Should Kids Get Vaccinated?
By: Sarah Waldie
Vaccines help more then you think they do.
In 1952 there were 57,879 cases of paralytic polio in the U.S. By 1961, just 6yrs after the vaccine was introduced the number was 1,312- a 98% reduction.
Edward Jenner
Smallpox vaccine, the first successful vaccine to be developed, was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1798. He followed up his observation that milkmaids who had previously caught cowpox did not later catch smallpox by showing that inoculated cowpox protected against inoculated smallpox
Out Breaks Caused By Not Getting Vaccinated
Whopping Cough
“Nobody likes to be the person who says, ‘I told you so,’ but what’s unfolding now is exactly the scenario feared by those worried about the region’s low immunization numbers,” Bradley Goodwin, the president of the Grand Traverse County Medical Society, said
Measles
The rash of measles cases across the country has affected some states more than others. And, not surprisingly, its caused by not getting vaccinations
Chicken Pox
A chicken pox out break in schools were caused by parents not vaccinating and sending there children to school anyway.
Other thing you can get
Flu
If you do not get the flu vaccine you are most likely to get it or something worse.