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Editorial: WARNING: Vaccine may prevent disease

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<p>Kelsey Gainer    I       Graphic Designer</p>

Kelsey Gainer I Graphic Designer

Vaccinations have become a hot topic after the measles outbreak linked to a California Disneyland theme park.
This outbreak should remind Auburn citizens they should be getting vaccinated and should vaccinate their children.
Anyone who doesn't vaccinate puts the lives of others at risk.
The AU Med Clinic was not able to comment on Auburn University's vaccination policies in time for publication.
According to a recent Time magazine article, 121 cases of measles were reported.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked the virus to 17 states and Washington, D.C. Doctors said they believe the outbreak is linked to people refusing to get vaccinated and not vaccinating their children, believing vaccines may lead to health risks or cause autism.
In 1998, The Lancet published a study, led by Andrew Wakefield, a former surgeon in Great Britain, suggesting autism could be caused by vaccinations, but according to a New York Times article from 2010, the journal has retracted the findings after a British medical panel found that Wakefield violated research ethics rules and did not show enough compassion or care for the children involved in his study.
Aside from believing vaccines may cause health issues, some people refuse to have anything to do with vaccinations because of their belief systems, such as Scientology, which has become known for its stance against many modern medicine practices.
According to an interview conducted by BeliefNet, reverend John Carmichael of the Church of Scientology said there is nothing in the Scientology scriptures that discusses vaccinations.
It is important for students to get vaccinated because students interact with those at higher risk of infection, children, pregnant women and the elderly, on a daily basis.
Families tour Auburn University, people send their children to the day care on campus and some professors students go home to their partners and children.
Vaccinations have helped nearly eradicate measles, mumps and rubella in the United States.
According to the CDC, the MMR vaccine, which prevents measles, mumps and rubella, has a 95 percent effectiveness with the first dose and a second dose gives immunity to nearly all of those who did not respond effectively to the first dose.
Even as a student, you could expose others to diseases if you are not vaccinated. Professors go home to their children; students spend weekends with their families.
Be responsible. Get vaccinated.


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