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Vaccine Essay

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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 cough, mumps, rubella, and other diseases that have killed millions of people in the past. Even though I hated it, they still helped me in the long run. So no, vaccines are not fun, but they are necessary. The benefits of vaccines outweigh the …show more content…

It worked like modern day vaccinations in that it introduced weakened traces of the disease, but it was a lot more potent than what is injected now. Inoculation caused severe rashes, hives, and other side effects. It helped save thousands of lives despite the fact that “smallpox inoculation was still dangerous and killed about 2-3 percent of those injected with small amounts of the virus” (Bushak par. 8). Later in the eighteenth century, the same idea had been adapted to being injected through veins. In the twentieth century, vaccines that are still used now were invented. Today, vaccines have advanced so far that diseases that have killed millions of people in the past are practically nonexistent.

BENEFITS OF VACCINES
From saving money to saving lives, there are many benefits of vaccines. Believe it or not, but investing money in vaccines actually helps our economy. When a person thinks about it, it makes sense. For every vaccine you receive, the less likely you will have to pay medical expenses if you get sick. And that money adds up, “Every $1 invested in immunization returns an estimated $16 in health-care savings and increased economic productivity” (Bustreo par. 4). Using those statistics, every ten dollars a person spends on getting a flu vaccine potentially saves them one hundred-sixty dollars from doctor visits. Imagine what that could do in third world countries where hundreds of people are dying everyday from

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