In this world we live in, a lot of people have been diagnosed with different types of diseases and infections. Due to all these infirmities, scientists and medical experts from around the world created vaccines and it usually requires 10 to 15 years of research and sometimes longer rigorous months of research before the vaccination is made available to the general public.
Vaccines reduce the risk of getting diseases by working with your body's natural defenses to build protection. When you get vaccinated, your immune system responds.
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We now have vaccines to prevent more than 30 life-threatening diseases and infections, helping people of all ages to live longer and healthier. Throughout history, humans have successfully developed vaccines for a number of deadly diseases, e.g., smallpox, meningitis, tetanus, measles, wild poliovirus, diphtheria, pertussis, and influenza.
When someone is vaccinated, they are likely to be protected against targeted diseases. But not everyone can be vaccinated. People with underlying health conditions that weaken their immune system (such as cancer and HIV) who have severe allergies to some vaccine components may not be able to get vaccinated with certain vaccines. These people can still be protected if they live amongst people who are vaccinated. No single vaccine provides 100% protection.
Vaccinations ease the strain on families and healthcare systems by reducing hospital visits and medical costs.
Come to think of it, the polio vaccine is actually being distributed community by community by the government. Assuming people are mandated to come to the hospital to receive the vaccines for their children, most people will not go because they will say, "I can't go through the stress of queuing at the hospital.
Imagine if people are asked to pay for polio vaccines; a larger number of people won't get vaccinated. But here we are; the government made everything easy, and not only that but also brought it to your doorstep. Still, some people will not allow their children to receive the vaccines because of the misinformation they have concerning vaccines.
Injecting something into your body can be a concern for some, especially when you are unsure of what's inside the needle.
Vaccines are also critical to the prevention and control of infectious disease outbreaks.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of health care workers were strained, resulting in dramatic setbacks. During the pandemic, our fear arose not just of contracting the virus but also of getting vaccinated because people believe hospitals are injecting the virus into people. As soon as the vaccination process began, people became scared, and parents refused to let their children get the vaccine while they also refused to take it.
The experience was very terrible and scary in many states. Different information spread and news like, "Immediately after I took the vaccine, I fainted." Somed, My body became so weak." And due to all this misinformation, people became scared to collect the vaccine, even me, until a good number of people got it, including my dad, and nothing happened.
The Covid-19 time was definitely mixed feelings about the vaccine at first but after a while, most of the rumors were cleared.
In conclusion, vaccines are created to help make our lives better and healthier, but we have seen too much to trust anything thrown at us, which is why many people become scared, but I know whatever is good, people will always want it.
Thanks for reading. My name is Fashtioluwa
