate to an ongoing war between hesitant parents and weary doctors. Both sides are motivated by fear. For parents it is the fear of possible side effects that may arise in their children. For doctors it is the

Vaccinations has become controversial in recent years. A growing number of parents feel that vaccines can cause harm. They believe that they have the right to decide whether or not to have their children vaccinated (“Introduction to Vaccines: Current Controversies” 6). This is true, however, public health and individual rights should be equally taken into consideration. While there is growing number of people who claims that mandatory vaccinations is against civil liberties and are not safe, vaccinations are scientifically proven to be effective and have given greater benefits to public health.

Vaccination is a primary prevention of disease and has been strongly integrated into modern medicine. For generations, epidemics of measles, whooping cough or polio have been largely nonexistent from populations across the globe. However, there are still many parents who choose not to vaccinate their children and adults who are unaware of or unable to access vaccines that prevent infectious diseases. There are college students still being exposed to meningitis and even some people in the healthcare industry not staying current and questioning the efficacy of them. The purpose of this paper is to present some facts about vaccinations/immunizations, barriers to obtaining them and suggestions from research on how to overcome those barriers from a community health perspective.

The usage of vaccinations is important to keep track of. If it`s not written down you could get the same vaccine and hurt your body. Vaccination records are great, they help cure you if you are sick or not feeling well. Only a few people think that a vaccine shot could either give them, children, or animal(s) sick or even autism.

Vaccinations have proven time and time again to be an effective form of preventive medicine, but in recent research it has been associated with serious developmental problems. The controversy over whether childhood vaccines are actually the cause of these development issues has been an ongoing debate for 2 centuries and is even more prominent in society now as more research is becoming available to the public, even if some of it says there is no link between the two. Parents and guardians now also believe that their children’s immune systems will be able to fight off diseases naturally. With all the controversy of vaccinations, there are also ethical controversies dealing with childhood vaccinations. Vaccine ethical issues such as public

Vaccinations are considered to be one of science’s greatest feats. The World Health Organization estimates that immunization prevents 2 million deaths worldwide and according to Immunize BC, “[vaccinations] have saved more lives in Canada than any other medical intervention in the past 50 years”. Vaccinations work by transmitting a small amount of germs - or parts of a germ- into the patient. These germs cause the body to create antibodies in order to rid and protect the body of the foreign intruder. The germs are consequently destroyed and the antibodies remain in your body, now prepared to protect the body if it comes in contact with the full blown disease. As of now, the only disease that has been eradicated is smallpox, thus saving 5 million lives annually (Immunize BC, 2012). The constant research and observation of vaccines and their consequent role in immunization have led to the suppression of occurrences of various diseases. Epidemics of diseases such as measles and whooping cough, that prevailed less than 100 years ago have decreased to rare cases scattered around the continent.

Vaccines help stop a disease from infecting the body by mimicking the disease and exposing the body to a small amount of the infection. This is scientifically proven and has worked to stop outbreaks of chicken pox, HIV, the flu, and much more. Not only does this help the person who is getting the vaccine, but it also keeps everyone around them safe. Some people may not be able to get vaccinated for every disease available, whether it is due to issues with money or age. However, if people around them are able to get the vaccine and protect themselves, it also helps the people that have to be around them on a daily basis. In other words, getting vaccinated may not only save your life, but can possibly save the lives of everyone around you. This is known as “protecting the herd.” They protect humans and animals from life threatening diseases. Vaccines are a big reason the average life expectancy has risen since the 1800s. In the last 150 years, life expectancy has doubled. Humans used to live to be about forty. For most high school and

Throughout this essay, I will support that it is necessary and important for vaccinations to be given to all individuals who are able to receive them. First, I will give some background into what vaccines are and how they work to protect humans from disease. After that, I am going to state my argument for why vaccinations should be mandatory for certain people to receive and will display why vaccinations are greatly important. Then, I will address some objections that people have for choosing not to receive vaccinations. Finally, I will conclude why vaccines are important to human beings and society.

What is a vaccination? Why are they so important ? A vaccination is a live virus administered into the body to build immunity against deadly diseases. When a child is little and is exposed to a disease their bodies are not strong enough to fight it off and can make them very sick. Before vaccination came into play children would get diseases such as pertussis(whooping cough),polio,diphtheria, and tetanus, all of these being extremely deadly.Why would someone want to give a young child these deadly viruses? Studies have shown that no medicine is perfect but most childhood vaccines produce immunity about 90 - 100% of the time.(vaccines) Before vaccinations were invented people were only living 50-60 years, they now are living 20-25 years longer. How does this protect those who physically can not have vaccinations? Vaccinations protect those who can not be vaccinated, whether is be from a disease they are already fighting, chemo / radiation, and being allergic. All of those being reasons to hope others get their vaccinations. Vaccinations not only protect children from harmful diseases, but also those who can not be vaccinated.