Vaccines should save lives! Nothing is more heartbreaking than a young life that has been taken away by the contagion of a deadly disease. It is painful to know that a child will never live to see their full potential. Diseases kill children every year, and most of the deadliest diseases are preventable. Children are much more vulnerable to diseases due to their weak immune systems. They are weak because they have not lived long enough to develop immunity against such infections. So how could children protect themselves from these deadly diseases? Simple, convince parents to vaccinate their children. In the United States, approximately 87% of children receive vaccinations on a schedule deemed acceptable by the CDC. This statistic is not high enough, as all children should receive vaccinations, regardless of whether their parents approve of it or not. The reason is herd immunity. Without herd immunity, not everyone is protected. But unfortunately parents are misinformed about vaccinations and think that the side effects, the ingredients and ultimately their freedom should not affect them. Their initial complaint that the MMR vaccine is linked to autism is wrong. If people look, they will see that the study completed by Andrew Wakefield was retracted shortly after it was published. “The investigation involved only 12 children, 9 of whom were diagnosed with autism. Beyond that, the study also had a strong selection bias, and any apparent link between MMR and autism could arise because the age at which MMR is first administered also coincides with the age at which it is recognized. autism for the first time. (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)” This also makes Jenny McCarthy's statement incorrect, her son could have already had the autism genes and this appeared at the same time the first vaccines were administered. The MMR vaccine along with other vaccinations do not cause autism as it still does in many people