Measles Outbreak has been a major problem so far this year. Doctors are proposing that patients with Measles get vaccinated because it helps with the cure. Measles are an infectious viral disease causing fever and a red rash on the skin. Which occurs during childhood. The public outcry about the outbreak is, the vaccinations doctors give to those affected by Measles work. But the question remains why is Measles still prevalent in today’s medical field.
According to the Center of Disease and Control there have been 121 outbreaks reported in 17 states. The majority of the people who are effected are the ones who were un-vaccinated. These are the people who are against getting vaccinated because they know that the vaccines that are given by doctors don’t work for their children. Even though doctors recommend that parents have their children get vaccinated. An article written by the Huffington post states, “It’s not clear why some fully vaccinated people get measles, but it could be that their immune system did not respond properly to the vaccine, the CDC says”(Ghose, Retter, & Lewis, 2015). This statement in the article is basically saying that even if people are vaccinated they can still get measles. This has brought up questions like how well the medication they provide to patients works, and if it doesn’t how come patients are still given the vaccination. Doctors should have a solution about how the whole process of medication works that can stop the spread of measles. Doctors say that children getting vaccinated are still protected from measles. About 92 to 93 percent have been successfully vaccinated and not gotten the measles. (Ghose, Retter, & Lewis, 2015) but there is a small chance that they can still get infected.
The question lies on if the vaccination works. There needs to a smart approach of getting vaccinations that are 100 percent effective. Vaccinations should be tested before they are given to make sure the numbers evens out.Then again Doctors recommend that having your children vaccinated is the best decision and protects children from getting the measles, but still leaves a question that is not answered.
Ghose, T., Retter, R., & Lewis, T. (2015, February 9). Measles Outbreak, Measles Vaccine: Top Questions Answered. Huffington Post.
http://www.cdc.gov/features/measles/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/health/measles-gupta-fact/
I agree with your the point that you made about how the question lies in whether or not the vaccination works. However, individual immune systems are different and vary depending on the person. And it is because of this I think that vaccinations cannot be 100 percent effective because a person’s immune system may not generate an adequate response to a vaccination.
I think you made a good point noting that there are certain people who may be exposed to measles even with the vaccine. Politically, the major issue with this is that it takes only one case to put an entire nation on edge–scorning vaccinations as a whole–despite the whopping 93% success rate with these vaccinations.
I think you did point out a very important point in which there are still a tiny chance where someone could still get affected by the disease. Hopefully in the future, we would have a vaccine that works a 100%.