Vaccination Frontline

Source 1:

The Vaccine War

Vaccinations have become increasingly frightening in today's day and age and parents are skeptical of the damage that is being caused by vaccinating new generations. Doctors continue to reiterate that vaccines are helpful and necessary in protecting children from harmful diseases. Though that is good to know, parents are disagreeing with that logic with the evidence that their children were exposed to harmful ingredients in the vaccine which led their children to be diagnosed with autism. With the increasing number of parents choosing to not vaccinate their children, there is fear that diseases like Polio and Measles will start to pop up again, therefore creating a worldwide spread of those diseases.

The Vaccine War. PBS, 27 Apr. 2010. Frontline. Web. 29 May 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/view/>.

Source 2:

What's Behind the Rise in Autism?

Dr. Eric Fombonne sits down for an interview with Frontline to talk about the rise of autism and the motivation behind it. Some of the key talking points are how to diagnose autism, the symptoms, and regressive autism. Regressive autism is where the child is diagnosed with autism and begins to develop, and then stops altogether. This is one of the most frightening things that could happen for a child with autism. The child may begin to say a few words, but then the next week, cannot speak at all. The prevalence of autism has absolutely increased and one of the main reasons could be that vaccines are responsible in harming children and even giving them autism. The biggest reason behind the rise in autism is that doctors are now more likely to use the term "autism" instead of "mental retardation." It does not necessarily mean that there are fewer cases of autism, it means that the term has broadening to umbrella more mental problems than in the past.

Fombonne, Eric R. "What's Behind the Rise in Autism?." Frontline. PBS, 27 Apr. 2010. Web. 29 May 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/rise/fombonne.html>.