The Washington Post
March 12, 2008
Author Unknown
The article is convincing parents to continue the normal vaccinations of their children despite the recent cases of autism in children. The author speaks of a recent case of a 1 and half year old child who had fever and other reactions after recieving her vaccinations. A few months later she developed symptoms of autism. The author finishes with saying that it can't be completely sure that vaccines are causing the autism, and that the child would have most likely gotten the disease from other causes. The article finishes by saying how scientist still aren't really sure of the causes of autism and there is no way to test for it, so for now we should keep vaccinating our children.
I feel it was a fairly good article. The author did his research and presented his point in a good way. I liked how he used the example of the young child to appeal to peoples emotions. He spoke from both sides giving points for each. But then he followed up with his reason for keeping up with the vaccinations with good points.
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This does seem like a very well written article. The author makes a very good point saying that doctors do not even know what causes autism, so there is no way to know for sure if a vaccine does. I like how he presented both sides. The most appealing part of the article is how he used an actual example; when things are related to an actual event, I find them to be more interesting and realistic. Good use of pathos by the author!
This seems to be a very good article. I think the controversy about vacines is very intresting. The example used in the article was a good way for the author to support his arguments. I think it is important for parents to continue to vacinate their children. Without vacinations diseases can spread and cuase a lot of harm to a lot of people.
Being a general skeptic of the FDA and Pharmaceuticals, I've actually done some research on this topic. While there have yet to be any PUBLISHED research studies(still waiting for the legislation to pass forcing all drug companies to make funded study results public) confirming the link between thimerosal and other mercury-containing preservatives in vaccines, thousands of autism cases have surfaced with the exact same recipe for disaster; vaccinate child, feverish symptoms within days, autism diagnosis within six months. It is truly unfortunate that one of the most respected scientific fields has fallen victim to greed to the point it endangers those it seeks to heal and protect. The agency responsible for policing these corporations, the FDA, is underfunded, undermanned and riddled with corruption and has been for years. We should all be aware of the increasing cancer and chronic disease rates across the industrialized world which we very possibly could be contributing to every time we take medicines for some other malady.
I also enjoyed this article. The vaccination debate is very interesting, and it is nice to find information out there. I liked how the author presented both sides, and gave us an example so that we could feel a part of this issue.
I think that this article was both well written and very credible. Allthough the issue really doesn't interest me very much i did noit mind reading this article. However, I think that the author did a good job giving the information to both sides and remaining unbiased.
This seems like a very interesting article. I have never heard anything like this before. I thought autism was caused by a defected gene. I think it would be ahrd to prove the vaccine caused the autism. It seems more beneficial to vaccinate children to prevent illess and face this risk.
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