John Tritgas Connie Douglas English 1102 \ October 14, 2014 Annotated Bibliography Bethune, Brian. "The needle and the damage (not) done: the belief that vaccination causes autism is far more dangerous than any vaccine." Maclean's 24 Jan, 2011: 56. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. This articles main point is to how the claims that vaccinations are causing autism is doing more harm that vaccinations ever have. This article is useful because it talks about people’s reaction to the false claims that vaccination caused autism and how not vaccinating in general can harm a community. The article highlights how an epidemic is just lurking around the comer for a small town in California because of the number of children in school without their vaccination shots. The article is helpful because it assists the reader in recognizing that, yes it does go against logic to infect yourself with a virus to become immune to it, but the fact that this has been a proven method for hundreds of years should turn that logic right around, I think that this article clearly explains how vaccination is under much skepticism but continues to work like it is supposed to, and those who do not get vaccinations are putting themselves at risk. The article also refutes the idea that vaccination causes autism and that we don’t know what does. With people blindly following a false claim with a “glossy science cover” they are spreading the word about something that clearly isn’t true. This helps support my argument that vaccinations is not linked to autism and that the true word on vaccination needs to be communicated clearly to people who are not aware of it,Institute of Medicine. "The Childhood Vaccine Schedule Is Safe." Should Vaccinations be Mandatory? Ed. Roman Espejo. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2014. At Issue. Rpt. from "The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies (Report Brief)." 2013. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. This report is one of a kind and at first read it seems to be technical, but at second read it is extremely informative. The report was written by the Institute of Medicine for the inquiry about the safety of the vaccination schedule for children. The article recognized that you could potentially be giving your child up to twenty-four vaccinations by the time that they are two years of age. With this in mind they are trying to ease the concems of parents that they could be potentially harming their children with the intent of supporting the child’s health. The CDC says it is trying its best to improve upon the process that is currently recognized as the very best. The article cites that there is no evidence of safety concerns and that the vaccination schedule is safe, recognizing concems from a survey of stakeholders, advocacy groups, federal agencies private investors and more. The article covers the concems of the CDC’s stakeholders with the introduction of “The ‘Vaccine Safety Datalink” which is a collaboration between the CDC and nine other managed care organizations that monitor the uncommon but very serious side effects of vaccines. This study is unique because itis the first attempt looking at and studying the whole childhood immunizetion schedule that is currently in use. In the article they also introduce a few other advisory comities that over see vaccination safety and distribution. With all of the focused groups looking at vaccines it is hard to imagine any harm at all coming from them.The author of this article is writing directly to concemed parents or doctors who are interested in vaccines. It presents the modem day efforts to safely defeat diseases making it excellent material to support the arguments that I present. Koch, Kathy. "Vaccine Controversies." CQ Researcher 25 Aug. 2000: 641-72. Web. 14 Oct. 2014, This article is the twenty-seven-page bible on all things vaccination related. It interviews everyone from family doctors to Roger Bernier the CDC associate director. This article answers questions like “Are vaccines safe?” which it concludes that there are possible adverse consequences, but itis better to take the risk than leave yourself vulnerable to these highly communicable diseases. The article, in my opinion, more importantly goes on to tackle the vaccination autism discussion and states both sides of the controversies. The article takes you to a conference were parents of autistic children blame mercury poisoning and report that there children have been exposed to forty-one and 125 times the safe limit of mereury. This statistic is scary especially to me a supporter of the vaccine movement. These claims are later refuted and the reader is told that the CDC as even brought together a committee to keep a close eye on adverse effect of vaccinations and ways to avoid them. An especially intriguing part of the article is written about the early break through of vaccinations and how it all got started as a campaign. In the beginning, 1905, people were opposing mandatory vaccination laws on the basis of religious, legal, and medical or safety ‘grounds. Then in later years vaccinations proved themselves, 1954, the polio vaccination was ‘mass-campaigned and cases dropped by 90 percent over 6 years. The telling of the struggle of vaccinations to be perceived as a helping hand and a defense against communicable diseases show without bias how we got to were we are today with the vaccine movement.McCormick, Marie C. "Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism." Epidemics. Ed. Mary E. Williams. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism.” www.nationalacademies.org. 2004. Opposing Viewpoints in Comtext. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. This report was written as a response to the investigation of the casual relationship between vaccination and autism. There have been many statements made about this relationship and the report specifically settles evidence that has arisen about biological mechanisms related to vaccination and autism. McCormick's article is clearly written from the medical professionals viewpoin: and is strongly supporting the vaccination movement. Most importantly the author offers unquestionable evidence that the vaccines do not cause autism, by explaining that the preservative Thimersol has been studied by epidemiologist in United States, the United 1gdom, Denmark, and Sweden and they have provided significant evidence against correlation of vaccinations and autism. In fact there is no known cause of autism and it is not very well understood. In closing the author talks about how the lines of communication about vaccination safety issues with the general public needs to be improved. ‘This article gives great insight from the medical professional world on how they feel about the issue of vaccination and autism. It is well written, not accusatory of anyone who has false ideas about vaccinations and the articles main goal is to clearly inform the reader of the correct information that there is about vaccinations. Mr. William Wakes Up. George Stoney. 1944.The North Carolina State Archives. NC Live.org. 2014 hitp//media.nclive.org.ezproxy.cpec.edu/content/begin_stream.php This very interesting video was made in 1944 and preserved by The North Carolina State Archives. It describes the role of local and state health agencies and the many tasks that they undergo to attend to the health of North Carolina citizens. This video is excellent because it gives the viewer an aerial view of how the community is kept in good health and the measures that aretaken to prevent disease from pasteurization to Tuberculosis x-rays. This video is a bit outdated but gives the viewer a bare bones perspective of how health agencies work for the safety of everyone, My favorite message from the video is when they explain how the county, state, and volunteer workers all work together to keep the health standard up to code. This video helped shape my argument by showing me just why vaccination is so important. The video impressed upon me the strong foundation that is needed in order to forma community and all of the people involved to have a community stand on its feet and be productive. Having an understanding of all the things that I take for granted like clean water and sanitation at restaurants, this video has given me a new view on how societies are formed and maintained, Snyder, Michael. "Vaccines Cause Autism." Behavioral Disorders. Ed. Roman Espejo. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Vaccines and Autism: The Secret That You Are Not Supposed To Know." The American Dream. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Sept. 2014. This article in contrast to the first article tries to point the finger at vaccinations for autism and disabilities in children. The article is thorough in explaining the poisonous toxins that are in vaccines. Thimersol is the main culprit identified as a type of mercury that ‘when introduced to young children can cause brain damage and studies have shown high levels of mereury in children with autism. This article is one of few that take a stand against the vaccine movement on the grounds of protecting the health of children. What is also interesting is that the article reviews claims that it is not just children that are being harmed or permanently disabled but also pregnant woman who receive vaccinations as well as adults. The article genuinely tries to raise the spirits of people affected by autism suggesting that there are things that can be done if your child is suddenly diagnosed. Also the author tells ofauthorities that are being harsh with there response to the anti vaccine movement citing a case were a child was removed from parental custody immediately after being born, when the parents would not consent to vaccination. This article helps give shape to the opposing side of my opinion paper. Snyder uses strong words and appeals to the parents of children harmed by vaccination giving strength to their cause and serves as a warning to parents who are thinking about “pumping mercury into their children”, "Vaccine Controversies Are As Social As They Are Medical.” Morning Edition 30 Sept. 2014. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 16 Oct. 2014. Eula Bliss started out as a concerned parent and ended up an author. Her book “On Immunity: An Inoculation” tells of vaccinations from ancient times until present. Her interview ‘on Morning Edition is an insightful look into what a parent might want to know when researching vaccination. Her best claim is that the anti vaccination movement is not even a cohesive movement, some people are opposing capitalism and some people are just under some hardcore paranoia of the government. She is speaking to all the mothers out there that are trying to protect their children that think vaccinating on the proper schedule is extreme. Eula Bliss, in her interview, notes that getting vaccinated on the proper schedule really isn’t that extreme in fact protecting children at the age they are more vulnerable to disease is necessary. Eula calls her book a social critique, and she expresses it well through the interview. She doesn’t try to find a middle ground she is trying to find the right information and exclude all the miss information. As we all know that the middle ground between misinformation and information still includes misinformation. The interview of her is excellent momentum for thevaccine movement and has given me a great idea of what the anti-vaccine movement really is like and kow best to shape the rest of my research. "Vaccines." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Detroit: Gale, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 16 Oct. 2014. This article asks the potentially riot starting question of “should vaccines be mandatory?” Itsites reasons that parents can choose not to vaccinate their children such as religious, health, and personal beliefs the article also covers many epidemics, reasons that one should be vaccinated. As well the author outlines state vaccination laws and the history of mandatory vaccines. After reading the article I feel the author is in favor of not making vaccinations mandatory because of the potentially harsh side effects and making them mandatory could trigger a slippery slope of nobody vaccinating at all. ‘You are literally taking your own life into your own hands when you choose to be vaccinated. While the autism and vaccine relationship may not be true the risk of being harmed ‘ona neurological level is there and it is very real. This article helps my research by outlining the finer points of choice when it comes to taking the risk of vaccinating yourself or your child. This article also gives a broad perspective on how people can choose to or not to vaccinate and is a ‘must read for anyone making a decision about vaccination.