Should Parents Be Allowed To Vaccinate Their Children
Vaccinations have been around for more than a hundred years, so why is it that some people believe that vaccinating their children is not healthy and morally acceptable? The idea that vaccines can cause serious and maybe fatal side effects has always been around, but some parents believe that these vaccinations can completely alter their child’s life. Some parents wonder whether their baby’s tiny body can handle the vaccinations that he or she need so early on in life. It is a common belief among some parents that vaccinating their children too early will overwhelm their baby’s immune system. These parents believe that it is safer to wait to vaccinate their child until he or she is older so that their immune system is not so immature.
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factor that plays into why some parents do not vaccinate their children is that they believe that pharmaceutical companies cannot be trusted. “There have been several times over the past ten years where a drug or drug regimen has been called unsafe or dangerous and the companies covered it up for years in order to continue making profits for as long as possible” (“Six Reasons to say NO to Vaccinations”). This is a belief among many parents because they might have not found a drug that works right for them. Another common opinion is that pharmaceutical companies have no reason to take unsafe drugs off the market because those are the products that are bringing their company revenue. “In a court of law, if such a company were an actual witness, an attorney would never put them on the stand due to a serious lack of credibility. Are you really going to take these companies at their word that these shots are safe when money and profits are impacted by their answer?” (“Six Reasons to say NO to Vaccinations”). This is why many pharmaceutical corporations have been deemed untrustworthy, because of their bad reputation in the drug world.
There is also an assumption that children who are vaccinated are very unhealthy and will become chronically ill. “Vaccinated children are more chronically ill than unvaccinated children with rates for autism, ear infections, ADHD, asthma, and allergies as much as thirty percent higher than unvaccinated children (“Six Reasons to say NO to Vaccinations”). Some parents may link the connection of vaccines and their child’s autism diagnosis because of the time when their child began to show signs of autism. “Even with the best diagnosis available, children do not start showing the earliest signs of autism until six to eighteen months. Sometimes, these signs are so subtle that physicians and parents miss them. The CDC recommends that children receive the MMR vaccine at twelve to eighteen months – the same time frame children begin to show diagnosable signs of autism” (Immunize For Good). More than likely, this is the reason that some parents believe that there is a direct connection between vaccinations and their child’s beginning signs of autism.
Another
factor that plays into why some parents do not vaccinate their children is that they believe that pharmaceutical companies cannot be trusted. “There have been several times over the past ten years where a drug or drug regimen has been called unsafe or dangerous and the companies covered it up for years in order to continue making profits for as long as possible” (“Six Reasons to say NO to Vaccinations”). This is a belief among many parents because they might have not found a drug that works right for them. Another common opinion is that pharmaceutical companies have no reason to take unsafe drugs off the market because those are the products that are bringing their company revenue. “In a court of law, if such a company were an actual witness, an attorney would never put them on the stand due to a serious lack of credibility. Are you really going to take these companies at their word that these shots are safe when money and profits are impacted by their answer?” (“Six Reasons to say NO to Vaccinations”). This is why many pharmaceutical corporations have been deemed untrustworthy, because of their bad reputation in the drug world.
There is also an assumption that children who are vaccinated are very unhealthy and will become chronically ill. “Vaccinated children are more chronically ill than unvaccinated children with rates for autism, ear infections, ADHD, asthma, and allergies as much as thirty percent higher than unvaccinated children (“Six Reasons to say NO to Vaccinations”). Some parents may link the connection of vaccines and their child’s autism diagnosis because of the time when their child began to show signs of autism. “Even with the best diagnosis available, children do not start showing the earliest signs of autism until six to eighteen months. Sometimes, these signs are so subtle that physicians and parents miss them. The CDC recommends that children receive the MMR vaccine at twelve to eighteen months – the same time frame children begin to show diagnosable signs of autism” (Immunize For Good). More than likely, this is the reason that some parents believe that there is a direct connection between vaccinations and their child’s beginning signs of autism.