What are the consequences of not getting vaccinated?

Generally speaking, newborns need to go to the hospital regularly for vaccinations. In order to avoid congestion during vaccinations, community hospitals often provide this service for babies. So, what consequences will it bring to babies if they don’t get vaccinated? Parents who hope to ignore vaccinations can understand the importance of prevention for babies.

The dangers of not taking your child to get vaccinated on time

Many parents think that vaccines are useless and some vaccines are not cheap. The older generation has gotten through this without getting vaccinated, so there must be nothing wrong with them. Vaccinations are given to prevent infectious diseases, especially those with a high incidence rate among children. A new study by Danish scholars shows that the harm of infectious diseases does not end when the body recovers. Infections in the body can affect the brain and reduce IQ. The more infections a person experiences, the greater the damage to his brain.

So don’t think that vaccination is not a big deal. It should be done. Parents should remember to take their children to the hospital to complete the vaccination on time.

The consequences of no vaccine: These diseases can cause a large number of deaths

Poliomyelitis (polio): Polio is highly contagious and can cause complete paralysis within hours. Before the advent of polio vaccines, almost all children would be infected with the polio virus, and one in every 200 infections would result in irreversible paralysis. In cases of paralysis, 5% to 10% of patients die from respiratory muscle paralysis. Thanks to polio vaccines, polio cases have dropped by more than 99 percent since 1988.

Tetanus (the "tetanus" in the DTP vaccine): Tetanus is usually a fatal infectious disease with a mortality rate between 10% and 70%; even in hospitals with the best medical conditions, the mortality rate is 10% to 20%. In the 1980s, about 800,000 newborns died of tetanus worldwide. The number dropped to 180,000 in 2002 and to 50,000 in 2008.

Pertussis (the "pertussis" in the DTP vaccine): Pertussis is an important cause of infant mortality worldwide. In 2008, there were approximately 16 million cases of pertussis worldwide (95% of which occurred in developing countries), and approximately 195,000 children died from it. Following mass vaccination in the 1950s and 1960s, pertussis morbidity and mortality in developed countries fell by more than 90%.

Diphtheria (the "white" in the DTP vaccine): Historically, diphtheria has been one of the most terrifying childhood diseases. During the diphtheria pandemic in Europe and the United States in the 1880s, the mortality rate in some places was as high as 50%. Before the widespread use of diphtheria toxoid in the 1980s, there were about 1 million cases and 50,000 to 60,000 deaths each year in developing countries. Between 1980 and 2000, the total number of reported cases of diphtheria worldwide decreased by more than 90%.

Measles: Measles is a serious disease that is highly contagious. In the era without vaccine, more than 90% of people were infected with measles virus before the age of 10, and most of them would develop symptoms. In 1980, before widespread vaccination, measles killed an estimated 2.6 million people worldwide each year.

Japanese encephalitis: Japanese encephalitis is a disease transmitted by mosquitoes. It has a high mortality rate (5% to 50%) and about one-third of survivors suffer from lifelong neuropsychiatric disorders. my country began to use Japanese encephalitis vaccine on a large scale in the 1970s, and the incidence rate has dropped from 20.92/100,000 to less than 1/100,000 today.