When talking about vaccinations, the morality of individuals is one factor taken into consideration. There has been controversy regarding vaccinations causing autism, whether natural immunity is better than vaccine acquired immunity, why vaccines aren’t 100% effective, and what effects religious views have on the distribution of vaccinations. These questions tend to have difficult answers or none at all because they are based on the ethics of the individual.
If a healthy baby died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome the day after having immunizations, would vaccinations be reconsidered? If
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be prevented by vaccinations. In addition, it puts the communities they belong to at a greater risk. Public health advocates often times …show more content…
In the United States today, the vaccine is provided for both sexes.
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A big topic up for debate is whether or not vaccinations can cause Autism. Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts.
Typically, autism can be detected from age 18-24 months. By this time, most vaccines required for young children have taken place, one of the main reasons parents think vaccines cause autism. Developmental specialist usually pick up on the signs at younger ages, before the parents begin to notice anything out of the ordinary. There are measurable differences in the brain function and structure of children with and without autism. In the first six months of life, the traits that are typically impaired by autism, grow rapidly in that area of brain. When it comes to autism, one thing that is known is that the genes of the parents definitely play a role in whether or not the child will have the mental condition. In a set of identical twins, the DNA is