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Dr. Jose Rios Explains the Technologies Helping and Harming Vaccines

Getting vaccinated used to be a no-brainer decision that most parents would make in a heartbeat. In recent years, however, the mainstream appeal against immunizations has made it harder for people to make such calls. After all, the number of those who claim to be an expert and currently advise against vaccines is higher than ever. In their opinion, there are tremendous downsides to exposing someone to the shots that large pharmaceutical companies offer. Generally speaking, these so-called experts are completely off base, but have found a mouthpiece on the internet that is helping spread their dangerous message. 

Vaccines are one of the main reasons why people are no longer impacted by diseases like Polio, Smallpox, and similar. Luckily, the vast majority of people understand that declining immunization is taking a risky gamble with the health of their child. In other words, although it may not be deadly at first, it will inevitably result in unintended consequences for some. Thankfully fewer than one percent of the population aged 35 months to 19 years has received absolutely no shots in the last year. Similar rates are seen throughout the nation. 

How Do Modern Vaccines Work?

Before deciding whether vaccines are good or bad, one must understand the way in which they operate. First, someone decides to get their shots in order to prevent the onset of potential diseases. This is done by receiving a small dosage of the actual condition against which the party wants to protect themselves from. Naturally, however, that dosage contains dead or weakened cells that have been made possible by the latest in medical technology and prevent immunizations from causing the disease they aim to prevent. The added benefit of this technology is the increased safety and efficiency of modern vaccines.

Once these manufactured cells enter the body, the immune system fights back and creates antibodies that easily defeat those cells. Nevertheless, those antibodies that the immune system made are going to stay in someone’s body permanently. Thus, the next time that person has the same condition, their body will be prepared to react, and they will not even notice that they were under an attack. Although there are many more ins and outs that play an important role, these few steps fairly define the way in which most immunizations work. 

Minimum Risk of Diseases That Once Killed Millions

The ultimate goal of vaccines is to offer protection from conditions that were once guilty of killing millions of people. Think about the way that most shots get developed. First, there is a disease that must be contained. Some examples include measles, smallpox, polio, diphtheria, pertussis, mumps, and many others. After identifying the condition, the scientists develop a formula that can combat it. Lastly, they inject it into people’s bodies in form of vaccines. 

Well, this means that most vaccines were invented as the means to treat terrible conditions that were deadly at one point. Thus, failing to get immunized immediately puts one at risk from conditions that may not even be that common anymore. Given that the safety of vaccines is in question here, this certainly goes on the list of reasons why shots are undoubtedly beneficial. 

It’s also worth noting that these horrible diseases were treated using vaccines from generations past which did not benefit from modern technology. In modern days, vaccines are safer, more effective, and can benefit from drastically improved production and distribution networks. Diseases no longer need to be vaccinated against for generations as adoption slowly spreads. Now, vaccines can be almost immediately effective when met with proper global acceptance.

Preventing the Outbreak of Diseases.

According to an experienced pediatrician, Dr. Jose Rios, the level of infectiveness determines how potent a disease will be. In other words, the more people that some condition will affect, the deadlier it may be. This is because each new infection serves as an incubator for disease, increasing the odds of a disease spreading as well as providing more chances for mutation or developing drug resistance. Luckily, vaccines can play an important role in minimizing the transmission of certain diseases. For instance, the power to carry the disease will be neutralized in people who produce the right antibodies. In translation, the disease will not be able to use them as temporary hosts before finding its next victim. 

The important benefit of this, according to Dr. Jose Rios, is the fact that public outbreaks will be practically non-existent in societies with high vaccination rates. Just try to remember the last time that there was a major health concern due to an outbreak in the United States. The risk of not getting immunized are far worse than the imagined risks associated with the vaccines themselves.

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