Immunization Research Paper

The Amish do not give their children immunizations, and in the majority of amish communities, autism is nearly nonexistent. Immunization is a process by which a person is made immune to an infectious disease typically by the use of a vaccine. This sounds like a good thing, right? Well there is a chance that these vaccines could be leading to forms of mental retardation, neurological problems, and other dangerous conditions, such as premature ovarian failure. A lot of the time, these are said to be myths, but there are facts that back these postulations up. Immunizations of present and past times are and have been known to have ingredients such as mercury, ether, aluminum, and antifreeze. These ingredients could be the triggering factors
in the possibility of immunizations having major negative effects. These are not all considered a fact yet, but there are many scenarios and studies that push the possibility of the trueness of these “myths.” The MMR immunization is an immunization against measles, mumps, and rubella, or German measles. All three of these diseases can cause very mild symptoms, or can cause something as severe as death. Receiving the immunization is much safer than not getting the immunization and getting the disease. The vaccination causes mild side effects such as soreness in the arm from the shot, mild rash, fever, and temporary pain or discomfort in the joints. This immunization has also been connected with febrile seizures. These are the mild, factual side effects of this immunization. The MMR immunization has also been linked with autism spectrum disorder, and although these thoughts are not completely proven, the evidence are sufficient enough to cause many to doubt whether or not they should get this vaccine for their child. In 1998, a British Gastroenterologist studied eight children to see whether or not the MMR vaccine could be linked to lacked development of the brain and eventually to autism. His study showed that these children showed their first symptom of autism roughly a month after they received the vaccine. These eight children showed gastrointestinal signs of autism that were shown by an endoscopy. After these studies, it was proposed that the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine causes inflammation of the intestines. This leads to the mislocation of certain peptides to the bloodstream which eventually ended up in the brain causing improper development. Later on, more studies were done which showed that more children that had the measles, mumps, and rubella virus genome had autism than not. Although the vaccine is possibly a cause for autism, it is estimated that as few as one in two thousand children who receive the vaccine get diagnosed with autism shortly after. In the ninetys, there was an immunization ingredient known as thimerosal. The giving of a thimerosal containing immunization was said to be directly related to the growing diagnoses of autism. Thimerosal is a mercury based preservative that was in many to all immunization. Mercury is a substance which is poisonous to the human body. Mercury has been used for centuries in the medical field for things such as antiseptics, germicides, and preservatives. Once it was discovered as being harmful to the human body, the use of it was cut down drastically. There are two different isotopes of mercury. These are called ethylmercury and methylmercury. Although both of these are hazardous to the human body, methylmercury, which is in thimerosal, has been found to be less hazardous than ethylmercury. Although less hazardous, the mercury can still cause neurological problems. Thimerosal is considered a organomercurial. This means that it is a compound that contains mercury, but in a smaller dose and is said to be less toxic and more effective. Thimerosal was the first of its kind, which excited scientists because it was only fifty percent by weight mercury. At the time, thimerosal was the best out there at preventing staph, and was between forty percent and fifty percent better at preventing staph than the current antiseptic. A preservative as such was very highly needed at the time because children and adults alike would contract unknown illnesses due to being given an immunization that had aged and became a nesting ground for bacteria. At the time of its introduction, the FDA did not require enough testing be done before being given out to patients, and because of this, the harm it was causing to the people receiving it was unknown. Some people were skeptics of this new product, but because of its capability of reducing contamination of drugs, these skeptics were looked over until 1970. In 1970 the preservative was challenged as to whether a person receiving several immunizations throughout their life would see health changes to a negative side. The FDA looked into it and decided that it would be very unlikely for a human to have enough thimerosal put into their body in a lifetime to cause any harm. The thought they left out was the preservatives going into infants. It wasn’t until 1980 that the FDA thought about thimerosal in infants. In 1980, two experiments were beginning to be ran on two isolated island populations. These tests were to see if the exposure of methylmercury at the infant stage would lead to slow development of the brain. The two studies used different forms of testing to see the development of the brain. One of the tests was like a typical IQ test, and the other was language and tests that are more specialized to their culture. The IQ test results showed little to no change, while the language test showed some change. After these studies, the FDA lowered the daily allowance for methylmercury for all humans, especially infants, and then autism was brought up in the discussion. Several prior studies that had been performed on autistic children showed that they were extremely brilliant, but lacked in a social and speaking part of education. These studies of the autistic backed up the studies of the island children. From 1989 to 1999, the diagnosis of autism grew by 273%. This led to an uprising of people trying to prevent autism, and if thimerosal was what was causing it, then why not get rid of it? A large movement took place and was complete by the middle of 2001 getting thimerosal completely removed from routine infant immunizations.When mercury in immunizations was removed completely, there was immediately an increase in the amount of aluminum that these immunizations had in them, and the injection of aluminum causes a buildup of aluminum to a toxic level which can cause neurological problems. One of these immunizations in particular was the HPV immunization.
The HPV immunization or Human Papillomavirus immunization has several different companies that produce fairly similar immunizations to prevent HPV. This immunization is created to prevent the contraction of the HPV virus which can lead to much more serious problems such as cancer. The HPV immunization has been said directly to be a cause of mental retardation. The immunization is said to cause “neurological problems” that lead to mental retardation rather than just saying that the immunization is a cause of mental retardation. The federal government at some points has acknowledged that some of the vaccines that are required for children to attend school can lead to mental retardation. Also one brand of this immunization, Gardasil, has been said to cause infertility in young females. This infertility is known as premature ovarian failure, or better known as premature menopause. This premature ovarian failure has been reported to have been seen as early as two weeks after receiving the immunization, up to a few years after receiving it. The Gardasil immunization passed FDA regulations and begin to be given to actual patients in 2006, and since 2006, there has been a very noticeable rise in the number of premature ovarian failure cases reported. From 1990 until 2006, there were no reports of premature ovarian failure due to an immunization, but since Gardasil has begun to be used more regularly in 2006, there have been about 215 reported cases. Since 2006, seventy six percent of all premature ovarian failure cases have been linked to the Gardasil immunization. Gardasil contains ingredients such as polysorbate and aluminum that are the plausible factors that lead to premature ovarian failure. An immunization safety study is planned to begin soon on Gardasil. Government officials have said that all HPV immunizations will be continued to be studied, and if any relation between the immunization and premature ovarian failure is found, the immunization will be taken off of the market to have more small scale trials on things such as rats performed to try and correct the problem.
Although these immunizations could possibly cause major health problems, is the risk of catching that disease greater or less than what the immunization could cause?
According to the CDC, the MMR immunization is worth the risk. The CDC says that getting the immunization is much safer than getting measles, mumps, or rubella. The CDC estimates that 4 out of every 10,000 infants who get the MMR immunization will see heath consequences later in life. That means that four hundredths of a percent of infants who receive that immunization have negative health effects later in life. The CDC has said that the immunization is more likely to cause febrile seizures. They have said that every 1 in 3,000 to 4,000 child will have a febrile seizure after the immunization. The use of Thimerosal did cause an increase in the diagnoses of autism, but without using it as a preservative there were many negative health effects as well. Not using a preservative led to the growth of bacteria in the immunizations causing people to get very sick from something that was supposed to keep them from getting sick. The CDC has also said that the HPV immunizations are well worth the risk of premature ovarian failure and neurological problems. If you do not get the immunization, and you get one of the more than 200 different types of HPV, you can have several much worse problems come up. HPV infections can lead to several types of cancer. These cancers include cervical cancer, anal cancer,
oropharyngeal cancer, and several more rare types of cancer. High-risk HPV types cause 5% of of all cancer worldwide. The Gardasil immunization provides some of the strongest forms of protection against HPV, and has passed intensive testing by the FDA making it worth all of the negative side effects that are possible to come with it. Although testing has been done on these immunizations, many of the studies were funded by companies that would benefit from the selling of these immunizations. This could mean that there is a bias in the studies, and they could find the exact answer that these funding companies wanted.
These immunizations as well as many others have been subject to accusal of causing more bad things than good things.
The only way we will know is by testing and trials like in the case of thimerosal. However, this testing takes time and money, and the up to date research will be all that the effectiveness of the immunizations are known by. Although the possible causing of things such as autism, neurological problems, and premature ovarian failure, current research says to get the immunizations to more likely better yourself. The almost nonexistence of autism in Amish civilizations could also be influenced by more than just immunizations. Although immunizations could be a big part of this, the Amish also do not eat foods that contain GMO’s which could be a factor in the development of their brains. The future for immunizations is bright. They will continue to grow in ways that are more efficient, that are less painful, and that are less likely to cause more problems later on. Immunizations that are currently being given in multiple doses are being studied now to see if there is a possibility that they can be injected once and administer itself slowly. Studies are also being done to see if injections can be a thing of the past and immunizations will begin to be given like the available influenza immunization, which is by a nasal spray. If these immunizations are made cheaper and more effective, we can help to prevent 40% of deaths worldwide that occur due to
preventable diseases. The improval of immunizations will have a lasting impact world wide.