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Ms.Robillard
LA8Hr1
3/10/15
ChildVaccinations
Althoughtheydiscouragemanypeople,vaccinearenotabadthing.Everyyear,oversixmillion
livesaresavedbecauseofimmunizations.Recently,ameaslesoutbreakinDisneylandhas
strengthenedtheimmunizationdebate.IntheplacewhereMeasleshasbrokeout,lessthan90%
ofthepopulationwereimmunized,andhascausedmany,eventheimmunizedtopanic.This
panicisunnecessary.Immunizationprotectsus,ratherthanharmus,andhereswhy.

Thebiggestreasonpeopleavoidimmunizingtheirchildrenisthattheywillcauseautism.A
studydoneinthelate90sshowedthiswastrue,butin2004,thesesamescientistsstatedthe
studywasnttrue,though,manystillbelieveittobetrue,butitisnt
(Brumfield)
.Many
researcherssayitismostlikelyjustcoincidencethatchildrendevelopAutismwhenimmunized
becausebothhappenatthesameage.Thisisbecausenosolidconnectionbetweenthetwohas
everbeenconfirmedbymedicalresearchersattheInstituteofMedicine.Also,apoison,
Thimerosalwascommonlyusedinvaccines,butisrarenowadays.Thissubstancewasthoughtto
beamajorfactorintheargumentthatvaccinescauseAutism,butitisnt.Theamountsof
Thimerosalusedinthevaccinesthatstillcontainitaretoominisculetoharmanyone,evena
youngchild.

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Asstatedabove,ThimerosalwasthoughttocauseAutism,orevendeathischildrenwhoare
immunized.Thimerosalwascommonlyusedinvaccinespreviousto2001,whentheCDCtookit
outofmostvaccinesbecauseitcanbepoisonous
("ConcernsAboutAutism")
.In2015,though,
itisveryuncommon.Now,theonlyonesthatdocontainitonlycontainvery,verysmalltraces
ofit,andismainlyusedtokeepthevaccinefresh.Thatway,thevaccinesneverbecome
unsuitableforuse,especiallyifthevaccinesgounusedforalongtime,suchasifthedisease
becomesrare,ornearlyextinct.

Aswassaidabove,Thimerosalcankeepunusedvaccinesfreshforlongperiodsoftime
(Brumfield).Thisisforifadiseasebecomesrare,andhasarapidresurgenceafterafewyears.
Regularvaccinationsforthatdiseasebecomelesscommon,givingthediseasenewhoststocarry
it.ThisisexactlywhathappenedwithMeasles.Ithadstayeddormantforsometime,and
explodedacrossyoungchildrenwho,becauseofthetimetheywerebornandtheirparentsview
onthesubject,nevergotimmunized.Thisisextremelysad.Measlesisntusuallyfatalforadults
orolderchildren,butisextremelydeadlyininfantsandtoddlers,whicharetheoneswhoare
gettingthevirus.Actually,weareseeingtheamountofMeaslescasesskyrocketfromlastyear.
Thisshowsthatviruseslikethesesdontgoextinct.Rather,theybecomedormantbecauseof
vaccines.Theycausetheamountofhoststodiminish.

Although,vaccinesaremeanttohelppeople,theymayalsohurtthem.Amajorproblemwith
vaccinationsisthattheyaretoogeneralized.Thismeansthatvaccinesaremadetobeusedon
everyone.Certainpeoplemaybeallergictoaningredientinavaccine,keepingthemfrom

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gettingthatimmunizationbecausetheycouldgetsickorevendieaftergettingimmunized.
Vaccinesmaynotworkforsome,butdoformost.

InConclusion,morechildrenshouldgetvaccinatedbecauseofthebenefitsofit.Toomany
peopleseeonlynegatives,whicharentreallyvalid.Vaccineshavebeenprovennottocause
autism.TheydontcontainenoughThimerosaltoharmyou.Thediseasesdontgoextinct.Inthe
end,wemustprotectourselvesandfuturegenerationsfrommassivebreakoutsofdiseases,and
theonlywaytodothatistogetvaccinated.

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