Choosing vaccination with thoughtful & clear understanding of basic science
When is a vaccine required:-
In layman terms, when a person cannot take the chance of getting affected by a prevalent, infectious disease and is unsure of available precautions for saving himself / herself - in such critical scenario, they might tend to take a vaccine, as a preventive measure.
Usually this is done for a new, unknown (generally deadly) disease.
Some people might fear if their body seems unable to develop antibodies to cope up after the onset of disease. The immune system response might not be timely but delayed, In such cases, they are likely to consider vaccination.
Sometimes medication availability is unsure for an infectious disease and people can't take risk - with spreading of such illness. In exceptional cases of similar nature, a vaccine can be considered as a treatment option.
How does a vaccine work :-
Some outflow of disease containing infectious germ, which can potentially produce a few effects of the disease inside the body, are taken. These are inactivated by chemicals and made asymptomatic to some extent and used for vaccine injection.
Thus, though naturally the person hasn't been affected by the spreading disease, they have created it, in micro ways, inside their own bodies through this chemical injection. The idea is to enable the immune system to learn about this new disease and prepare for it (by developing antigens / antibodies to tackle the microorganisms etc.)
What's seemingly wrong with vaccination :-
1. Unnecessarily creating disease in your body system, out of fear, which might actually never happen to you.
2. Injecting harmful chemicals to produce a deadly disease in your own body, which might not suit, cause several side effects and harm in short / long term.
3. Trusting vaccine produced in labs, which might have its own shortfalls and may not have been tested extensively. It might have proved to cater to certain type of problems, for a few set of people, only. The chemical composition might not suit or be right for other people.
4. The chemicals injected through vaccine might not fully excrete from the body of the individual and still remain there, for years. This may cause unnecessary issues of health and wellness, which never existed, otherwise.
5. Distrust in our immune system and divine capabilities of body to fight disease germs etc. is the fear being communicated when one chooses vaccine. The natural process of immune system's protection is replaced with man-made factory product, which is a no-match for the inherent capabilities and vast coverage etc.
When to take / avoid vaccine :-
Vaccine might be recommended in following cases:
1. Patient is very weak (cannot survive disease) or has a disturbed immune system.
2. Disease is infectious, fast spreading and medicines do not exist to conquer over it and ensure protection.
3. The onset & progression of sickness are quick, hence it might become deadly for some people, in short time.
4. It's a new disease, unknown to the immune system, so antigen/antibodies do not exist in the blood system, already. The body needs to learn about it and develop the immune capability to conquer over the same.
5. The vaccine has been tested extensively, found to be largely suitable and giving great results, without any known harm to most people.
Vaccine might be avoided in following cases:
1. Patient already had that kind of disease
2. The patient got vaccinated for similar problem earlier.
In both 1. and 2. above, the blood system might have antibodies / antigen existing within, which can be used by the immune system to handle any similar condition.
3. The disease is not deadly or fast spreading and precautionary measures are possible to be taken.
4. Medicines for similar health issues exist and can be availed, if need be (incase the illness takes over)
5. The patient is not very weak and his/ her body has not shown immune system difficulties in the past,
6. The vaccine quality, testing, effects over short or long term are largely unknown or unsure, currently.
It might be good to think about similar aspects and choose to be vaxxed, with awareness (only if needed).
Disclaimer: This is not written by a medical professional but views of a well-educated citizen (an Engineer0, based on their knowledge of science and life's experiences. Use it accordingly.
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