Why do some people not want to get vaccines?

Answer 1

MMR vaccine protects you against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella. You need 2-3 doses on the proper schedule to become immune. You should get a blood test (titer) to confirm that the shots worked and gave your body immunity (some people need more shots and a small few people never seem to "take" to the vaccine, especially the mumps part- also the mumps part can be spoiled by heat during storage).

Many healthcare workers, teachers, and other professionals are required to get this vaccine to protect themselves and others from these diseases.

MMR is a "trivalent" (3-in-one) vaccine against the following 3 diseases:

Measles is a rough disease that we don't see as much of anymore because of the success of vaccines- but it could come back if people stop taking the vaccine.

Mumps is less common these days but there was a recent outbreak in New York City's Brooklyn area because groups of people stopped getting the vaccine for their kids. The mumps part of the vaccine can be spoiled by heat, so if the vaccine was not refrigerated properly, it can fail- while the other two parts are still effective. Also some people just never "seroconvert" (get immunity from the vaccine) or need a 3rd or 4th dose to obtain immunity. This can be frustrating because they require multiple blood tests to ensure that they are immune.

Rubella is a disease that isn't terribly serious except for the fact that when pregnant women get it, their babies usually cannot survive the infection, or the babies brains are severely injured for the rest of their lives. So this vaccine is important for all of us to get so that women won't have a large chance of getting exposed during pregnancy.

All of these diseases are pretty harsh, and can be deadly in young, elderly, weak, ill, or medicated people (on steroids or other drugs that weaken the immune system).

Answer 2

Opponents of vaccinations believe that they (vaccines) have killed and harmed many people, or that they are some sort of government plot. Allergies, asthma, retardation, autism, Down Syndrome, etc. have been attributed to vaccines, although there is little to no scientific evidence for most of these claims. Often what they also fail to consider is that the diseases themselves can cause actual harm and death and, when vaccination rates fall, these communicable diseases reappear.

There has been much Propaganda in the popular press to this effect, resulting in a large decrease in vaccination rates in many countries, including England and Nigeria. In England (and parts of the US) there have been large outbreaks of previously controlled diseases such as measles and mumps, resulting in many deaths. In parts of Africa there has been a resurgence of polio, which had nearly been eradicated through vaccine use until the numbers of vaccinations became so reduced.

See the link below (Jenny McCarthy Body Count) to see how destructive the anti-vaccination movement has been.

Answer 3

It's mainly because of concerns about the adverse affects that may result from vaccination. It's true that a number of adverse events or side effects can result from vaccination. Keep in mind that every medication (vaccines are considered pharmaceuticals) has side effects, even the placebo pills. This happens all the time because new drug clinical trials normally include a group of patients on placebo, who will report some adverse reactions even to those pills that contain no medication. One has to weigh the risks versus benefits with all interventions we do, including surgeries, IVs, medications, vaccines, etc.

Just pick a vaccine and a disease it helps prevent. Before the vaccine, the disease was a much bigger risk factor for complications/deaths than any adverse reactions to the vaccination would be. That kept the side effects off the radar for the average person, but they were there. Now that vaccinations are a common thing, the diseases they prevent have become so rare (because of the vaccine), that the side effects of the vaccine itself become more 'front page' news.

Answer 4

Most people dont wont to get vaccines because they are scared or worried

Answer 5

because 1 in 125 will die from it and more will get very ill. also some poeple are allergic to vaccinationas

Answer 6

people though that a side effect of having it could cause you to have autism

Answer 7

Probably because they have been damaged or seen people damaged by vaccinations or have studied the subject before they wanted to vaccinate.