The MMR Vaccination
Claim: The MMR vaccination reduces the amount of measles outbreaks throughout Europe.
This shows the drastic increase of outbreaks of measles with correlation to the amount of MMR vaccinations received before the age of 2
Qualifiers: There is a chance that individuals could have completed the vaccination after the age of 2 and thus were not taken into consideration in this study which could skew the actual results.
Implications: As a whole, when vaccinations are provided to a large group of people it positively affects us by decreasing the amount of illness and even the number of deaths that occur. More parents should consider allowing their children to receive this vaccination.
Disease description: The measles virus spreads rapidly due to the fact that it can live for up to two hours in the air after an infected individual sneezes or coughs. 1 to 2 weeks after being around someone with this disease, the symptoms such as runny nose, watery eyes, and cough along with a high fever begin leading to a rash 3-5 days after. Flat red spots begin at the head and move down the body eventually leading to raised bumps. Unfortunately, there is no medical treatment after one has acquired measles although many use various medications to relieve the severity of symptoms. …show more content…
Jansen et. al. focuses on the direct correlation between outbreak numbers and individuals vaccinated while Ma et. al. focuses on the reasoning behind number of outbreaks in comparison with high vaccination percentages. Jansen focuses on areas such as England and Wales while Ma focuses solely on L County, China which provides widespread evidence of how vaccination reduces outbreak numbers in two different parts of the
This shows the drastic increase of outbreaks of measles with correlation to the amount of MMR vaccinations received before the age of 2
Qualifiers: There is a chance that individuals could have completed the vaccination after the age of 2 and thus were not taken into consideration in this study which could skew the actual results.
Implications: As a whole, when vaccinations are provided to a large group of people it positively affects us by decreasing the amount of illness and even the number of deaths that occur. More parents should consider allowing their children to receive this vaccination.
Disease description: The measles virus spreads rapidly due to the fact that it can live for up to two hours in the air after an infected individual sneezes or coughs. 1 to 2 weeks after being around someone with this disease, the symptoms such as runny nose, watery eyes, and cough along with a high fever begin leading to a rash 3-5 days after. Flat red spots begin at the head and move down the body eventually leading to raised bumps. Unfortunately, there is no medical treatment after one has acquired measles although many use various medications to relieve the severity of symptoms. …show more content…
Jansen et. al. focuses on the direct correlation between outbreak numbers and individuals vaccinated while Ma et. al. focuses on the reasoning behind number of outbreaks in comparison with high vaccination percentages. Jansen focuses on areas such as England and Wales while Ma focuses solely on L County, China which provides widespread evidence of how vaccination reduces outbreak numbers in two different parts of the