Anti Vaccination Movement
Michelle Kelley
Rieben
English 1101 80680
29 September 2014
Exploratory paper
Word count: 756
Vaccines: Do They Really Work?
Vaccine has always been a way to prevent death from infectious diseases, i.e. polio. Since the 18th century, fear have arisen every time a new vaccine has been introduced. The Anti-Vaccination Movement was truly started in the late 19th century, when most developed countries started to make mandatory vaccination laws. Thinking of anti-vaccine was not important in the mid and late 20th century because of three trends: a successful in vaccine science, discovery, and manufacture; awareness of outbreaks of infectious diseases, and the desire to protect children from these highly prevalent ills (Poland and Jackson). However …show more content…
John Salamone knows a little too much about the risks of vaccines that are not safe. Salamone saw his newborn son, David, became ill and become weaker and weaker; David was given the polio vaccine orally. Within two years, John Salamone learned that because David had a weak immune system, he was given polio from the very same vaccine that was supposed to help him fight the terrible disease. According to Roberta Kwok, the writer of “Vaccines: The Real Issues in Vaccine Safety”, new and modern technologies will make vaccines …show more content…
James Maskell is one out of many who chose to not vaccinated his kid, according to his article, “8 Reasons I Haven’t Vaccinated My Daughter”. Maskell states his number one reason why he did not vaccinated his daughter was that felt that he “fear the risk of complications from vaccines more than I fear the risk of complications from infection” and he also states “those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Since we have much to gain, both individually and as a whole, we must have the necessity to inform the public about the hazards, safety, and the benefits of vaccines. As we inform the public, we must do this in a respectable way that both protects each individual rights and not judge the public of their choice of receiving vaccines or not. Refusal that is known to the government must always be an acceptable choice in society, because “good public health policies balance both individual rights and community needs” (History of Vaccine) with both religious and philosophical
Rieben
English 1101 80680
29 September 2014
Exploratory paper
Word count: 756
Vaccines: Do They Really Work?
Vaccine has always been a way to prevent death from infectious diseases, i.e. polio. Since the 18th century, fear have arisen every time a new vaccine has been introduced. The Anti-Vaccination Movement was truly started in the late 19th century, when most developed countries started to make mandatory vaccination laws. Thinking of anti-vaccine was not important in the mid and late 20th century because of three trends: a successful in vaccine science, discovery, and manufacture; awareness of outbreaks of infectious diseases, and the desire to protect children from these highly prevalent ills (Poland and Jackson). However …show more content…
John Salamone knows a little too much about the risks of vaccines that are not safe. Salamone saw his newborn son, David, became ill and become weaker and weaker; David was given the polio vaccine orally. Within two years, John Salamone learned that because David had a weak immune system, he was given polio from the very same vaccine that was supposed to help him fight the terrible disease. According to Roberta Kwok, the writer of “Vaccines: The Real Issues in Vaccine Safety”, new and modern technologies will make vaccines …show more content…
James Maskell is one out of many who chose to not vaccinated his kid, according to his article, “8 Reasons I Haven’t Vaccinated My Daughter”. Maskell states his number one reason why he did not vaccinated his daughter was that felt that he “fear the risk of complications from vaccines more than I fear the risk of complications from infection” and he also states “those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Since we have much to gain, both individually and as a whole, we must have the necessity to inform the public about the hazards, safety, and the benefits of vaccines. As we inform the public, we must do this in a respectable way that both protects each individual rights and not judge the public of their choice of receiving vaccines or not. Refusal that is known to the government must always be an acceptable choice in society, because “good public health policies balance both individual rights and community needs” (History of Vaccine) with both religious and philosophical