Dr. William Schaffner was watching the Republican debate and heard about Donald Trump talking about the importance of vaccines. Dr. William Schaffner has been working on proving it to be a myth that vaccines in children can actually do a counter-reaction and cause medical conditions. Donald Trump said that vaccines increase the chances of being Autism in young children. He told the story about his friend who had his children vaccinated and found out his child was Autistic. This wasn't a good move because the other two candidates, Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist, and Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, said that it is very safe for children to be vaccinated. There's people also who want to have their children be vaccinated in a long period of time, which increases the risk for children to receive something. This was said by Dr. Paul A. Offit, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He actually has seen that happen. Out of the 14 diseases, 13 of them are deadly which should be vaccinated in children earlier.
After reading this article, I feel like Donald Trump didn’t know what he was talking about. After looking more into the vaccinations, I found an article that proved that there wasn’t any link between the two. Vaccines can only be dangerous for children if they are not properly followed up with. For example, couple of vaccines need multiple shots and there is a range of time each needs to be given. Knowing that 13 out of the 14 diseases that are deadly can be prevented with vaccines makes me want my future child(ren) to be vaccinated correctly.
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