A vaccination makes catching a disease entirely preventable.
There is no good reason not to get one.
Whether its for children or adults is equally true.
“There is no good reason not to get one.”
Three young girls have died from the flu shot in the last 3 mos or so. They would have survived the flu. This year’s flu vaccine is only 23% effective anyway. If that.
Some vaccines are a good idea some others not necessarily.
“A vaccination makes catching a disease entirely preventable.”
Not entirely true. Google it.
“There is no good reason not to get one.”
There are many good reasons - including that some vaccines do not work, like the flu vaccine for older people.
“Whether its for children or adults is equally true.”
I agree there. No universal reason for adults or kids. Don’t universally work for either.
Right!
There are actually good reasons not to get one. We almost didn’t get my daughter the DPT vaccine because she has a brain injury and seizures. Then they started another safer version DPaT that had a lower risk of seizures.
My other daughter had a bad reaction to her last tetanus vaccine. She has a movement disorder, dystonia, and she had a very, very, very bad flare up of the dystonia. It had only been in her arms, and it went into her legs and she had a hard time walking, and it was very painful.
I haven’t given either of them the gaurdisil vaccine. They just turned 18, so they will have to make that choice.
AUTISM.
There is no good reason not to get one.
Some vaccines are oversold - for instance flu vaccines. The flu virus mutates and evolves so rapidly that by the time a vaccine is developed, you're essentially protecting people against last year's strains rather than the current ones.
On the other hand, there is no rational reason to oppose vaccination for genetically stable viruses like measles, smallpox, etc.
Of course, the loons on the anti-vaccine crusade want you to believe that Jenny McCarthy's vast knowledge trumps several centuries worth of medicine and microbiology. Who would have thought that showing off your privates in glossy magazines confers expertise in epidemiology?