One would expect, in advanced societies, that the advantages of vaccination would be obvious to all. So why, in the richer economies in particular, is there a resistance to getting children vaccinated? Why are diseases that we thought were confined to history making a comeback?
Vaccination is usually carried out with a low concentration of bacterial cultures ("weak bacteria"), which are easy to conquer, and thus gain immunity. Vaccinations are avoided because, in the past, vaccination sometimes caused the disease itself - due to errors in the preparation of the vaccinating solution. The “human factor” - can you rely on it 100%?
I agree with Prof. Leonid V Vladimirov. The wrong administration of such vaccines trigger various diseases to newborns. The sad experiences of many parents in rural regions make it difficult to convince others to accept vaccinations. Health administrators of such vaccines must be screened and trained very well.
I had asked a similiar question nearly two months ago; "What are your comments and suggestions for parental refusal of vaccines?"
"Parental refusal of vaccines is a growing a concern for the increased occurrence of vaccine preventable diseases in children. A number of studies have looked into the reasons that parents refuse, delay, or are hesitant to vaccinate their child(ren). In recent years, the issue of rejection of vaccination has started to threaten public health. For example; In 2018, the number of measles cases reported by WHO in the European Region was over 82,000. The number of deaths caused by measles was 72, in the same year. Interestingly; the cases of measles began to be expressed in thousands in some developed European countries."
I believe people are deeply divided by politics in some of the rich countries. Science, vaccines, climate change and evolution should be apolitical topics.
Alan F Rawle, my question is still in process. So far, 10 opinions has been shared. These opinions are few to comment. If you want, you may review my question and the answers.
People do not understand that the modern world is dangerous, viruses are lurking at every step. I believe that children need to be vaccinated.
Failure to vaccinate the children especially in democracies arises from too much freedom being given to people without considering the interests of the larger community. Vaccination should be made mandatory so that the disease once deemed eradicated do not come back. Parents should not have a say in the matter of whether the children should be exempt from vaccination based on various grounds(except perhaps a valid medical reason). It is a public health issue and therefore the interests of the larger community outweigh individual preferences. There is also so much misinformation propaganda going on that certain vaccines are harmful to the child as they grow up.
Most vaccination campaigns are associated with the emergence of officials and politicians as part of a plan to maximize their media role in children and health care, Which creates a tendency to refuse parents, and there are some fears of poor delivery of the dose, pollution accompanying, in addition to concerns of lack of purity, the passage of impurities may create future diseases or side effects, The wealthiest does not mean the most accommodating issues of health and vaccination
See: https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/study-finds-low-trust-in-vaccines-in-europe-66024
First to answer this question one needs to understand what has prompted society to perceive immunisation as a unsafe practice. As per WHO and CDC, There are 6 Misconceptions in immunisation. They are the following:
1."Diseases had already begun to disappear before vaccines were introduced, because of better hygiene and sanitation".
2."The majority of people who get disease have been vaccinated."
3."There are "hot lots" of vaccine that have been associated with more adverse events and deaths than others. Parents should find the numbers of these lots and not allow their children to receive vaccines from them."
4."Vaccines cause many harmful side effects, illnesses, and even death - not to mention possible long-term effects we don't even know about."
5."Vaccine-preventable diseases have been virtually eliminated from my country, so there is no need for my child to be vaccinated."
6."Giving a child multiple vaccinations for different diseases at the same time increases the risk of harmful side effects and can overload the immune system".
In a society which is well advanced these questions poked and proded again and again amongst individuals, groups and society in large offers even more confusing and diverse opinions which need to be addressed directly and at a high priority basis.The recent measles epidemic in US and many more such outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases are a testimony to the same!
Hello this question always under discussion. I think risk management in this field not well done and also variation of thousand type of vaccines make the answer problematic. Everybody talking about vaccine like one substance. Every vaccine has his benefit and drawbacks. It under your risk make it or no. But not forget that vaccination saved more than million life but killed may be thousand.
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