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Vaccinations. The shots in the arm that help maintain a child’s health by lowering the risk of contracting a harmful disease. But do they really? There is rising controversy over these little shots. It has been suggested that vaccinations, although beneficial in the prevention of disease, may result in autism and other neurological issues in children. A parent must chose whether to vaccinate their child and open them up to the suggested threat of neurological damage, or leave them unvaccinated and have them potential contract a harmful Current research shows that the average newborn receives up to 30 vaccines by the age of 18 months. And by the time the child reaches 5 years old, they have been subjected to over 38 shots. It is also required for children to receive more vaccinations prior to attending school. to an article by the CDC, vaccines were made to aid children and infants in the prevention of disease. Infants are born with certain anti-bodies that were passed down from their mother. But, as they grow older, those anti-bodies go away, and their naturally weaker immune systems are left vulnerable to harmful diseases. Vaccines were created so that they can help protect not only the individual, but society as well, through the idea of herd immunity. Herd immunity is the idea that, if enough people are immune to the disease, then there is a significantly lower risk for someone who has not been vaccinated will catch a disease. Although complications coming from vaccination have been suggested, there are no studies that have directly linked problems such as autism to vaccine recipients. But there are many people who claim that vaccinations have caused damage to their child’s health. According to K.N.O.W Vaccines, there is mounting evidence that suggests that there is a link between vaccines and neurological and autoimmune damage. Symptoms range from slight fever and rash to autism, seizures and brain damage, depending on the vaccine. There are even suggestions that vaccines cause chronic behavioral problems. Although no specific studies have been given to prove whether or not vaccines can be linked to these problems, this is still a concern about whether or not they are in society today. Vaccines are both a positive and potentially negative presence in society. They protect people of all ages from diseases that would otherwise be fatal, but they are also suggested to be the cause of neurological, behavioral, and autoimmune damage. Through vaccinations it has been made possible to illuminate many diseases from causing harm on today’s society, but only with the suggested threat of future problems. 
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