{"id":4,"date":"2008-05-02T09:52:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.counterchange.net\/wp\/2008\/05\/guard-against-disease\/"},"modified":"2011-03-17T00:22:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T06:22:52","slug":"guard-against-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.counterchange.net\/blog\/2008\/05\/guard-against-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Guard Against Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should we require everyone get vaccinations for diseases to prevent pandemics?\u00a0 There has been opposition to vaccines since the practice was first used in western medicine in 1796.\u00a0 In that year, Edward Jenner used cowpox germs to create protection from the more deadly smallpox disease.\u00a0 As the cartoon below shows, people were concerned about the ingredients and effects of the new procedure.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/The_cow_pock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/The_cow_pock-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"The Cow-Pock\u2014or\u2014the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation!\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.counterchange.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/The_cow_pock-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.counterchange.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/The_cow_pock-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.counterchange.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/The_cow_pock.jpg 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cow-Pock\u2014or\u2014the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was shown in a publication against the practice of vaccines.\u00a0 After vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in 1979.\u00a0 This has saved millions of people from disfigurement and possible death from this disease!<\/p>\n<p>Even in recent years the famous people have started campaigns using bad science and anecdotal evidence of the dangers of vaccines.\u00a0 I believe there needs to be thorough testing and disclosure of the effects of new vaccines, but without widespread vaccination programs, diseases, like smallpox, will not be eradicated.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about vaccines see <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vaccine\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vaccine<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmoz.org\/Health\/Pharmacy\/Drugs_and_Medications\/Vaccines_and_Antisera\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dmoz.org\/Health\/Pharmacy\/Drugs_and_Medications\/Vaccines_and_Antisera\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should we require everyone get vaccinations for diseases to prevent pandemics?\u00a0 There has been opposition to vaccines since the practice was first used in western medicine in 1796.\u00a0 In that year, Edward Jenner used cowpox germs to create protection from the more deadly smallpox disease.\u00a0 As the cartoon below shows, people were concerned about the &hellip; 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