Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Vaccine have really harmful side effects that are not worth the risks

Vaccines are safe and tested extensively before being approved for use in vaccines (3). Vaccines do cause minor reactions like any other medication (2). Such as pain or redness at the injection site, rash, low grade fever, and slight discomfort is normal (4). Sever reactions rarely occur and others are so rare that the risk is not able to be accurately tested since they go through many different trial phases before being approved (1, 2, 3). When a serious reaction does occur a thorough investigation is taken place if it Is a genuine vaccine related event. However, it is extremely rare that the health problem was caused by the vaccine. Instead it is usually found to be coincidental and unrelated to the vaccine (5). Other times though it could be to how the vaccine has been stored, transported or administered and can be prevented in the future by proper training, and improving vaccination programs. There are rare cases where a genuine adverse reaction is suspected from a vaccine (5).

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:

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. World Health Organization. (n.d.). Q&A on vaccines. Retrieved May 3, 2020, from https://www.who.int/vaccines/questions-and-answers
  5. 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