Should I Be Vaccinated?
Immunization by vaccination has contributed for the global elimination of small pox and the extermination of poliomyelitis from the western hemisphere. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, 90% of infants were vaccinated with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, in a total of 129 countries(1). Vaccines aim to induce protective immunity against its corresponding infectious agent. The goal of vaccination is the prevention of certain infectious diseases such as mumps, hepatitis b, polio, and rubella. Vaccines tend to be very safe and adverse effects are uncommon, but are serious. The importance of vaccination is apparent by the fact that they are demanded by certain countries upon entrance.(2) In 2019 WHO estimated that 19.4 million infants hadn’t received vaccinations, leaving them to rely only on herd immunity. Vaccination are currently preventing 2-3 million deaths yearly.(1) Upon recent years the use of vaccines has been debated on, and whether it’s safe or could be causing underlying complications.
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Vaccines aim to protect individuals from infectious diseases. The importance of vaccine such as prevention of hospital infections, cost efficiency, and overall protection to infections. The disadvantage of administration of certain vaccines to the patient would be risk of anaphylaxis , thrombocytopenia, death ,and encephalopathy. The aim of this study is to explain vaccinations and to go over both the benefits and disadvantages of being vaccinated versus not.
