Vaccines What Do We Think - 1952 Words

Vaccines; What Do We Think? Vaccines are a very large controversy in the United States today. From California requiring all children to be vaccinated before entering schools and the Disneyland Measles outbreak, to the claim that vaccines may cause autism, there is huge talk throughout families and the media today about vaccinations. There are many people with differing opinions about vaccines. Whether it is about what the vaccine consists of, whether it is a right that we, as American’s, are allowed to make regarding our freedoms, or the risks when children are vaccinated or the risks when they are not vaccinated, there is a very large variety of thoughts that are involved in this topic. I have always had an interest in the topic of†¦show more content†¦The Centers for Disease Control, otherwise known as the CDC, states that all vaccines have a risk of a life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis in approximately one in a million children. The CDC recommends that children between th e ages of 0-6 receive approximately 28 doses of 10 different vaccines to keep them protected. Between 1989 and July 1, 2014, there were 3645 compensation awards given by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program which approximated to $2.7 billion in awards and $113.2 million in legal costs. Vaccines carry many different risks associated with the products in them. As said earlier, there are many times when children have allergic reactions to the ingredients in a vaccine which can cause anaphylaxis. There are many worse times where ingredients in vaccines have caused adverse effects. The Rotavirus vaccine, which is said to protect against severe vomiting and diarrhea, can cause intussusception which is not aiding in stop of rotavirus, but actually causes bowel blockage when the intestines collapse and fold on top of each other, which may require hospitalization. Not only can the Rotavirus have harmful adverse effects, so can commonly known vaccines such as the DTaP vaccine whic h claims to develop