In my opinion, there is no correlation between vaccines and autism. For hundreds of years, vaccines have been working to save the human race. In the decade in which the parents feared immunizations, instead of seeing a decreasing rate of autism, the United States saw an explosion of different diseases like whooping cough, mumps and measles because parents were not willing to vaccinate their children because of that fraud theory presented by Andrew Wakefield and later on supported by Jenny McCarthy who was against these vaccines because of his autistic child (Magana, 2013). But the studies about the link between vaccines and autism have been proved wrong. None of us knows the reasons for the cause of autism, but it might be there is genetic involvement which leads to the abnormalities causing autism. These abnormalities can also take place in the womb of the mother, as with genetic development, autism can be caused.
California Measles Outbreak
The state of California is experiencing a serious measles outbreak. This outbreak started when it was diagnosed to some of the visitors in Orange County, and it has been expanding since then. This outbreak can be prevented if they have been vaccinated. However, out of 110 patients, only a few were vaccinated, while the rest didn’t take any vaccination in their entire lives, which caused this disease (Magana, 2015). But the major question is why they got caught by the disease that had been vaccinated against measles. Although vaccination against measles is very effective, if you are surrounded by people who are facing this disease, then vaccination won’t work 100%. But you will also get exposed to this disease, which is a very dangerous thing because even if you are not infected and not exposed to measles and are getting vaccinated, you can still get caught by the disease.
References
Jose Luis Magana, A. (2013). One Thing We Know About Autism: Vaccines Aren’t to Blame. News.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018, from https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130716-autism-vaccines-mccarthy-view-medicine-science/
Rong Gong Lin, (2015).Disneyland Outbreak Lesson: Vaccinations Prevent Measles – Measles & Rubella Initiative. (2015). Measles & Rubella Initiative. Retrieved 12 April 2018, from https://measlesrubellainitiative.org/disneyland-outbreak-lesson-vaccinations-prevent-measles/
