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    The Last Breath

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    the safety of the controversial MMR vaccine have been raised with the publication of research which said trials of the jab were inadequate and did not address fears about its long-term effects. There was not ’adequate evidence of safety’ of the measles‚ mumps and rubella vaccine‚ Dr Andrew Wakefield‚ consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London said. Trials of the vaccine were too small and did not follow children up for a long enough period to gauge potential problems‚ he

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    According to the CDC‚ the MMR immunization is worth the risk. The CDC says that getting the immunization is much safer than getting measles‚ mumps‚ or rubella. The CDC estimates that 4 out of every 10‚000 infants who get the MMR immunization will see heath consequences later in life. That means that four hundredths of a percent of infants who receive that immunization have negative

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    MMR Vaccine and Autism

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    leads to measles virus becoming colonised in the lining of the bowel; this process causes inflammatory bowel disease and a leaky bowel; this allows harmful peptides or toxins‚ which wouldn’t normally be absorbed to enter the bloodstream‚ enter the brain and cause autism. And according to his own summary on http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/abstract; these were his findings: “Onset of behavioural symptoms was associated‚ by the parents‚ with measles‚ mumps

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    others‚ can be caused by these vaccines. Right now in the U.S.‚ the vaccination rate is at it’s highest in the world‚ and so are the autism numbers. The reason why parents are so concerned with vaccines causing autism is because the combination of measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella can cause autism by damaging the intestinal lining. Many of the vaccines given include all of those illnesses so if they are combined‚ parents feel that it is possible for their child to get autism. Another reason as to why children

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    Vaccines are an astonishing product that can provide immunity and/or prevention of certain diseases. The first successful vaccination was developed by Edward Jenner‚an English Doctor and the father of immunology‚ in the late 1790s(1). Within the next two centuries‚ several other successful vaccinations were introduced into the medial field(1). Some vaccines are given to children at birth while others need to be given at other certain ages across a child’s lifespan(1). Some states do allow exemptions

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    Three reasons why Children should be vaccinated Advances in medical science have enabled us to live free of diseases that were once global epidemics. However‚ in recent years there has been a reoccurrence of diseases like the measles. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ outbreaks can occur from travelers and segments of the population who have chosen not to vaccinate themselves‚ or their children (CDC‚ 2015). There is three reasons why you should vaccinate your children. First‚ vaccinating

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    The Vaccination Debate

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    The Vaccination debate My Pros: I think that the MMR vaccine is very important in the way that it protects from Measles‚ Mumps and Rubella which are dangerous diseases and is injected in 2 doses‚ at 1 year old and 5 years old. In addition these are very easy to transmit as the common cold‚ nowadays measles mumps and rubella stays averagely about 1 week however 1 on 1000 cases will be fatal in the way that it may kills people depends on the immunity of the sufferer. In addition it seems that

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    A vaccine is a substance used as a preventive inoculation to obtain immunity from a specific disease‚ commonly using an innocuous form of the disease as an inactive pathogen to stimulate antibody production. Even though the first vaccine was created 215 years ago in 1796‚ many people today are still apprehensive about vaccines due to fear of vaccines’ negative side effects. This investigation studies whether vaccinations should be made mandatory or otherwise‚ considering both the negative and positive

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    occurring in a child’s life makes it very easy for a parent to steer clear of the whole situation‚ and in ending result‚ not get their child vaccinated. When children aren’t vaccinated‚ they are left defenseless against diseases like hepatitis B‚ measles‚ mumps‚ chicken pox‚ polio‚ pertussis (whooping cough)‚  rubella‚ and more. All these diseases have the ability to easily kill a child within days‚ and if it weren’t for the vaccines protection over many children in the United States‚ the spread of

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    Or Fiction? “Today one in every 150 children has been diagnosed on the autism spectrum; 20 years ago that statistic was one in 10‚000” (Mooney‚ 2009‚ p. 58). There are many vaccines that are administered to children today that protect them from measles‚ mumps‚ rubella‚ chickenpox‚ tetanus‚ invasive Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) infections‚ etc. (Miller & Reynolds‚ 2009‚ p. 167). Among these and many other diseases children are currently being vaccinated against 14 diseases‚ and these take

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