Why are there so many vaccination opponents?
The disadvantages listed above are probably some of the reasons for the number of vaccination opponents. But a not to be underestimated role plays here probably also the half-truths circulating among parents, which concern inoculations. Vaccinations are supposed to serve above all the pharmaceutical companies and their profit, it is not proven that vaccinations would help at all, rather the vaccination opponents see the hygiene standards, which have risen considerably in the last decades, as a reason for the reduction of certain diseases.
Further assumptions of vaccination opponents are that vaccinations would trigger chronic allergic diseases such as asthma. Vaccination would also destroy the nervous and immune systems. Furthermore, unvaccinated children are healthier than vaccinated children. A summary of all these statements gives an idea of why more and more parents are becoming opponents of vaccination. However, it should be emphasized that there is no reliable scientific evidence for the above assumptions in connection with vaccinations.
Can viral diseases be eliminated by vaccination?
The primary goal of a vaccination is first and foremost to reduce the number of illnesses and thus contain the disease.However, if the vaccination rate is very high, i.e. if almost all people in a certain area are vaccinated, there is an additional possibility of completely eliminating a disease. Examples of virus diseases in Europe that have already been eliminated are smallpox, which is caused by the smallpox virus, and polio, which is caused by the poliovirus.
Why should you vaccinate your children?
The advantages and disadvantages of a vaccination are already listed above. The main argument in favor of vaccinating your own child is certainly the protection against serious, potentially life-threatening diseases. At the latest, if you take a deliberately unvaccinated child as an example, who, for example, suffers from whooping cough (pertussis), a highly contagious infectious disease, is tormented by severe coughing and threatens to suffocate, the reasons for a vaccination should be obvious. The main goal of vaccinations is to completely eradicate certain diseases in their course. However, as the example of measles shows, this will not be possible if more and more parents oppose vaccination and the rate of childhood infection increases.