We know that many diseases can be prevented by vaccinating children and that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), Failure to comply with the vaccination schedule means putting children's health at risk. The main vaccines are against measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, hepatitis B or poliomyelitis and as can be seen in the graph of Leon Farrant and that we have seen in Microsiervos, not getting vaccinated can be considered as an unconscious act and nothing in solidarity with other people.
The graph compares the incidence of certain diseases when people are not vaccinated (left) with respect to what happens when they are vaccinated (right) indicating the fall due to use in the center. The data were published in 2011 and refer to the impact of vaccines comparing the beginning of the 20th century with that of the 21st century using data from the United States. In the graph you can see that the decrease is total in polio, smallpox or diphtheria, although many of the rest are 99% effective. So it can be concluded that the impact of vaccines is undeniable and that it is a good idea to vaccinate our children.
In addition to this graphic, the article of Microsiervos indicated the causes of death comparing them with those of 100 years ago. And at the beginning of the twentieth century died of pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis and gastrointestinal infections. At present, the greatest incidences of death, taking into account that the total number has also fallen significantly, is that dies mainly of heart disease, cancer, respiratory problems, accidents, Alzheimer's or diabetes. Suicide also progresses worryingly to live in a modern society and with countries using important resources to provide welfare to its citizens. The data is from the United States of America.
The number of deaths per 100,000 people was 1,100 in 1900 while in 2010 the number of deaths is reduced to almost half, 600 per 100,000 people. In this graph it would also be good to know life expectancy because we have surely reached ages when it is almost normal for us to die of a heart attack by limiting the aggressiveness of many diseases. Surely science maintains its progression and these figures may be a bad memory in 100 years.
