The Anti-Vaccine Movement
In recent years, the anti-vaccine movement has focused on the idea that vaccines can be connected to the neurological disorder that is autism (Vaccines & Autism). On average in today’s society, 1 out of 4 parents believes vaccines can cause autism in otherwise healthy children (Olson, Samantha). The whole idea of vaccinations causing autism began when a gastroenterologist from the United Kingdom named Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a study in The Lancet (a general medical journal) in 1998. In his publication, Wakefield claimed to have found a connection between vaccines and the onset of autism (Chatterjee, Archana). When The Lancet was published, it spread rapidly. Hundreds of thousands of people began to question vaccines, and as a result
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The Institute of Medicine report published in 2002 stated that there was no evidence of a connection between multiple vaccines and increased infection or autoimmune disease (Schultz, Laurel). Another piece of information that would be helpful if society today knew, would be that many of the ingredients in vaccines, are produced naturally in the human body. Vaccines and immunizations are meant to work with the body, and help it to fight off infections. They are not created to push the body to its limits and see how far it can keep itself healthy before it contracts a disease. According to the FDA and the CDC, formaldehyde is produced at higher rates by the metabolic system than is contained in any vaccine. There is also no evidence to show that the levels of mercury or aluminum in vaccines can be harmful to the human body (Vaccine Myths). It is important to stress however that the mercury and aluminum levels in vaccines are okay to be in the human body, but increased levels of these two substances in the body are very harmful and can result in fatality. There is a difference between the amount of the substances in vaccines, and if you were to ingest any types of mercury or aluminum (Vaccine Myths). All of this information just goes to show that there is a lot that parents or adults need to take into consideration when contemplating whether to receive the vaccines or not. With the help of research and studies, one can see the obvious choice to benefit a child for a lifetime would be to get him or her
The Institute of Medicine report published in 2002 stated that there was no evidence of a connection between multiple vaccines and increased infection or autoimmune disease (Schultz, Laurel). Another piece of information that would be helpful if society today knew, would be that many of the ingredients in vaccines, are produced naturally in the human body. Vaccines and immunizations are meant to work with the body, and help it to fight off infections. They are not created to push the body to its limits and see how far it can keep itself healthy before it contracts a disease. According to the FDA and the CDC, formaldehyde is produced at higher rates by the metabolic system than is contained in any vaccine. There is also no evidence to show that the levels of mercury or aluminum in vaccines can be harmful to the human body (Vaccine Myths). It is important to stress however that the mercury and aluminum levels in vaccines are okay to be in the human body, but increased levels of these two substances in the body are very harmful and can result in fatality. There is a difference between the amount of the substances in vaccines, and if you were to ingest any types of mercury or aluminum (Vaccine Myths). All of this information just goes to show that there is a lot that parents or adults need to take into consideration when contemplating whether to receive the vaccines or not. With the help of research and studies, one can see the obvious choice to benefit a child for a lifetime would be to get him or her