Antonio Priest Professor Bolton English 101 November 7, 2013 Vaccinations R US

Since the dawn of time man has been plagued with disease; which led to the early demise of kids, adults, animals, and etc. Decades ago before actual doctor prescribed medicine and vaccines, cures were more based around natural herbs and such. It wasnt until technology got more advanced and the diseases got more malignant that vaccinations and things of that nature were created to help cure people. Maybe now more than ever there are a lot of diseases and sicknesses in which of course we have a cure or vaccination for. Diseases such as AIDS/HIV and other more dangerous diseases dont have a vaccination just yet or do we? What if you were diagnosed with a disease and the vaccination was still a prototype with an extreme possibility of side effects? Would you want the cure that bad to face the possibility of death? Each day a new vaccination is being concocted and/or being tested with good and sometimes grave results. I think everyone wants to be cured from anything that ails them but again at what cost? In Safer than Safe what was thought to be a cure polio was actually a recipe for death. The scientists that made the vaccination for polio may have had the people best interest at heart but at the end of the day a vaccination is supposed to help not harm. Due to laziness and possibly inexperience towards following protocol thousands were infected instead of treated. The polio epidemic of the early 1900s wasnt the only deadly vaccination fail. In these times just a common cold can be dangerous and of course need a cure. These days flu vaccinations are pretty popular but just like any other past vaccination it has side effects. This could in later years be a problem amongst the users of the vaccinations if these side effects get worst or reminiscent of the polio fiasco in

1912. In this essay I will discuss the evils of vaccinations in between the good. Vaccinations are expensive and also dangerous when they arent created properly. Link, Kurt. The Vaccine Controversy: THE HISTORY, USE, AND SAFETY OF VACCINATIONS Westport, CT: Praeger publishers, 2005. Print. Link whom has a PH.D discusses the history of vaccinations, symptoms, and diseases of the past and somewhat present. Link goes in depth with the polio outbreak also letting us know that Albert Sabin, in 1958, was the first to develop what appeared to be a suitable vaccine (93) also The Sabin OPV was licensed for general use in 1961, and within five years it was the almost excusive vaccine used in the U.S.(93). Link would also let us know that the OPV is cost efficient which is always a great thing to the government and/or tax payers. Link not only has a PH.D which gives him clout over other possible authors that dont, but all his stories were very informative and detailed as if he were there. The book, however was published 8 years ago, in 2005, but yet the diseases he discusses are very much relevant these days. Although the vaccinations may have gotten advanced since 2005, but the issues surrounding vaccines are still current as well. He also offers sensible opinions on top of believable facts. Although the main focus of this essay is vaccinations, but this is coming off of the heels of diseases, mainly Polio. This book will be very helpful to my research due to the different disease and vaccine stories. I could possibly use the stories Link discussed in comparison to the polio story. Viewing the stories from an actual doctors point of view should be helpful. His polio story should be most helpful judging off of the numerous details he wrote about that the actual may not have included. Safer Than Safe. The Atomic Chef: and other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error. New York: Aegean Publishing, 2006. 176-193 is the actual tory itself that Im writing this essay on. What seemed like a vaccination at first turned out to spawn an outbreak instead of helping it. After the Cutter vaccine was produced nearly 400,000 people were infected. Protocol was possibly not followed leading to the failure of this vaccination.

This story will be the main backdrop for my argument. Although this fiasco transpired in the early 1900s its still relevant because things like this happens these days. Nothing is perfect not even vaccinations. The technology is way more advanced than in the 1900s of course, but with anything that doesnt get a proper procedure will surely fail and the cost could possibly be a life as far as vaccines. Institute of Medicine. Financing Vaccines in the 21st Century: Assuring Access and Availability .National Academies, 2004. EBook collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 8 Nov. 2013 will be used to discuss financing such as Medicare or any other insurance cost for immunization. The in statute of medicine mainly discuss vaccinations that are meant for children but its still relevant because kids immune systems are weaker that the average adult human possibly. They also discuss possible ways to cut vaccination cost from a government stand point. Even though the eBook was published around 2004 money (cost) its still relevant. Vaccines are being funded on a regular basis. The government runs through billions of dollars for things such as flu, aids, polio, chicken pox and other vaccinations. Seeing as though we in 2013 are going through a recession Im sure that the government wants the funded money to be used properly and procedures done correctly. If vaccinations failed every time the government would be funding money for the vaccination and to families of possible victims. I can use this eBook to again discuss cost in recent years. Once it comes to the actual money projections we will see possible outrageous numbers that are being thrown towards vaccine research. Money is already a major issue so with certain cost and failed vaccinations with the help of the book we will see that vaccination protocol should be taken very seriously. Cost projections will help my argument and show facts that vaccinations are bad just as well as theyre good. Bruce Layard. How Well Stop Polio for Good. Films Media Group, 2011. Films on Demand. Web. 08 Nov. 2013 <http://storm.hgtc.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=3503&xtid=481

87>. Dr. Bruce Aylward says, Almost isnt good enough. In this TEDTalk, Aylward shares the plan to snuff out the disease everywhere, forever. Aylward, an epidemiologist who heads the World Health Organizations Global Polio Eradication Initiative, also provides an overview of the battle against polio and explains why there have been outbreaks even in the 21st century. Dr. Bruce gives a breakdown of something known as The Polio Eradication. He believes that polio can be eradicated much like small pox was. This was filmed this year and of course will be helpful. Every day there are doctors working on vaccinating countries with polio victims. In this video he seems very confident and very knowledgeable regarding the polio outbreak. Dr.Bruce also discusses cost yearly cost towards polio vaccinations for overseas treatment. This is a great source for me to use because of the believability and knowledge that Layard displays. With the information he provides about certain aspects of polio eradication it stands behind certain things I will discuss. He believes that almost isnt good enough as far as getting rid of polio. In my opinion the government is possibly content with almost as far as every disease ago. Even the flu vaccine isnt good to have in certain cases and I believe that it can be with all the money spent yearly and the intelligent minds being used for research.