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depended on every single time, thus making
this myth false. Measles in 1963 is
an example of this, with nearly 400,000
infected, it dropped to about 25,000 infected
in 1970 because of vaccines. It is
important to mention that hygiene and
sanitation habits did not change much
over this time period. “Similarly, with the
Hib disease, rates went from 20,000 in
1990 to around 1,500 in 1993 after the
introduction of the vaccine” (Abraham
para 5). If we were to cease giving vaccinations
while keeping good hygiene,
you would see an increase in infections.
That is because vaccines are specially
designed to combat a majority of infections,
many of which are fatal to humans
if they were to get them.
at work is the MMR vaccination. The
Andrew Wakefield case sparked fear in
the people, and that lead to a greatly
reduced amount of the MMR vaccination
being received, and that lead to a measles,
mumps and rubella outbreak within
the United States and the United Kingdom.
Those outbreaks could have easily
been prevented if the people continued
to vaccinate their children. No credible
sources are available today that prove
that vaccinations cause harm to the body,
and are not worth the risk of getting. This
is because the vaccinations are carefully
crafted so that this is avoided.
Myth #6- Vaccines aren’t worth the risk.
Many parents think that vaccines are
not worth the risk, but children have
been vaccinated safely for decades, and
no credible study has linked long term
health conditions to vaccines. “The incidence
of death is so rare from vaccines,
it is about one per every 2 million injections”
(Abraham para 6), making this
myth false. Vaccinations when given to
large populations are effective in preventing
diseases from taking hold and
ravaging the population. Previous strains
of bacteria that killed off or left others
disabled can now be prevented by vaccinations.
An example of vaccinations
Myth #7- Vaccines are something that
can infect children with the disease that
the vaccination is trying to prevent.
In very rare cases, those who are vaccinated
may get the symptoms of the
disease that was trying to be prevented.
“In fact, of the less than one in one million
cases where someone does have the
symptoms, they simply are experiencing
a body’s immune system responding to
the vaccine, not the actual disease itself.
There has only been one recorded instance
where a vaccine was proven to
have caused a disease, and this was with
the Oral Polio Vaccine, a vaccine that is
no longer used today” (Abraham para
7). Vaccinations within the United States
are under the regulation of the Food
and Drug Adminstration.
2 TIME May 31, 2017
Fig :“Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
27 Jan. 2016. Web. 30 May 2017.