Vaccines

Traveling back two centuries, Edward Jenner created the first vaccine against smallpox by collecting contaminated pus from a smallpox lesion and injected, or inoculated, it into a five- year-old boy. The procedure was effective and the boy only had mild symptoms of smallpox leading to a new era of biology. (Stern & Markel 2005) Today's modern medicine has evolved rapidly to create many safe vaccines that have protected 2-3 million lives per year from foreign viruses and bacteria. (WHO 2012) Measles

Foremost, the importance of vaccines has long been ignored in the developing world. 3 million people still die from vaccine-preventable diseases each year, finds the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  (Global Immunization: Worldwide Disease Incidence).  Vaccines have the potential to preclude most of these deaths and save millions of people. Case in point, Paul Wilson, Assistant Professor of Public Health at Columbia University, argued that, “wider use of available vaccines could help avert a further

Promoting Vaccines at Yearly Physicals Vaccines have been highly effective in eliminating or significantly decreasing many diseases. However, there are still some people who either choose not to or just forget to vaccinate themselves and/or children. With promoting vaccines at yearly physicals and having a better and convenient system to remember the complex immunization schedules we can prevent even more vaccine preventable diseases. Reminder System Patient reminder systems can be very beneficial

The history of vaccines began with the creation of a smallpox vaccination developed by Edward Jenner and ended in extreme debate as more locations require vaccines despite dangerous side effects. Forty-two states have mandatory vaccine policies and many children are required to receive at least 22 vaccinations before the first grade. Vaccinations, a controversial topic among medical professionals, should not be mandatory due to possible health risks. Despite common belief, vaccinations are actually

Vaccines are not fun. Getting poked with a needle is not exactly considered ideal. I know I never liked getting vaccinated. When I was a baby, I would scream and kick and beg the nurse not to give me a shot. I hated needles and I hated shots. I have outgrown my fear now, but I still do not want to get poked with a needle everyday. Despite my hatred of needles as a young girl, I still received every vaccine that was recommended by my doctor. And guess what? I have never gotten polio, measles, whooping

about vaccines today. There was once thought that there was a link between vaccines and autism in children but there is absolutely no proof out there that this is true. Although there is proof out there that vaccines do provide many benefits to those who do receive them. Vaccine preventable diseases are still around, yes they are down because of the vaccines but they are still around. Vaccines help children and adults stay healthy by protecting them from these preventable diseases. Vaccines can actually

overwhelming effectiveness of vaccinations has caused many individuals to focus more on the negative side of vaccines, ignoring the positive aspects, despite massive amounts of evidence supporting the safety of vaccines and their benefits. Vaccines represent one of the most important aspects of pediatric preventive care. However, several parents have increasingly questioned the safety of vaccines, as a result vaccination rates have fallen to dramatically lower levels in recent years (McClure, 2017).

American Academy of Pediatrics states that "most childhood vaccines are 90%-99% effective in preventing disease." (vaccines.pro.org) Now a days parents vaccinating their children is a very big controversy. Many parents don't believe that they should trust the government and what they put into our children. This is a result of the side effects the shots have had on some children, including defects. While others believe that these vaccines have worked for years, therefore we should trust them. Therefore

Vaccine Is Not the Cause of Autism People continue to believe that vaccinations cause autism because of the way our mind is set up. Our mind is set up to come with a solution to a new problem based on our past information related to our current problem or based on our previous experience. In certain situations this can be used to our advantages. However it can lead us to ignore the other side of the coin, and we may draw conclusions based on little or no information available to us. We tend to hold

Humanity is better than it was just 2 centuries ago thanks to vaccines. Currently there is a debate between people for vaccination and people who are not, called “Anti-Vaxxers”. Some feel the need to oppose vaccines because they think the ingredients are too risky, and its their choice regardless. Others feel that vaccines are beneficial because the positive effects it has on safety of our society. Vaccines should be required for everyone because the benefits outweigh the risks. First, one may argue