Can vaccines have adverse effects?

Most parents believe that vaccines prevent diseases in their children, however recent studies show that 1 in 4 parents believe that some vaccines can cause autism in an otherwise healthy child. And 1 in 8 parents are refusing the necessary vaccinations because they are scared they could possibly be harmful to their child.

A study was done where researchers asked 1500 parents with children 17 and under about the use of vaccines to prevent diseases. The vaccine that is most commonly rejected by parents is the vaccine for human papillomavirus or HPV, which is used to prevent against cervical cancer. Some other common vaccines parents rejected were the chicken pox vaccine, the meningococcal conjugate vaccine, and the MMR, which prevents measles, mumps, and rubella.

Dr. Gary L. Freed, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan was shocked to discover that 1 in 4 parents believe that vaccines can cause autism. Although they think this, an overwhelming number of parents are still vaccinating their children, fortunately.

Although a lot of parents think that vaccines can cause illnesses among their children, they are still vaccinating them. In the future, hopefully physicians and researchers can relax the minds of parents who think that vaccines cause serious health problems. Maybe in the future there will be no defect in vaccines, although some parents are still bound to believe otherwise. Until 100% of vaccinations are proved to be completely safe, parents will always worry about the well being of their children when it come to receiving vaccines.