“I won’t get the vaccine for any reason”

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“I won’t get the vaccine for any reason…”

Throughout history, since 1798, when the first vaccine was developed, resistance to vaccination and anti-vaccination movements have been present throughout the world.

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The refusal of parents to vaccinate their children can lead to something as unfortunate as childhood paralysis due to the lack of polio vaccination in the last century or the appearance of deadly diseases of measles, smallpox, etc., in unvaccinated villages.

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The fact is that one of the great contributions to human health was the discovery and, later, the production of vaccines that prevent deadly epidemics in other centuries: smallpox, 1796 ; anger, 1885; tetanus, 1890; yellow fever, 1937; polio and so on, starting in 1950.

In the 18th century, the English doctor Edward Jenner he had the idea of ​​injecting a type of smallpox virus into a child, to stimulate an immune reaction and since then, as I said, there have been protests against vaccines.

In 1998, a study was published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet suggested a relationship between MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccines and autism. However, it was discovered that it was a big lie by the author, <a href="http://www.world-today-news.com/another-deadly-virus-as-the-world-fights-covid-19-measles-deaths-rise-and-vaccinations-are-thwarted/" title="Another deadly virus. As the world fights COVID-19, measles deaths rise, and vaccinations are thwarted”>Andrew Wakefield. But neither the magazine’s official denial nor subsequent work showing that there was a connection failed to allay the fears. Along with continuous waves of infections and the appearance of new, more dangerous variants of Covid-19, the world is experiencing a second wave of anti-vaccination movements that have been revived as a result of the implementation of health passports in countries such as France and Italy. . The president Emmanuel Macron announcing a mandatory vaccination for health workers and extending the so-called “health permit” to enter bars, cafes, restaurants, cinemas, trains or planes, among others.

The anti-vaccine arguments are many: “I don’t trust these vaccines because they were developed very quickly.” “Vaccines cause autism and have fatal side effects.” “Governments and companies medicine trying out with us.” “They can’t get me vaccinated.” “Alternative and naturopathic medicine is more effective.” These are phrases that are heard more and more as we try to speed up vaccination campaigns.At the end of July, there was a wave of large demonstrations in Australia that ended, on several occasions, in clashes with the police and the arrests, due to restrictions and invitations.The German-based group Worldwide Demonstration helped coordinate rallies in Sydney and Melbourne, with a message amplified by local anti-vaccination activists. and “freedom”.

Recently, a very long document, signed by Elyse O. Kharabandaand an online conference with the epidemiologist Karina Acevedothose online want to revive this controversy, but the truth is; Vaccines serve, protect and should be used.

Science is science, the rest is sad speculation.