A person needs to take into account
both the risk and benefit. An adverse effect happens one in a million doses of
vaccines, therefore, vaccines are beneficial and effective. If we had no vaccines,
then we would have many more cases of vaccine preventable diseases and the
serious effects they cause and death. For example, if we had no DTP vaccine the
cases of pertussis would increase 71 fold and deaths would increase 4 fold (3).
A person is more likely to hurt by a
vaccine preventable disease than the vaccine that protects them. Since vaccine
preventable diseases may result in death if someone is not vaccinated.
Therefore, the benefits of being vaccinated vastly outweigh the slight risks
that come with being vaccinated (4).
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Resources:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018, July 12). Vaccines: Vac-Gen/10 Things You Need to Know. Retrieved May 3, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/10-shouldknow.htm
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, April 02). Vaccines: Vac-Gen/Side Effects. Retrieved May 2, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm
- World Health Organization. (2013, February 19). Six common misconceptions about immunization. Retrieved May 3, 2020, from https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/initiative/detection/immunization_misconceptions/en/index4.html
- World Health Organization. (n.d.). Q&A on vaccines. Retrieved May 3, 2020, from https://www.who.int/vaccines/questions-and-answers
- World Health Organization. (n.d.). Q&A on vaccine safety. Retrieved May 3, 2020, from https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-on-vaccine-safety