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Alexis Roberts
Professor Padgett
English 102
April 13, y
Argumentative Essay
Have you even wondered why you have asthma, or why you randomly get shingles, or
why your child has autism? Some people suggest that there is a connection between vaccinations
and diseases although some think differently. A number of people would say that its because if
the vaccinations that we are given when we are a young child. Others say its all in genetics and
the environment you were raised in. These two arguments both have very strong facts to support
their statement. Many cases have been proven that the vaccination was not the cause to these
health issues. People may suggest that the vaccinations that we get as a child is the reason for
both severe and mild health issues although there has been facts to prove these people wrong.
The first illnesses that people say is caused by vaccinations is autism. Autism Spectrum
Disorder is a disability that causes the brain to function differently and causes developmental
issues. People with Autism Spectrum Disorder may communicate, behave, and learn in different
ways. Recent estimates from Center for Disease Controls Autism and Developmental
Disabilities Monitoring Network found that about 1 in 68 children have been identified with
Autism Spectrum Disorder in communities across the United States (Vaccines Do). There are
many studies that prove Autism Spectrum Disorder theory to be false. Back in 2011 an Institute
on Medicine made a report on 8 different vaccines that were given to patients explained that
these vaccination were very safe with rare exceptions (Vaccines Do). There was also a study that

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the Center for Disease Control conducted a study that then added to the previous study that took
place in 2011 that also proved that the vaccines and Autism Spectrum Disorder had no relation.
A vaccine ingredient that has specifically been studied is thimerosal, a mercury-based
preservative that is used to stop contamination of multi-dose vials of vaccines. In 2004
scientific review by the Institution Of Medicine concluded that the evidence favors rejection of
a causal relationship between thimerosalcontaining vaccines and autism (Vaccines Do). Since
2003, there has been nine Center for Disease Control studies that have done a large number of
research and found no link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and Autism Spectrum
Disorder in children.
The next myth is that the Diphtheria-Tentanus-Pertussis (DTP) vaccine is linked with
sudden infant death syndrome. The first dose of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis is given when a
baby is two months old, which is around the same time of life when sudden infant death
syndrome is at a higher risk. A number of studies that go back to the 1980s looked at the
occurrence of sudden infant death syndrome deaths occurring at the time of the DiphtheriaTetanus-Pertussis vaccine. The researchers came to the conclusion that the number of deaths was
at a level about equal to the number that would be expected to take place by chance and that is
has no relation to the vaccination (Vaccines).
Another myth is that hepatitis B vaccine causes multiple sclerosis. Although critics have
claimed that hepatitis B immunizations can cause or trigger a relapse of multiple sclerosis, the
IOM safety committee could find no scientific support for the theory. The same report also
concluded that there is no evidence that the hepatitis B vaccine.

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Immunizations or vaccines have been used worldwide to reduce the number of illnesses,
disability, etc. According to the recent estimates released by the World Health Organization,
one in every five children worldwide fail to receive routine lifesaving vaccines, and almost 1.5
children die every year because of those diseases which can be definitely prevented by the
existing vaccines (The Growing). There has become a large number of people that hesitate to
get the vaccines for either themselves or their children because of weakness in the public health
system, poor infrastructure, and health care workers constraints. The determinants of vaccine
hesitancy include concerns about vaccine safety; myths prevalent in society; lack of awareness
about utility and advantages of vaccines; mistrust in the public health system or health care
workers; influence of the stakeholders including local leaders in shaping up perceptions among
the general population; involved costs; geographic barriers; fear of needles; and personal
attributes (The Growing).
In order to address the issue that the public health companies have with vaccine
hesitancy, there is a need to have very accurate hypothesis of the issue in a very particular place
and information about the cause of it so that strategies can be made to try and stop the hesitancy
from occurring. Strategies were brought up that included participation of religious or the
community stockholders to better the trends of vaccination in the community (The Growing).
Some tend to disagree with the scientist that state there is no relation between the two.
These beliefs came after a review of more than 1,000 vaccine studies, which was intended to
assess the scientific evidence in the medical literature about specific adverse events associated
with eight vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B,

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HPV, diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, and meningococcal (Mercola). Nearly 2 decades
ago the Institute of Medicine discovered scientific evidence of a relationship between specific
vaccines and health issues. The majority of side effects and health problems that have been
thought to have a relationship with vaccinations, basically have no idea whether the vaccination
caused the health issue or not. The IOM report may feel there is too little evidence to make
conclusions about vaccine-induced side effects, but you can make a conclusion for yourself by
reading the IOM report online (Mercola).
Around 10% of children from the age of nineteen to thirty-five months old received extra
vaccination due to the National Immunization Survey data form 1999 to 2003. As of right now
children are expected to get 48 doses of 14 vaccines by the time they are just 6 years old. Their
first vaccine would be given to them the day they are born in the nursery. This "prescription" is
the same for every United States child, even though it is well known that all children are not the
same biologically as the recent Institute of Medicine report clearly points out and some children
will not be able to survive the currently recommended vaccine schedule without suffering serious
harm to their health. And if you take your child to multiple health care providers or facilities, the
odds are high that they may be mistakenly given "extra" vaccines on top of the recommended
schedule (Mercola).
Childhood vaccines protect children from a variety of serious or potentially fatal
diseases, including diphtheria, measles, polio and whooping cough (pertussis). If these diseases
seem uncommon or even unheard of it's usually because these vaccines are doing their job
(Mayo Clinic). Some may argue that natural immunization is better than vaccinations because
of how natural infection results in better immunity than vaccinations although there are very

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serious risks. All vaccinations help prevent serious health issues and other diseases. As told
before given any type of medicine or vaccination they can cause side effects. The side effects are
usually very minor such as fussiness, soreness at the injection site, or a low-grade fever. Very
rarely might a child have an allergic reaction or a neurological side effect (seizures).
People sometimes tend to think that it is okay to pick and choose the vaccinations you
want to get. In reality skipping vaccines is not the smartest thing to do. By skipping your
vaccines it can leave you or your child helpless to serious diseases. Sometimes the only
protection from the vaccines-preventable diseases is the immunity of the people in their
environment. With the immunization rates remaining low it helps the vaccine-preventable
diseases to not become a threat to us.
Back in 2015 the National Vaccine Information Center proceeded with a national vaccine
education billboard and ad campaign that originally started in 2013 to promote information about
vaccine risk and the right to practice voluntary, informed consent to vaccination. Every
vaccination is recommended by government health officials have a risk attached to them. Some
of the risks even lead to chronic brain and immune system damage or even death. There has
always been a lot of complications which have all been identified in medical documents. In
2012, the IOM published a report, Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality, and
acknowledged there are high risk factors not yet identified by medical science that can increase
individual susceptibility to vaccine reactions (Vaccinations?). There are also many ways you
can figure out if you are having a reaction to different vaccinations. Some of these reactions
could be redness and swelling, heart of hardness at the injection site that continues for more then
a couple of days, rashes, longer and deeper sleeps, crying, high fever, joint pain and muscle
weakness, etc. Major problems of vaccination can lead to lasting injury or even death.

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Rotavirus, which consist of any RNA viruses, vaccination is a extremely successful
tactics to put a stop to rotavirus (RV) related to acute gastroenteritis (AGE), which is the most
common source of childhood acute gastroenteritis and an significant correspondent to childhood
morbidity and mortality. The main idea about the article is that the alter that was made in order
for the grouping of unnamed gastroenteritis which happened in the 2009 Version of ICD-10 is
significant for examiners preparation assessment of rotavirus immunization programs to be
aware of. They would speak very highly about the researchers that considered using both A09.9
and K52.9 to make sure that all unnamed instances of acute gastroenteritis, does both suppose
infectious and non-infectious, are detained in research using organizational factual information.
The public health officials int he United States discovered the first incident of H1N1
influenza virus. Scientist had a fear that this would trigger a major universal influenza outbreak.
The United States government ordered new emergency preparedness measures to moderate the
possible outbreak of the influenza. There were many different responses from the state
governments to the scare of the H1N1 influenza virus outbreak. Many questions were brought to
attention but one of the main ones was What determines governmental attention to emerging
health issues (Pacheco)? There were many studies done to try and find the answer to this
question and there was finally a confusion found after many decades of research. The
government attention to public problems is influenced by myriad factors including issue
characteristics and problem definition (Rochefort and Cobb 1994; Donovan 2001), interest group
activity (Baumgartner and Jones 1993), i focusing events (Birkland 1998), the media (Colby and
Cook 1991), and the public (Pacheco).

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In conclusion there is not relationship between vaccinations and other illnesses. There
has been many different myths and misunderstanding when it come to the thought about
vaccinations having a negative impact on someones health. These sources prove the myths and
misunderstanding to be false and that vaccinations are nothing but good for people. People who
do not get their vaccinations or get their children vaccinated at a young age tend to have a higher
chance of obtaining a virus or disease that can cause them to become extremely ill. Vaccination
prevent you from becoming sick and helps keep young children out of the hospital with fatal
diseases.

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Work Cited
"Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism." Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 23 Nov. 2015.
Web. 25 Feb. 2016. <http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/
autism.html>.
"Vaccines and Side Effects: The Facts." Healthy Children. Immunizations Infectious Dis
eases: An Informed Parent's Guide, 21 Nov. 2015. Web. 25 Feb. 2016. <https://
www.healthychildren.org/English/safetyprevention/immunizations/Pages/Vaccines-And-Side-Effects-The-Facts.aspx>.
"The Growing Global Problem of Vaccine Hesitancy: Time to Take Action." International
Journal of Preventive Medicine. Department of Community Medicine, Web. 25
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Mercola, . "Vaccines Have Serious Side Effects - The Institute of Medicine Says So!." Mer
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Mayo Clinic, Staff. "Childhood vaccines: Tough questions, straight answers." Mayo Clinic.
12 Feb. 2016. Web. 25 Feb. 2016. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/in
fant-and-toddler-health/in-depth/vaccines/art-20048334>.
"Vaccinations? Know the Risks and Failures." National Vaccine Information Center. 12
Feb. 2016. Web. 28 Feb. 2016. <http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-anddiseases/Vaccinations--

Know-the-risks-and-failures-.aspx>.

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Wilson, Sarah E., Shelley L. Deeks, and Laura C. Rosella. "Importance of ICD-10 coding
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