Vaccines help your body fight against a virus by injecting tiny amounts of the killed or weakened organism into a person arm so they develop immunity. They are a safe and effective way to keep your child from getting sick. In today’s society‚ many parents still refuse to get their children vaccinated. Parents fear that these vaccines contain harmful substances such as thimerosal‚ formaldehyde and aluminum. Furthermore‚ parents have the right to fear these harmful substances‚ but they are only considered
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Vaccines are an astonishing product that can provide immunity and/or prevention of certain diseases. The first successful vaccination was developed by Edward Jenner‚an English Doctor and the father of immunology‚ in the late 1790s(1). Within the next two centuries‚ several other successful vaccinations were introduced into the medial field(1). Some vaccines are given to children at birth while others need to be given at other certain ages across a child’s lifespan(1). Some states do allow exemptions
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Autism Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. The result of a neurological disorder that affects the functioning of the brain‚ autism and it’s associated behaviors have been estimated to occur in 1 in 500 individuals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997). Autism is four times more prevalent in boys than girls and knows no racial‚ ethnic‚ or social boundaries. Researcher’s from all over the world are
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mumps‚ measles‚ rubella and tetanus are harmful diseases that can be easily prevented by vaccines. Some people refuse to vaccinate their children for uneducated reasons. They think that vaccines do more harm than good‚ which is undeniably false. There are dozens of articles that say vaccines are crucial for everyone’s well being‚ while others claim they cause autism and other disabilities. Because vaccines prevent diseases and protect others‚ they should be mandatory nationwide. Many children
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Compulsory vaccines for children are a controversial topic that has been around the world for hundreds of years. Some people have been opposed to vaccines since the beginning. Some are against children getting vaccines because they view the vaccine as dangerous and unsafe. Some feel that diseases aren’t as harmful as they really are. Vaccines have saved countless children’s lives and have eradicated and eliminated many diseases. Vaccines should be required for children because they save lives‚ protects
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is much debate regarding whether or not vaccines cause autism‚ scientific evidence shows that there is no link between the two. The three most popular theories are that the MMR vaccine‚ Thimerosal‚ and the simultaneous administration of vaccines cause autism in children. Many influential people‚ such as Donald Trump and the United States Surgeon General‚ have spoken out supporting and denying this myth. The continued coverage of the media on the vaccine-autism controversy has led to misinformation
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including parents‚ do not approve of the general problems associated with vaccines such as the ingredients in them‚ side effects‚ and the general well being of the people who use them. They believe that vaccines can cause serious allergic reactions as well as other diseases. Some may argue with this fact. Vaccination is one of the most debated topics in today’s society along with abortion and the death penalty. Vaccines help people in many ways when it comes to their health‚ time‚ and money. Some
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Vaccines Autism 1 Running head: Vaccines Autism Literature Review: The Hypothesis That Immunization Vaccines Are Linked To The Development Of Autism In Children Joe Bremson North Carolina State University Professor Paul Colby English 101 Section 81 December 9‚ 2010 Vaccines Autism 2 Abstract Four research articles---two research studies and two literature reviews---were compared in this review‚ all of which consider the legitimacy of the hypothesis that immunization vaccines
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Autism Legislation for Parental Awareness. 01/21/2013 College Composition II Autism is defined as a mental condition‚ present from early childhood‚ characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts (Miriam–Webster 2012). However‚ the Cal Fullerton graduate Robert Moran (2012) summed it up best when he stated “I have autism. It is not a disorder or a disease. Ignorance is a disorder and a disease
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How do you feel when you hear the word autism? There is a numerous amount of people that are actually afraid of people with autism‚ or they just do not know how to act around them. Here is the kicker though: they are people just like me and you just born with different chromosomes than us. So why do we keep acting like this towards them when they are no different than us? Do we think that we are going to catch what they have? Although autism has been a vast issue since the 1980’s‚ it is still
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