Over the years, we have actually witness a whole lot of transformation from what we usually use to see it to be than now. There have been a remarkable shift actually of things been done. Many years ago, we have always been limited to issues of diseases and infections always affecting people. In fact there are some diseases that have lead to people been wiped away. I mean resulting into death.
Growing up, I usually see people close to me suffering from diseases like polio, measles, smallpox and many more. Well thank God for the discovery of science and the growth in that field. We have been able to come up with a powerful tool that is really helping to fight against those diseases that has cost a lot of peoples lives many years ago and that is vaccine. I will be talking about it today.
For me personally, I always think vaccines are like a cure treatment back then. But as I grew and get exposed to more knowledge, I discovered it is not a cure but a shield. Kind of a defence. Vaccines are generally substances that are given to our body system to help enhance immune system and how it fights against pathogens. There are diverse ways vaccines are introduced to our body. There are some vaccines that are injected, some are used as oral tablets which is the one we are common with. I personally make use of oral tablets growing up.
When it comes to vaccines, it is also differs based on what they do. What I mean is there are vaccines that are created to fight different diseases. There are some vaccines against tuberculosis, some against cancer, some against all other manners of diseases which is introduced to our body system. There are some vaccines that are only given during the childhood period and I actually remember taking some growing up even though then I didn't really know the meaning and importance of that actually then. I was just taking it because my parents told me to take it, but thank God I took them then.
For me personally, I actually think the ideology about vaccines should be changed. We always limit vaccines to an Individual something which should not be so. Even though it is good for individual to be vaccinated, I still believe it is good when a good number of people living in a community is also vaccinated so that it can help to drastically reduce the spread of diseases and infections in the community.
My fear recently now is the fact that it is looking like the use of vaccines is fading away gradually either as individuals or as even a community which should not be so. Vaccines are not commonly practiced any longer in our society either as individuals or as a community which is not good. Not only that, why some people no longer believe in vaccines is because they feel it is a superstition. Some even think it is a dangerous substance injected into their body system thereby discoursing them to take vaccines.
Quite all right, I understand their fear about the use of vaccines and the fact that vaccines are not perfect sometimes. What I mean is that vaccines can actually have their side effects sometimes. In fact not everyone vaccines might work for sometimes due to body system allergic reactions. But nevertheless, I still believe that vaccines are very important and should be given the due attention it deserves. This will help to protect the future of us presently and even the coming generations. The earlier the better, health is always wealth.