adults were children, immunity can begin to fade over time, as we age, we become more susceptible to serious disease caused by common infections like the flu, as an adult we may work in the health care field or other profession that puts us at risk for contact with infectious diseases. (“Vaccine Health”, n.d.) As far as the side effects from getting vaccinated, they come in a range of side side effects from vaccination are mild, such as soreness, swelling, or effects, “Most redness at the injection site. Some vaccines are associated with fever, rash, and achiness. Serious side effects are rare, but may include seizure or life-threatening allergic reaction,” an article that sums up a report that was (“Vaccine Side”, n.d.). Time magazine put out published in The Institute of of Vaccines: Medicine journal called, “Adverse Effects Evidence and report was found to find little connections between most Causality”. This of the recommended vaccinations and adverse side effects. The one finding that the Time article highlights is the association between HPV and anaphylactic shock and the MMR with joint pain (Park, 2011). There are reported outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases reported world wide in the past few years. It is been found to be associated with the rising number of unvaccinated people (mostly children) in developed countries. This is an interesting public health issue and important in the consideration of eliminating diseases. Personally I started out as a pregnant mom that was leaning more towards the non-vaccinating population, this was before I did any research. After I got closer to labor and delivery I started to very seriously consider the health decisions that were going to give my new child. I find many blog stories about of reactions that people’s testimonials either they had or their child had right after a vaccine. These of course are scary stories,
adults were children, immunity can begin to fade over time, as we age, we become more susceptible to serious disease caused by common infections like the flu, as an adult we may work in the health care field or other profession that puts us at risk for contact with infectious diseases. (“Vaccine Health”, n.d.) As far as the side effects from getting vaccinated, they come in a range of side effects, “Most side effects from vaccination are mild, such as soreness, swelling, or redness at the injection site. Some vaccines are associated with fever, rash, and achiness. Serious side effects are rare, but may include seizure or life-threatening allergic reaction,” (“Vaccine Side”, n.d.). Time magazine put out an article that sums up a report that was published in The Institute of Medicine journal called, “Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality”. This report was found to find little connections between most of the recommended vaccinations and adverse side effects. The one finding that the Time article highlights is the association between HPV and anaphylactic shock and the MMR with joint pain (Park, 2011). There are reported outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases reported world wide in the past few years. It is been found to be associated with the rising number of unvaccinated people (mostly children) in developed countries. This is an interesting public health issue and important in the consideration of eliminating diseases. Personally I started out as a pregnant mom that was leaning more towards the non-vaccinating population, this was before I did any research. After I got closer to labor and delivery I started to very seriously consider the health decisions that were going to give my new child. I find many blog stories about people’s testimonials of reactions that either they had or their child had right after a vaccine. These of course are scary stories,
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