Following the announcement of the publication of Carlos González's book, "In defense of vaccines," an intense debate has begun in various internet forums (something was also discussed here in Babies and more) and I have had the opportunity to read contributions for and against vaccines and, at the same time, several very valid arguments on both sides of the discussion (or at least with some logic).
Now, there has been a special argument, widely used by people who defend non-vaccination or selective vaccination, which I have not seen this logic: constant criticism of the culture of fear.
Everyone knows that a child may not be vaccinated and live a fully healthy life. This is logical because the vast majority of the population is protected, however it would not be entirely true, or at least I would not put my hand in the fire for that child, if a significant number of mothers and fathers decided to stop vaccinating their children. sons.
Then it could happen that an unvaccinated child caught measles, rubella, whooping cough or other diseases, living more or less serious processes. Well, when a vaccine advocate explains this, there are those who respond by saying "fear, fear and more fear" or "you are already trying to scare", as if any speech that implied fear should be rejected for this reason.
It is not fear, it is statistical logic
When a person is detected with high blood pressure they are offered a series of recommendations (limit salt intake, exercise, eat a healthy diet, quit smoking and drinking alcohol, etc.), in order to reduce high figures
If the person does not carry out these actions and the tension remains high, he is told that due to hypertension, you have a five times higher risk of having some type of heart attack. We would go wrong if this person told us: "fear, fear ... you play with him to convince me."
Pregnant women are advised not to try alcohol, since congenital defects have been observed in babies derived from their consumption. However, there are people who say that "nothing happens for a drink", which surely would also add that "they say that to put fear and have you all day controlled."
Recent mothers are urged to breastfeed their children, the longer the better, because it has been found that breastfed children get less than half sick than those who drink artificial milk. It could be that this was not true and that everything is said to scare mothers who do not breastfeed with the intention of doing what they are told.
Older people with multiple pathologies are told every year about the importance of getting a flu vaccine because if they catch it, they can have a very bad winter, to the point of even fearing for their lives. It is not that the flu kills, is that a semi-sick person with low-minimum defenses, can not overcome a disease that adults do not involve more than a week at home.
They might want to scare the grandparents so they get vaccinated and the flu is not so bad. "Fear scary… "
All these cases and hundreds more carry a message of "if you don't do this, that can happen to you". It's not like nobody tries to scare anyone, it's that is a reality.
When a mother tells me that she is thinking about not vaccinating her children and asks me for an opinion, I always say the same thing to her, that her son will not have a problem and that he will be a child as healthy or as sick as others. Now, if this is extended and many parents opt for this option, it is possible for the child to get a disease that vaccinated children may not be affected.
This disease does not have to be too problematic for the child and probably passes it without more (although some cases are complicated), however the child becomes a vehicle of said disease and could spread to other children without vaccinations and, worse, babies who have not yet been vaccinated by calendar.
Someone will tell me that I am trying to scare by instilling the culture of fear. It is not true, I just try to know a reality that could happen (or not). Then, everyone who chooses what to do, that vaccines are optional for that.
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