Vaccinations are a controversial issue in the United States because of the disagreement on whether or not they are harmful. Many professionals would have you believe that before the times of vaccinations, streets were filled with dying children. However, this is not the case. There is evidence that illnesses were decreasing prior to the introduction of vaccinations. Numerous studies have been made showing the link between vaccinations and other neurological and physical disorders, such as autism and asthma. This essay is going to prove that doctor recommendations for vaccinations are misleading because they give a false sense of security. Many assumptions are made about the safety of vaccinations. The primary assumption about vaccinations …show more content…
Vaccines are often unsafe and ineffective; some vaccines can even cause new diseases. Furthermore, many people have no idea that vaccines contain formaldehyde, thimerosal, and aluminum. Medical experts are aware that thimerosal in vaccinations can damage children. Studies on vaccinations normally are just nonsense as shown by the American Medical Association’s paper stating that “one-third of ‘highly cited original clinical research studies’ were eventually contradicted by subsequent studies. The supposed effects of specific interventions either did not exist as the original studies concluded or were exaggerated,” (Miller). Many published research findings are false since the findings and claims about vaccinations are easily contradicted. Eighty percent of non-randomized studies turn out to be wrong. The same can be said about twenty-five percent of supposedly gold-standard randomized trials. Moreover, vaccine studies are overall poorly designed. When the vaccine-autism link became a concern to the public, vaccine experts quickly moved into high gear to produce an authentic looking study that contradicted the actual data. A ploy used by vaccine proponents are studies that compare vaccinated people to other vaccinated people. If these studies were honest, they would compare vaccinated people to the unvaccinated population. In addition, many …show more content…
Science proves that when you naturally contract a disease, such as chickenpox or measles, your immune system becomes active and quickly kills the virus. These scientific studies “show that natural infections give a person lifelong immunity to the disease; no booster shots are needed,” (Blaylock). Lifetime immunity compared to the two to ten years of immunity you receive from vaccines sounds a lot better than getting vaccinated. Additionally, it has been proven that many vaccines suppress immunity. An example of such a vaccine is the mixed vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR). As a result of the suppressed immunity, a child will become susceptible to infection by many different viruses. This is one of the reasons that parents are told to keep their children out of daycares after certain vaccinations. Moreover, during a prolonged period of suppressed immunity adults and children are more likely to develop other infections. This means a child is likely to develop and die from chickenpox or any number of other diseases as a direct result of a vaccine. Adults who receive these immune suppressing vaccinations can develop “overwhelming infections from pathogenic bacteria, such as pneumococcus, streptococcus, and staphylococcus,” (Blaylock). Overall, suppressed immunity has a powerful effect on the human immune