Ready for all of the controversy that comes along with this topic? Some of you will read this article and say "Oh well, she's wrong. I refuse to believe her.". To some extent, that is OK, in scientific information, it is absolutely good to be skeptical and proceed to do your own research, in fact it is encouraged; however, I suggest you are also open-minded, as I have done research and will discuss the information and evidence I have found. When I include my opinion, I will state it. I am here to inform you of the information and studies found of vaccines to make others aware of the research that has been found. Of course, there will still be some of you that will stand by your own views and I understand that. I may seem harsh about this, but I have to be. Some people are not nice at all and just as those people are going to stand by their beliefs, I am going to stand by my scientific research and help people become more aware of the research that has been done.
Now that that is said and done, time to begin! I am going to start off with what I believe. I believe that children should get vaccinated. This is for infectious diseases like measles, small pox, polio, diphtheria, mumps, and many more. Here's why...
The first reason is "herd immunity". There is a certain population of people that rely on others to be immune as they themselves are incapable of getting vaccinations. For example, they may be babies that are too young or a person who is immune compromised, or even someone who may have an allergic reaction to a vaccine. If a young child or immune compromised individual develops and infectious disease, their life becomes endangered. They do not have the same antibodies to fight off these diseases. I understand that some may want to expose their child to illnesses naturally. While this may be OK if your child has a very strong immune system, there is a chance it could permanently harm them or in the worst case scenario kill the child. In addition, as I stated before, if your child still has the disease they can spread it onto other who are unable to get vaccinated.
The second reason I would like to discuss the most common myth that is associated with vaccines: that Autism is caused by them. This may be a relief for some of you and others may be still convinced that vaccines are the cause. Either way, there has been absolutely no evidence whatsoever that vaccines cause Autism. In my personal opinion, I think this is great news and such a relief. In the current period of time, most evidence shows that vaccines are safe and helpful.
For the last reason I would like to discuss virus mutations. To explain what I mean by this I will take antibiotics for an example. When a person consumes too many antibiotics a virus will recognize the object and then evolve to become "bigger and badder". However, such is not the case with non-living vaccines. When you get injected with a non-living vaccine your body reacts to it by creating antibodies and white blood cells that will remember the foreign invader. In doing this, if you were to ever come into contact again with the same virus or disease your body will recognize the invader and kill it. The virus or disease will be unable to evolve or duplicate because the body will have completely eradicated it. A good example of this is a certain strain of small pox. With vaccines we were able to actually eliminate small pox in the US.
Honestly, I think vaccines are a great way to attempt to eliminate particular infectious diseases and help keep our children safe and healthy.
