Vaccine Outline

Vaccinations have been actively used for over 200 years now and have been effective for over 200 years as well. Western medicine’s introduction to the practice is said to have occurred within the eighteenth century, when a traveling British aristocrat, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, reported her observations of Turkish children being injected with pus from smallpox victims. Although this practice seemed quite harsh, most of these children would contract only a mild version of the illness. In return, these recipients would retain a lifelong immunity to this terrible disease (World of Microbiology & Immunology). Similarly, in the United States, a Puritan minister by the name of Cotton Mather learned about inoculation from his African slave, Onesimus. Onesimus claimed that he was inoculated with smallpox pus and never caught the tragic disease (Williams). This type of medicinal treatment was initially rejected by most Western practitioners. They felt it was a dangerous and barbarous practice, but vaccination gained a tremendous amount of support at the turn of the nineteenth century when English physician Edward Jenner created a new smallpox vaccine derived from the relatively mild cowpox virus (Riedel). There’s no doubt that history has shown the positive outcomes of immunization and continued to show them as technology and medicine progressed.

“In 2011 alone, 1.5 million children died [worldwide] from diseases preventable by currently recommended vaccines” (“Immunization” 2). The magnitude of this tragedy is in part caused by the fact that some of those children simply weren’t reached by organizations like UNICEF, which aim to vaccinate children (“Immunization” 2). However, there are other reasons for the recent deaths and epidemics—such as the whooping cough epidemic of 2012, with 48,000 cases nationally in the United States—involving vaccine preventable diseases (McClay 1).

Anti-vaccination movements are hurting children and the people surrounding them. On the contrast, there is a pro-vaccination movement to advocate for those who cannot protect themselves. However, this movement is diminishing due to skewed facts in the media. This only comes back to haunt the parents who do not vaccinate their child, and the people who cannot be protected against it. Using vaccinations can irradiate diseases that have evolved over the years, saving millions of lives, and giving peace to lives lost from the disease (Jacobs, Charlotte DeCroes).

Vaccination has strongly integrated into modern medicine, and several generations have grown up without being exposed to epidemics of rubella, whooping cough, measles, etc. However, during the recent decade an anti-vaccine movement has emerged, powered by the complaints and claims of parents in on the internet and videos associated with the supposed specific effects of vaccines. Many mothers choose not to immunize their kids, or refuse from certain vaccinations.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of vaccinations in terms of both their perception and reality. As will be discussed, the majority of people are in favor of vaccinations and consider them important, however, this point of view, to a large extent, is based on opinion as opposed to fact. Indeed, the issue is not purely whether or not vaccinations are good or bad, but whether or not the public's perception of this question is in line with the scientific research. This is an important issue because, if the public has

The intended purpose of this presentation is to provide facts and scientific research that persuades the audience members regarding the use of vaccinations. My intention is that the audience will support the use of vaccinations and consider the facts before making decisions that affect the entire community. My central idea is that inaccurate data exists with regards to vaccination; instead, that vaccinations should be viewed as essential for protection of society, both from extreme illness as well as life threatening, and sometimes fatal, diseases.

More than 70 viruses, parasites, fungi and bacteria are considered dangerous pathogens to the humanity [1]. Vaccine administration has been the most creative and precious discovery in the twentieth century [2]. For most of these pathogens vaccines are present and other vaccines under establishing, in phase three clinical trial, for almost all the other viruses such as influenza virus B and bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus and about half of the parasites such as leishmania [1]. Vaccines have a major impact in reducing childhood mortality and saving millions of human beings [2]. Vaccines are the most efficient and cost-effective measure to prevent several serious and life threatening infectious diseases. The successful global eradication

The modern history of vaccines starts with Edward Jenner, an English doctor who developed the vaccine for smallpox. He did this by way of inoculating a young boy with fluid from a woman who had cowpox, a similar disease. When the boy was later exposed to smallpox, the antibodies that his system produced

Vaccinations have been actively used for over 200 years now and have been effective for over 200 years as well. Western medicine’s introduction to the practice is said to have occurred within the eighteenth century, when a traveling British aristocrat, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, reported her observations of Turkish children being injected with pus from smallpox victims. Although this practice seemed quite harsh, most of these children would contract only a mild version of the illness. In return, these recipients would retain a lifelong immunity to this terrible disease (World of Microbiology & Immunology). Similarly, in the United States, a Puritan clergyman by the name of Cotton Mather learned about inoculation from his African slave, Onesimus. Onesimus claimed that he was inoculated with smallpox pus and never caught the tragic disease (Williams). This type of medicinal treatment was initially rejected by most Western practitioners. They felt it was a dangerous and barbarous practice, but vaccination gained a tremendous amount of support at the turn of the nineteenth century when English physician Edward Jenner created a new smallpox vaccine derived from the relatively mild cowpox virus (Riedel). There’s no doubt that history has shown the positive outcomes of immunization and continued to show them as technology and medicine progressed.

”I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox” (Edward Jenner). Vaccines have transformed the way that we live in today’s society because there are many different types of vaccines that can prevent you from catching diseases. Diseases that were once so easy to get are now so easy to prevent just by the use of vaccines. Before vaccines were invented, people had no hope for saving themselves from the suffering and even death from a contagious disease. Fortunately, they found something that could give people hope. The creation of vaccines, dates back to the late seventeen hundreds. Edward Jenner was the creator of

In popular culture today there seems to be a drive to be in the know of what is really going on into our bodies and what is defined as healthy. This is a truly great and important struggle to question the status quo, and make sure that what is being advertised is what the public is receiving. “Knowledge” is being pushed on us around every corner on social media and popular television, and we are constantly bombarded with what scientists, dentists, and doctors all recommend. Talking heads on TV parade their “Doctors” on the masses that loyalty watch their shows who end up becoming indoctrinated to this idea of being healthy following quasi helpful or full blown pseudoscience modern day snake oils that do nothing, but line the pockets of those already wealthy and with little or no benefit to your health. This paper will go over a common misconception in society today and the reasons why it has become an issue, and that issues is the misconception that vaccines are harmful and or ineffective.

The scientific discovery of vaccines happened hundreds of years ago. In the 1700’s, the most prevalent disease that was killing people was

In public health, the eradication of a disease is the ‘permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of infection caused by a specific agent as a result of deliberate efforts; intervention measures are no longer needed’ (Dowdle 1999). Elimination of a disease on the other hand is described as a decrease to zero of new cases of a defined disease in a defined geographical area arising from deliberate endeavours. In such a case, continued interventions are necessary to prevent the re-establishment of disease transmission (WHO). Immunization refers to a sum of processes where an individual is made resistant and immune to an infectious disease by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines typically stimulate the body’s immune system to guard against subsequent infections in the person. Immunisation is a proven, cost effective, process that is estimated to save between 2 to 3 million lives annually (WHO 2015)

Diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, yellow fever, small pox, and mumps are several diseases that have become unfamiliar to many nowadays. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, these illnesses struck and killed thousands of people worldwide, targeting mostly children. Today, these diseases remain forgotten due to vaccines. A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity against a type of disease. Vaccinations are beneficial because they train the immune system to resist a new pathogenic without exposing us to the disease by producing antibodies to fight it. Whereas before vaccinations, in order to be fully immune from an illness you had to catch the disease, and hopefully survive it. However, despite the positivity that comes out of being vaccinated, their are still certain individuals who do not believe vaccines are as beneficial as they are said to be. This indeed is a false accusation because vaccines can save a child’s life, the ingredients in the vaccine are proven to be safe in the amount used, vaccines saves time and money , and they are proven to protect future generations.

Vaccinations hold a long term history throughout the world with a clear reason for their enduring existence. Paul Offit and Charlotte Moser claim in their book, Vaccines & Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction, “vaccines provide the immunity that comes from natural infection without the consequences of natural infection.” They believe looking at the source and examining the origins of vaccines help people better understand their purpose and use. The late 1700s introduced the first vaccine by physician Edward Jenner attempting to cure smallpox (Offit