Vaccinations are what we receive from a Doctor to help us fight against the viruses and diseases. There is an anti-vaccination movement starting because people are starting to think vaccinations are more harmful than they are beneficial. Just about every dangerous viruses/disease has a vaccination to help us become immune to it, without these vaccinations viruses/diseases like smallpox, flu and measles would have developed into several other strains and killed tons more people. Yes some vaccinations can be dangerous for people who cannot get the vaccination due to being too young or sick but the people who can get vaccinated helps build a community that is immune and protects the people who cannot get vaccinated.

Measles use to be a very common virus before 1963 when the MMR vaccination began (Schoenstadt, 2013). According to Schoenstadt before the MMR vaccination the United States had about three to four million cases and 450 people had died from the measles. In 1990, twenty-seven years after the MMR vaccination started the reported deaths from measles was only 64. That is a 386 decrease in deaths from measles between 1963 and 1990. Measles are not complete gone but there is a big decease in the disease. The few cases of measles that are in the US are said to come from outside the US. I want to protect my kids from anything and everything I can, vaccinations will help them become immune to some viruses/diseases.

References

 

Schoenstadt MD, Arthur (2013) History of Measles. Retrieved from                    http://measles.emedtv.com/measles/history-of-measles-p2.html