The Importance Of Vaccination

A number of notable technological innovations have taken place between the years 1860-1870 in the United States. In the sphere of communications, a major development was the completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line across North America by Western Union in 1861 (Western Union 2009). Moreover, in 1866, after several failed attempts, the Transatlantic Cable was laid that connected Europe and North America. Before this landmark event, the fastest communication between the two continents had taken at least a week; after the cable was laid, messages could be transmitted instantaneously. The first message was, famously, that “a treaty of peace has been signed between Austria and Prussia” (History Magazine n/d, “Third Time Lucky”,

Within almost a decade after Akhenaten's death, everything was beginning to go back to normal. Under the reign of Horemheb who was a young King at the time, he restored everything Akhenaten had done. The religion, art, God and the capital, all restored as the young Pharaoh took over. He had the men of the army going and destroying everything that had anything to do with Akhenaten was destroyed. Sculpture, anything that had his face or his families face, and his palace. They wanted him to be forgotten and they would have succeeded if the men would have done a better job. Unfortunately for both King Tutankhamun and Horemheb, the men only partially did their jobs. Destroying only partical or half of the things items. Leaving out faces or words

The chinese economy in the Tang dynasty was well organized. The social economy in the earlier period of the Tang Dynasty underwent a rising process of recovery, development and prosperity. They had a well train military and very well train men with very well developed weapons. One of the major invention of the time was gunpowder which helped the military a lot. They also made weapons out of steel and iron.

Due to the health risks of vaccinations, we as parents, are taking a risk of putting our children in danger of these health problems. "We really don 't know how many children are injured by vaccinations each year because there 's never been a large scale study to find out." In 1986, [the National Vaccine Information Center] helped pass legislation that made it mandatory for physicians to report vaccine injuries. The FDA is now receiving 14,000 reports of vaccination injuries per year. But the FDA estimates that this is only 10 percent of the actual injuries occurring" (Frederick 20).

In America, nearly half of the parents refuse to vaccinate their children because of the fears that have been inputted in their head through the media. If the child wishes to attend school, they will need vaccinations against serious diseases like polio, rubella, and mumps. These vaccinations are needed to make sure there is no outbreak of deadly infectious diseases again. In the past decade, as the occurrence of many diseases has fallen drastically as the result of new vaccinations, some American parents have decided to not vaccinate their children, due to the fear of side effects, but there is no scientific evidence to back those theories up. Vaccination rates are declining due to a growing culture of distrust in “big pharma” (1). Not vaccinating

Schools and other facilities have strict, mandatory vaccinations that everyone must have to be permitted in the facility. However, as soon as vaccines are seen as being less important than they truly are: lenience on these regulations will start. People will be granted viability for their unreasonable excuses to not get vaccinated. Then, how can some people have to get vaccinated when others don’t? Exceptions will eventually lead to completely new definitions of the rules. Schools and public facilities will be carriers of completely preventable diseases all due to shear laziness. I do not say these things to scare you. I say these things to move you with fear into doing something that is undeniably right and honestly not that much of an

Including what the short-term and long-term consequences are when vaccinations at taken. Nevertheless, “Health officials are quick to point out that the odds a child will die or become disabled from the diseases targeted by vaccines are far greater than being harmed by the vaccine,” concludes Koch (“Vaccine Controversies” 644). True, immunization may save a child’s life, but evidence to prove not being vaccinated will have drastic consequences is not

Can you imagine life without vaccine? In the reading "Not Being Vaccinated is not Acceptable" by David Ropeik argues that we should all get vaccinated because it’s necessary. Vaccinations are designed to help us go through our daily everyday life. A vaccine is a modern type of medicine that has been added to the world early on in life to prevent us all from diseases. It is called a modern medicine because of how many lives it has saved throughout the world. The earliest documented examples of vaccination are in the 17th century from India and China, people infected with smallpox were used to protect against the diseases. Vaccine have become better, to where they are safer for the human body. Vaccinations protect you and everyone around you, saves public money, protects future generations and it’s reliable.

Vaccines are one of the safest, convenient and most preventive care measures that is available. Getting vaccinated can mean the difference between life and death. Vaccine preventable diseases can be very dangerous. Every year, there is approximately 50,000 United States adults who die from vaccine preventable diseases (McLaughlin, p265). Vaccines will not give you the disease that it is designed to prevent. Some vaccines contain the killed virus, and it impossible to catch a disease from that. Other vaccines contain live, but weakened viruses that are designed to ensure that a person cannot catch the disease. There is very strong data from many different medical investigators that all point to the safety of the vaccines (Williams, p3176). There is proof that vaccines are among one of the safest products in all medicines used. When one person gets sick, children, grandchildren and parents are at a higher risk. A vaccine-preventable disease that could make a person sick for perhaps a week or two, but could prove to be deadly for a person’s children, grandchildren and parents if it is to spread to them. When a person gets vaccinated, they are not only protecting themselves, but also their children and community. An example is that adults are the most common source of whooping cough infection in infants, which can be extremely deadly to infants. In 2010, there was at least 25 cases in the United States of infants who

Although, the vaccinations are supposed to protect children from certain diseases, it can actually be a danger itself. The possibility that vaccinations can “pose serious risks” is a problem for many parents (Miller para.2). The risks associated with receiving vaccines can result to in type one diabetes, arthritis, or paralysis, as well as a serious blood disorder, brain inflammation, or death. The facts speak for themselves when it comes to parents deciding whether they would like their child to receive a vaccine.

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.

As a parent, there are many tough decisions to make. Parents are responsible for their child’s well-being, which is a lot of pressure. They have to make decisions that they think are in the best interest of their own child. There is also pressure from the media, and other parents, on how people should raise their children and what decisions are actually in the child’s best interest. One of the tough decisions that parents must make is whether to get their child vaccinated or not. There is a lot of disagreement about whether vaccinating children is beneficial or detrimental. There are also restrictions put in place by the government that encourage vaccines, such as children must have vaccinations to attend public school. However, if these

In contrast, a positive aspect of many people having vaccinations is herd immunity. Herd immunity is the occurrence where a large proportion of a specific population is vaccinated to provide them immunity, and as a result, it also gives some protection to the people of the population who have and yet developed immunity. This happens as the a large group of vaccinated individuals are protected from a virus and creates difficulty for the it to spread because there is only a small percentage of the population left that could be infected by the disease. It is a very crucial aspect of immunity for the community as the people who cannot receive vaccinations (i.e. people with weak immune systems, very young children and patients who are too ill)

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.

Despite vaccinations being credited for the control and elimination of several childhood diseases, there are still many critics who raise concerns about the necessity of vaccination. In a national study of parents performed in 2000, 19% indicated they had “concerns about vaccines” whereas in a subsequent survey performed in 2009 this number had risen to 50%. There has also been a rise in non-medical vaccine exemptions that has occurred over the last several years. In a 2010 national survey of physicians, 89% of respondents reported at least one vaccine refusal by a parent each month (Dempsey & Gowda, 2013). Opposers argue that making school vaccination mandatory is against their right to make personal medical decisions. They feel that the government has no place to force parents to vaccinate their children if the parents decide it is not in their child’s best interest. Many parents are disagreeable about the multiple vaccinations received at one time, which results in possible pain and discomfort for the child. Another argument against vaccination is the safety and efficacy of vaccines. Critics are concerned about the unknown risks vaccines pose to children. Some parents noted their child acquiring a “high fever” or beginning to “act different” after the administration of a vaccine. There is a belief that there is a connection between the measles vaccination and autism. Another theory is that the influenza