Essays on Vaccines

Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, and plenty of other healthcare providers work hard every day to help people who are sick as well as prevent others from getting sick. There are numerous ways in keeping yourself and loved ones healthy and in good shape, some methods consist of washing your hands, eating healthy, and occasional screenings. Although…

Abstract Education about childhood vaccination is often misconstrued when not using the proper information containing evidence. Trustworthiness, safety, benefits and risks of vaccinations often come into discussion, and are sometimes not correctly answered. A large population of parents and care givers use improper information when making decisions about their children’s vaccinations; Delays and non-compliance often…

Vaccines have improved the health of the world, and have almost eradicated many life threatening diseases in first-world nations. When researching vaccines I wanted to learn about the history of vaccines, and how they improved society. I specifically researched the development and improvement of the poliomyelitis vaccine, and how it improved the health of the…

Every parent wants their children safe and vaccinations are one way to do this, but why do parents choose not to vaccinate? Parents not believing in the effectiveness, safety and usefulness of vaccinations is why we are experiencing a decline in childhood vaccinations. “The perception among some parents that vaccines are unsafe for their children…

Vaccine development has come a long way since the initial idea of inoculating someone with a disease to induce a response and result in immunity against the disease. Today a vaccine is defined as “a suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms, administered for prevention, amelioration or treatment of infectious diseases.” The basic principle is to…

In this paper, the author argues that parents in California should be able to exempt their children from vaccines like Measles, Mumps, and Rubella. The author presents evidence of why parents have the constitutional right to protest this issue. He presents how it violates freedom of religion because if it’s against there beliefs than they…

The total market worth of the vaccines was 30 billion USD in 2016 and is expected to increase to 45 billion in 2022 (1). Vaccines have become a critical part of our lives and saves us from many life threatening infectious diseases caused by viruses and bacteria. The indispensability of the vaccines can be understood…

Imagine a mother seeing her children in pain within the last few days of agony and severe rashes are visible all over their entire body. Those symptoms have been around for ages, in fact, the practice of immunization for such disease took place in China around the 17th century. The Chinese invented inoculation techniques used…

It is hard to imagine a time before vaccinations. Thanks to vaccines, Serious, life-threatening illnesses that once dominated the world no longer have the power to devastate. Many schools around the world have policies in place that require their students to receive certain vaccines before they are allowed to attend. For instance, Baylor requires students…

“My young cousin who passed away at the age of two was not so fortunate.” Carolyn Hardman, like her regular routine, babysat her little cousin while her mother went to work. However, she noticed that her cousin was very ill with a fever and had a sore throat. The next morning she was unable to…