Immunization Debate: The Argument Against Immunization

The Argument Against Immunization

Published by M. Ben Aria

Many parents do not believe the risk of disease to be worth risking the side effects of certain vaccinations and immunization programs ...

For many people, having a child signals a drastic change in their lives. No longer are they concerned with merely themselves and problems and issues that were once of no concern become focal points of worry and doubt. Each child in the United States entering public or private school must undergo a scrutiny of health records. Education officials look for one common factor in each child - an up-to-date shot record.

An individual's immunization schedule typically begins at two months old and continues until the child is a teenager, somewhere around the fourteen-year mark. The series of vaccinations range from polio to chickenpox and are currently not without some pain and risk of side effect. It is not easy for a parent to enter the pediatrician's office with a screaming toddler because the child recognizes that he or she will be receiving a shot. Are these vaccinations essential? In the past two decades, the occurrences of deadly diseases, such as small pox and polio, have been virtually eliminated. In fact, the chance of an outbreak of small pox is so small that immunizations for this disease are no longer given. So where does that leave the medical community and parents on other diseases? Is there still a risk of measles, mumps or rubella? Many parents do not believe the risk of disease to be worth risking side effects.

Vaccinations such as the ones listed above, were, earlier in this century, above reproach. Countless lives were saved from the ravages of diseases such as polio and small pox. Each person vaccinated cut down the likelihood of an outbreak of such lethal viruses until the chance of an epidemic was virtually nil. Small pox has been virtually eliminated from the world. Cuts resulting in a tetanus infection are no longer a significant worry. But it is this positive outcome of vaccinations that have parents debating whether or not the ordeal of vaccinations is really worth the potential negative effects.

Schools and health officials want to ensure public safety, but is this precaution necessary in this day and age? Parents are beginning to doubt, especially in light of negative reactions to vaccines. Vaccines, like any medicine, carry the potential for negative reactions and side effects ranging from seizures to fever. Currently, researchers are looking into combining vaccines and finding a method to deliver them without the use of needles. Parents are eager to see the trauma lessened and still have their children protected.

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