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Dr. Andrew Wakefield's article on vaccinations and the relation to autism created a huge scare for parents. This scare and worry of having vaccinations cause autism ultimately resulted in many parents not vaccinating their children. Not only is the theory of vaccinations causing autism a hoax, but now all of those unvaccinated children are at risk for serious, deadly diseases and have also put surrounding people at risk, whether or not they are vaccinated. This topic is important to many because it can either save many children from deadly diseases or harm them. This paper will examine the advantages and disadvantages of vaccinations so parents and anyone who is concerned about vaccines can recognize that the health risks of not having your child vaccinated are much higher than the risk of illness if he/she is vaccinated. The retraction of Wakefield's article hopefully was an epiphany for many parents who had been following his research. The ultimate goal is to have vaccinations required in every state for all children who are born, despite religious or personal beliefs. It is for the benefit of everyone in the country, so there are no outbreaks that could have been prevented.
Katie--I think you have some great ideas in here! I do think that your primary focus here is to answer this question: "Is the scare of autism worth not vaccinating your child?" I think you will be able to explore this question more thoroughly in your research, and you will have a better time working through the lit review.
ReplyDeleteCan you clarify the wording at the beginning of the second paragraph? Maybe say: "This paper will argue..." of "This paper will examine..."???
Katie--This research blog is beautiful, organized and very well-written! See my comments on the Word copy of your portfolio. Thanks for the hard work.
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