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Madison Samples

Professor Moore

English 1301

11 October 2017

The Impact on Vaccinations

Vaccinations has been a rising topic in todays society. Today people decided whether or

not they want to get vaccinated. In the United States about 85% of people are getting

vaccinations to prevent diseases. According to Immune for Good, Its natural to want to

understand the potential risks of vaccination, especially when the benefits are invisible

(Benefits vs. Risks). It impacts people who are for and who are against vaccinations, also it will

impact on their future health. Vaccinations were created to cure and prevent numerous diseases

and viruses. Many people are affected by whether or not they should vaccinate themselves, many

like parents who are concerned about their childs health and to the elderly concerned about their

own health. Vaccinations has become a huge debate because today many people are required

vaccinate themselves to prevent diseases and to even enroll in school, but there are others who

do not want to get vaccinated due to health risks and financial situations.

Vaccinations were first created by Edward Jenner. Edward Jenner was a country doctor

living in England. According to Alexandra Stern, Jenner applied the scientific methods of

observation and experimentation to this parochial wisdom, ultimately conducting one of the

worlds first clinic trials (Stern). The worlds first vaccination was a vaccine for smallpox.

Smallpox are contagious and are caused by a virus called variola virus. It was one of the first

viruses that could be cured, but if not cured results were deadly. The virus causes high fever and

a blustering rash all throughout the body. People were being vaccinated to either prevent or to
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cure any disease or virus they might have had. Many diseases and viruses are contagious, most of

them are even deadly. When a person usually gets vaccinated it is because they want to prevent

themselves from getting sick. A common vaccine is the flu shot. People of all ages will get the

flu shot because they want to prevent themselves from getting the flu. When a dead virus is

introduced into the body it will stimulate the immune systems response when it encounters the

live virus in the future. That is the body building a persons immune system for them to prevent

getting the flu again in the future.

In many public schools, a student is required to have the following vaccines: Polio,

Diphtheria, Measles, Hepatitis B, and Varicella. School requires vaccinations to prevent various

outbursts of viruses in the community. According to History of Vaccines, when a contagious

disease enters an unvaccinated group, many members are infected because they lack immunity

against the disease (History of Vaccines). Unvaccinated children are at greater risk catching

viruses, than other vaccinated children. There are also many parents who are against vaccinations

for their children to attend school. Either the parents talk to the school board to sort out a

solution or they must vaccinate their children. The school can decide whether or not they will

allow a child who is not vaccinated to attend their school.

Many people choose not to vaccinate themselves due to the health risk that may occur.

According to Tara Haelle, Vaccines do have risks, but our brain has a hard time putting risk in

perspective, (Tara Haelle). There are many risk including, autism, delayed growth development,

allergic reactions, and heart failure. Some vaccines today contain neurotoxins such as, aluminum

and mercury. Aluminum and mercury is dangerous in the body and can cause heart disease,

thyroid problems, infertility, and birth defects. Many other vaccines contain antigens with special

ingredients that help stabilize the solutions in the vaccine. Vaccines can also weaken a persons
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immune system and can cause discomfort to the body. People who do not vaccinate themselves,

usually do not get as sick as those who do vaccinate themselves. The reasoning is, vaccines will

put viruses in your body to help the body familiarize with the virus. A doctor can refuse to

treatment to patients who are not vaccinated. This may affect people who do not want to put their

health at risk by putting dangerous vaccines into their bodies.

Vaccination prices have sky rocketed. A reason many people do not vaccinate is due to

the fact that vaccines and doctor visits have become very expensive. If a person has insurance

usually a doctors visit is a small fee, but to have insurance is also expensive. According to

Elisabeth Rosenthal, Each shot is priced at $136, and most states require to get four doses or

more, (Rosnethal). Even if a person did want to vaccinate themselves, a reason they can not is

because vaccination prices have risen up.

Vaccinations can cause many different effects into a persons body. Vaccination were

created to help people to prevent diseases. People who choose whether or not to get vaccinated

can affect their health for the future. Although there are benefits, there are also risks in getting

vaccinated. Vaccinations have been a debate in todays society if they are healthy or risky for

everyone of all ages.

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