The top three of the most unreasonable arguments against vaccination
The discussion about mandatory vaccination of the children is outgoing. It arises whenever we hear about an outbreak in Disney Land or TB detected in school. And just when you thought those cases could encourage the parents to stop chatting about pharmaceutical conspiracy over a cup of afternoon tea, vaccine issue would arise at a Republican debate . Discussing and speculating with theories about vaccines without any preparation or evidence-based information could be as dangerous, as to take 50 children at pre-school age on a tour around an Infection disease hospital word. Well, I can hear the voices, saying that vaccines are much more dangerous than my example. Vaccines…show more content… However those decisions should be made after taking into consideration the best interest of the child and measuring the risk of the vaccination v/s the risk of the vaccine preventable diseases. According to the reports of CDC and FDA the risk of serious adverse effect after vaccination is very rare, and nearly 90% of the reported events are categorized as non-serious and USA have one of the best safety vaccine program in the world. As for the diseases that can be prevented with vaccines the data could be very frightening. The measles outbreak in France in 2011 led to 10 deaths, 26 encephalitis and 1000 cases of severe pneumonia. Eighty percent of the children with measles have never received measles vaccine. Had only a single shot of vaccine been done, 10 children could have been alive today. DeKalb County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA registers between 60 and 100 cases of TB each year, among them at least one outbreak at school every year. Unlike the vaccines, the adverse reactions and side effects during the TB treatment could be really serious. Dealing with side effects during at least six months of treatment can prove very challenging for people, alongside with symptoms of the illness itself. So, what is the best interest of the