McCarthy, Jenny, J.B. Handley, Jennifer Margulis, Dr. Paul Offit, and Anders Hviid. "The Vaccine War." PBS. PBS, 27 Apr. 2010. Web. 31 May 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/>.
As the popularity of giving infants vaccines shortly after birth has risen in our society, so has the controversy over this issue. This controversy has been the response of parents theorizing that the onset of their child's disabilities, both mental and physical, was caused by the vaccines they received as infants/toddlers. Celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carry have personally experienced this with their own children and have grown to the be face of this growing movement. They have spread the awareness of this issue to the public and changed the minds of many parents who now refuse to give these vaccines to their children. But with this new refusal to receive the vaccine, other parents have shown a concern in these kids contracting serious diseases and causing an outbreak. Because these new vaccines have only become popular recently, many adults have not received them, leaving these adults defenseless against many diseases. As a result of this new uprise, many experiments and tests have been performed to find results whether or not the vaccines are actually causing disabilities. But because these tests have not produced reliable results, this issue continues to be explored. The Vaccine War is a large movement which will continue to grow until answers are found and it can be proved that vaccines are not affecting the development of children.
Smith , Michael J. , and Charles R. Woods . "On-time Vaccine Receipt in the First Year Does Not Adversely Affect Neuropsychological Outcomes." On-time Vaccine Receipt in the First Year Does Not Adversely Affect Neuropsychological Outcomes. American Academy of Pediatrics , 5 Feb. 2010. Web. 31 May 2014. <http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/125/6/1134.abstract>.
This article describes the outcome of an experiment testing the difference in kids ages 7-10, comparing those who received a vaccine and those who opted out of receiving the vaccine. They had a total of 30 test participants, 15 who had received the vaccine and 15 who has postponed or not received the vaccine. The experiment concludes that the 15 children who had received the vaccine performed better at age 7-10 in all 15 cases than the children who refused the vaccine. These vaccines were given within the first 7 months of life. Each vaccine given to the children were received within 30 days of the recommended age. This test was performed by contracting regression models to show the variances in age and progression. A secondary analysis was performed to examine the children with the highest and the lowest vaccine exposures during the first 7 months of life. Although the delayed recipient of the vaccine did not show any signs of autism there were also no statistically significant differences favoring the less vaccinated children. This experiment concluded that timely vaccination during infancy has no adverse effect on neuropsychological outcomes 7 to 10 years later. This data was collected hopping to reassure parents that believe that children receive too many vaccines too early in life.
No comments:
Post a Comment