Children With Vaccines, Children Protected
We are in the 21st century, the moment that we were sold as modernity. Now most people – in theory – know that vaccines are beneficial and that vaccinated children are protected children.
That, let’s say that is what the generality thinks. That if we get vaccinated, whether as children or adults, we are protecting ourselves from diseases, even death. An article from the BBC in London assures that immunizing children between six months and two years of age would reduce influenza in the general population by between 11% and 35%, depending on the type of strain.
He adds that if minors from the age of five are included, type A influenza would be reduced by up to 38% and type B by up to 69%. However, that same article shows that in certain parts of the United States, such as Manhattan, New York, and Europe, there are communities whose members, despite being from wealthy classes, have stopped vaccinating their children. They do it because they believe certain myths.
Vaccine myths
Let’s go to the beginning. What is a vaccine? According to the WHO, a vaccine is understood to be any preparation intended to generate immunity against a disease by stimulating the production of antibodies.
This preparation can be, for example, a suspension of dead or attenuated microorganisms, or products or derivatives of microorganisms. The most common method of administering vaccines is by injection, although some are given with a nasal or oral spray.
And despite the fact that as we explained before, it is assumed that in the 21st century most of the inhabitants of the planet should be vaccinated, many do not vaccinate their children not even for lack of money but for lack of information. There are those who believe that better hygiene and sanitation conditions will make diseases disappear ; so vaccines are not necessary.
The WHO answers through an article that this is false. The reason is this: The diseases against which we can vaccinate would reappear if vaccination programs were interrupted. While better hygiene, hand washing, and clean drinking water help protect people from infectious diseases, many infections can spread regardless of our hygiene.
If people weren’t vaccinated, some diseases that have become rare, such as polio and measles, would quickly reappear. It has also been reported in many communities that vaccines carry some long-term and harmful side effects that are not yet known. Furthermore, they believe that vaccination can be fatal. This theory is absolutely false, it reiterates the organization from which we extracted several arguments.
Vaccines are very safe, according to the World Health Organization. Most reactions are generally mild and temporary, for example, a sore arm or a low-grade fever. Serious health conditions, which are extremely rare, are closely monitored and investigated. You are more likely to have a serious disorder from a vaccine-preventable disease than a vaccine.
In the case of polio, the disease can cause paralysis; Measles can cause encephalitis and blindness, and some vaccine-preventable diseases can even be fatal.
Although a single case of severe disorder or death from vaccines is already too many, the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risk, since without vaccines many disorders and deaths would occur.
“It is estimated that thanks to immunization each year 2.5 million children are prevented from dying.”
-World Health Organization (WHO) –
Autism and vaccines
For some years now, the false belief that vaccines cause autism has spread. According to WHO was able to determine, the 1998 study that raised concerns about a possible link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on the one hand and autism on the other contained serious irregularities, thus the publication that released it withdrew it.
Unfortunately, its disclosure raised fears that led to a decline in immunization rates and subsequent outbreaks of these diseases. There is no scientific evidence of a relationship between this vaccine and autism or autistic disorders.
