The future of medicine

By Karla Betanzos & Arabella Loaiza

Do you know what is happening nowadays in the world?

Currently, many people don’t want to get vaccines anymore because of their beliefs, but the most concerning part of this is that those people are not vaccinating their children anymore, causing many repercussions around the world.

Parents think that vaccines contain many conservatives, additives, leftovers of the fabrication and specific pathogens. Another myth is that vaccines lead to many negative side effects on the long term, although this has not been fully proven yet. It is well known that the side effects are harmless and tend to disappear pretty quickly. Long term or harmless side effect are almost null.

These beliefs are creating much uncertainty for the parents. This problem results from the mistrust that the parents might have towards their doctors and pediatricians. If people started trusting their doctors, they would be better informed about the vaccines and all the advantages.

It has been proven that the vaccines protect us against other viruses and bacteria that could become potentially mortal. They are also a basic human right that at least all the children should have even though their parents don’t want to.

Today, some diseases that were supposedly gone, are coming back because people are not taking the vaccines to prevent them. That is why some of the countries like USA are making it mandatory for the kids to be able to go to school.