Why Vaccines Are Not Good

In the past, Americans did not have much say in their own health care. In today’s time, with the advent of new health-care bills and peaked interest in personal well being, Americans are now anxious to determine for themselves what they need to maintain their own and their loved ones’ health. However, there are still government-regulated requirements for people of all ages in regards to keeping the general public healthy. Vaccinations have always been a topic of contention in regards to younger children, but have been a staple of health for older adults. In fact, college requirements for vaccinations are mandatory, and failure to get the proper vaccines before college starts could result in holds on college students’ accounts or delays in

In today’s society, we believe that everything is up for debate, and that every topic can be opinionated. We like to have the power to make our own choices regardless of facts, just because we feel the pressure of being told what to do. We are lazy to learn the truth, but yet we are ready to choose sides and strongly argue about it. We see it every day on the news, in politics, sports, social media, online forums, school, etc. In his article, “Not Up for Debate: The Science Behind Vaccination”, published in September of 2015, Professor Aaron E. Carroll argues that the issue with vaccinations is more than just choosing to do it or not. Carroll jumps right into his discussion of the “Not up for debate” regarding people’s claims tying vaccines to autism, the choice not to, and officials backing them up. He explains how this argument stems from incorrect information, inadequate studies and research, and poor education about the facts and data about the vaccines, which leads to the stubborn belief that vaccinations should be banned.

Many sites including Every Day Health and The Huffington Post suggest that spreading out vaccines are pointless and will do nothing but harm the children not receiving them. Dr. Gupta, a physician-journalist, counter-argued the idea of a new schedule stating, “altering the vaccine schedule by spacing vaccines further apart is dangerous in that it essentially leaves the child unvaccinated, defeating any purpose of vaccine prevention” (Gupta min. 1:35-2:28). Children are vulnerable at their age and so their risk for contracting diseases is much higher than those who’s immune system is fully developed. Many argue that vaccinating their child fourteen to even twenty times by the age of two is a positive decision and will benefit their child.

Parents,who think that they don't have to vaccinate because children around people who are vaccinated, are committing child abuse. Vaccines only protect the people who are vaccinated. When people don't vaccinate not only are they leaving themselves open to disease, but they are completely ignoring the fact that vaccines don't end the chance for vaccinated people to get sick. "If the decision to refuse vaccination only affected the individual, then refusal would be permissible, but refusing vaccination puts others in harm's way...People who refuse to vaccinate take advantage of the large majority of people who do vaccinate, free-riding off of their immunity" (Merino). Immunity can build up over time. By definition, child abuse is, “Child abuse

The anti-vaccination sentiment exists worldwide, with activists arguing that vaccines are ineffective with a high risk of side effects, encouraging people to forgo immunization, including the influenza inoculation. Conversely, I wonder if these same activists would promote anti-immunization and anti-influenza inoculation to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for health care providers and medical personnel, especially countries with high infectious disease rates and high risk assessment of influenza with pandemic potential. Moreover, would these activists be willing to promote these individuals rights to perform their specialties in the United States without proper vaccinations? The answer to the question is not by any means. Nevertheless, a person deciding whether to be

The topic of getting a vaccine could cause a great deal of controversy depending on who you may discuss it with, but getting vaccinations should be a moral obligation. The members of the Anti-Vaccination Movement specifically would not fully agree with doctors and researchers claiming these vaccines to be safe.1 It is true that vaccines have a minimal chance, about 1-5% in children,2 of inducing the disease into the recipient due to it being a modified version of the disease and a fail of immunization. With the knowledge of statistics about failed immunizations and incorrect information gained from others or even the internet, it's understandable why the AVM3 is established and growing. The fear and risk of getting a vaccine for these reasons

On the side of defending vaccinations, many people, as well as myself, stand firm in our beliefs, that vaccinations are good. The fact of the matter is there wouldn’t be such thing as vaccinations if they didn’t work. I believe a lot of the troubles come from the Autism scare, which I do understand is a frightening thought for a lot of parents, but with countless studies conducted and all pointing to a negative correlation of the two, I think its time to stop using that as an excuse, with Steven Salzberg a writer for Forbes saying, “Most of the anti-vax crowd have no scientific training or expertise, which might explain (but doesn’t excuse) their complete ignorance of the science. Over the past 15 years, dozens of studies involving hundreds of thousands of people have shown convincingly that neither vaccines nor any of the ingredients in them are linked to autism. Vaccines are not only safe, but they are perhaps the greatest public health success in the history of civilization” (Forbes 2015). It is due to the many people who believe they are smarter than science and medical research that we are having the measles and whooping cough scares that are occurring today. Without the use of vaccines many of the diseases that were under control, or completely depleted are now slowly starting to reappear. Measles being the biggest offender, with it said to have been fully eradicated in 2000, we had over 600 cases of measles in 2014. For all of the measles cases you read about, as

Vaccinations are highly considered and one of the greatest medical accomplishments of modern civilization. Childhood diseases that were common back then are now increasingly strange because of the vaccinations that we have today. The overwhelming effectiveness of these vaccinations may lead individuals to reject the benefits they may have and are more focused and concerned of the risk and the side effects they may cause to someone. Today ill be focusing on the Tetanus and Diphtheria vaccine also known as the T.D shot, the flu shot, and the Human papillomavirus vaccine also known as HPV. I will also be addressing different issues about vaccine safety and the history behind mandatory vaccines.

When you start looking into the safety and effectiveness of vaccines you will see the same claims or statements meant to show why vaccines are absolutely safe, effective and 100% necessary. However, when you take time to look at the claims with logic and common sense, you find the claims foundations are often built on logical fallacies. Yet, people will use these statements while trying to prove vaccines are safe.

Vaccines. Should they elicit a sense of safety, or fear? Vaccinations used to be supported by a majority of the population and served as the main fighting agent against illnesses. However, within the past few years, this ideology has begun to change as more individuals have begun to voice their concerns about vaccinations. As opposed to recognizing the harmful diseases vaccinations counter, people are stringing together possible harmful effects of vaccinations. Specifically, they believe different components of vaccinations have the potential to cause disabilities such as autism. These “anti-vaxxers” continue to spread this rhetoric, gaining momentum for their cause by using fear tactics, paranoia, and refusing to acknowledge the scientific

In the field of public health, it is know that vaccinations are one greatest achievements; however the safety of childhood vaccinations remains a heated topic for many parents ("Vaccines: The Reality Behind the Debate", 2016). Using the utilitarian view, this paper will demonstrate that universal childhood vaccinations are for the better of society. Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism. This is an ethical system that states that the rightness or wrongness of an action is to be based upon the consequences. The utilitarian goal then, is to obtain happiness by maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain. Utilitarianism argues that society is to function in such a way that the greatest number of people are benefited. This requires sacrificing personal happiness as well forgoing ones own preferences for the benefit of the greater good. Utilitarianism

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

Ryan Milley was only 18 years old when he developed a severe case of meningitis after coming home from a family party one night. By the time his mother rushed him to the emergency room, he had lost all feeling in his legs and was so weak that he could not stand up on his own. A few hours later his heart stopped. Ryan passed away on June 22, 1998 just before eleven A.M. (“Victims of Vaccine-Preventable Disease”). If Ryan Milley had gotten vaccinated for meningitis as an infant, this tragedy could have been prevented. Vaccines are substances that provide immunity against certain diseases by stimulating the production of antibodies without inducing the effects of the disease. This is not a new concept however. Vaccines have been fighting off

Vaccination is an important process which an individual go through right after birth till the age of

Parents all across the United States have an issue with vaccinations for their children. Parents as of today do not have the option whether or not to immunize their children. These vaccinations are potentially harmful for children, but they also help and prevent life threatening illnesses. Parents should be allowed to choose to vaccinate their children because at times, the vaccine might harm the child, and because the parents simply just have right.