Back to index pageTHINGS THAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT VACCINES THAT AREN'T REALLY TRUE AND JUST PLAIN FACTS.
BY: MELISSA KLINKNER
HELLO! YOU ARE IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THE VACCINES WEB PAGE. THIS SECTION OF THE PAGE CONTAINS TWO THINGS:
FACTS ABOUT VACCINES
THINGS THAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT VACCINES THAT AREN'T REALLY TRUE
LET'S START WITH THE FACTS PART FIRST!
JONAS SALK, THE GUY WHO CREATED THE INJECTED POLIO VACCINE (IPV), TOLD THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE THAT ALMOST ALL THE OUTBREAKS OF POLIO WERE CAUSED BY THE ORAL POLIO VACCINE SINCE 1961! WOW! BE THANKFUL WE NOW HAVE THE INJECTED POLIO VACCINE! IN FACT, PEOPLE WERE SO THANKFUL WHEN JONAS INVENTED THIS, THAT THEY BELIEVED HE HAD "MADE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE."
THERE ARE MANY SCARY FACTS ABOUT VACCINES TOO. ONE IS THAT TEXAS HAS HAD A PRETTY BAD CASE OF THE MEASLES IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. IN THESE 10 YEARS, TEXAS HAS HAD 11,351 CASES OF THE MEASLES AND IN 26 OF THOSE CASES, THE PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THAT'S NOT GOOD!
WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF MEASLES, HAVE YOU EVER HAD THEM? IF YOU HAVE, THEY'RE AWFUL AREN'T THEY? THE BAD THING IS THAT THE MMR SHOT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT MEASLES DOESN'T REALLY WORK THAT WELL SOMETIMES AND CHILDREN CAN STILL GET THEM. THE SAME PROBLEM IS PRESENT IN THE PERTUSSIS SHOT.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT SECTION? WELL HOLD ONTO YOUR SEATS 'CAUSE HERE WE GOOOOO!
WHOA! THAT WAS FUN! WELL, HERE WE ARE! WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT VACCINES. THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE THOUGHTS! HERE'S A FEW OF THEM. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE OPPOSING OPINIONS THAT I FOUND DURING MY SEARCH.
WHEN YOU GET A SHOT YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU AND THERE'S NO RISK AT ALL, RIGHT? WRONG. MANY PEOPLE THINK EXACTLY WHAT I JUST WROTE BUT ACTUALLY VACCINES DO INVOLVE A LOT OF RISK! THAT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED TO GET THEIR SHOTS AND VACCINES. PROBABLY BECAUSE THE OLDER PEOPLE HAVE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES BEFORE.
PEOPLE ALSO THINK THAT VACCINES DO THEIR JOBS PERFECTLY. THEY HAVE BEEN TO YOU RIGHT? I MEAN WHY SHOULDN'T THEY? ACTUALLY IN REALITY THOUGH, "EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT VACCINATION IS AN UNRELIABLE MEANS OF PREVENTING DISEASE."
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE IDEA THAT SAYS "VACCINES ARE THE MAIN REASON FOR LOW DISEASE RATES IN THE U.S. TODAY"? STOP! STOP! HOLD IT! HOLD IT! COMPLETELY WRONG. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS "WHAT IMPACT VACCINES HAVE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE DECLINES THROUGHOUT THIS CENTURY."
ONE MORE MYTH TO END THIS SECTION. WHEN YOU'RE A KID AND GET A DISEASE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN A MAJORLY DANGEROUS SITUATION RIGHT? WRONG AGAIN. ACTUALLY,"DANGERS OF CHILDHOOD DISEASES ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED IN ORDER TO SCARE PARENTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH A QUESTIONABLE BUT PROFITABLE PROCEDURE."
WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT! THANKS FOR VISITING THIS SECTION OF THE SIGHT AND I HOPE YOU FOUND SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU WERE LOOKING FOR. GOODBYE!
SOURCES
www.accessl.net/via/
http://www.livelinks.com/sumeria/health/myth2.html
Robert Cooke, Conqueror of Polio Dies at 80 'Made this world a better place to live' City Ed., Newsday,24 Jun 1995, pp. A06
Plitcha Anna M., Immunization: protecting older patients from infectious disease., Vol.51, Geriatrics, 1 Sep 1996, pp.47(5)