Comparison of Research Articles: Children Vaccination, Autism (Essay Sample)

Comparison of Research Articles
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COMPARISON OF RESEARCH ARTICLES
Children vaccination remains to be high all over the world. Children are prone to many diseases which need to be controlled through vaccination. Due to this medication, many of the parents have translated that this vaccination has a connection to the increased cases of autism in the children. Many of the society members have ended up believing that the increased levels of autism are associated with the vaccination of the infants. Moreover, there has been a contrast between the different types of studies which have been done on vaccination and autism. Some of the researchers are positive while other are negative which leaves the society in a dilemma on the identification of the correct idea and what to believe. This controversy requires clarity for the society to understand the correct side of the argument. Through the analysis of these two articles that is; “Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses” by Gerber and Offit and the article, “22 Medical Studies That Show Vaccines Can Cause Autism” by Arjun Walia we can get a clear picture of whether autism is related to the vaccination given to the infants.
Gerber and Offit disapprove three hypothesis which are largely believed within the society. They are; the combination of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is likely to cause autism as it damages the intestinal lining allowing the entrance of the encephalopathy proteins responsible for the cause of autism; thimerosal and ethylmercury present in some of the vaccines is toxic to the central nervous system; and the simultaneous administration of the vaccines weakens the immune system or overwhelms the infants. The irony of the vaccination is observed instead of the vaccination healing it is considered to be negatively associated with the health of the infants. As per Walia, he argues that there are 22 pieces of evidence which clearly outlines that vaccines given to the infants are linked to the autism (Gerber & Offit, 2009). As Gerber and Offit try to defend that autism is not caused by vaccination Walia give his approach against them and proves the hypotheses being disapproved by Gerber and Offit. These two studies are very essential to the society as they help clear the idea within the society, and also it helps identify why the society believe that autism is linked to the infant vaccinations (Walia, 2013).
Different researchers have done studies on the causes of autism to the infants. Even though as the studies show there is an identified link, the society needs to understand that the vaccines are major aimed at controlling the outbreaks of diseases but not cause other diseases. In the case of England, as stipulated by Gerber and Offit, it is not justifiable that the MMR vaccine causes autism as in over 2000 children in a year who receive this vaccination only 25 of them test positive of autism. Therefore, it can be declared that the occurrence of the autism for those infants is either of coincidence or was caused by the vaccination (Sutcliffe, 2008). For Walia, his study is justified by researches and tests which seem to scientifically fulfill the possibilities of these occurrences and causative of autism by vaccines. It thus affirms to the society that autism is greatly associated with the vaccination as most believe. The researchers serves as a back up to the belief of the society and make it hard for the society to agree with Gerber and Offit.
The main reason for the selection of this article in the elaboration of vaccination and autism is that as one of the study tries to reclaim that vaccination doesn't lead to autism the other study affirms that autism is linked to the vaccination of infants. To effectively bring up the idea then we have to consider the both sides of the coin so as to identify the approach which is of more effective and greatly agreeable for all as the cause of autism within the American society (DeStefano, Bhasin, Thompson, Yeargin-Allsopp, & Boyle, 2004). The greatest population in the America society seem to affirm the idea that administration of vaccination leads to autism, an idea which Gerber and Offit seem not to agree with. The comparison will help determine why the society relies on the negativity of the vaccination on autism but not the positivity associated with vaccination within the society. Purpose comparison will help unveil the truth behind the American society believing that vaccination causes autism.
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