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Is it true that people don’t need vaccines as long as they have a healthy lifestyle? Check the Fact Bun

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At time pandemic COVID-19 make everyone more aware and concerned about their health. Besides of course implementing health protocols, everyone is now also paying attention to their lifestyle.

The question is, by adopting a healthy lifestyle, will people not need vaccines later? In reality, it’s not like that, Mother. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that one in ten global health threats is people’s doubts about vaccines.

This means that just adopting a healthy lifestyle without vaccines is a myth that needs to be clarified. Windhi Kresnawati, a pediatrician from the Peduli Parents Foundation, said that the circulating myth has been an obstacle to the vaccination program for a long time.

Windhi allowed healthy lifestyle is a good habit. But he warned, this method is not effective enough to prevent infection with certain diseases.

The facts about this assumption can be seen in the United States. When the measles vaccine was discovered in the US in 1963, the disease gradually disappeared. Even in 1974, the US government declared that they were measles-free.

What needs to be underlined is that the pattern and lifestyle of US citizens from 1963 to 1974 has not changed. This means that the biggest role in the loss of measles in the US is immunization or vaccination. Not just a healthy lifestyle.

This condition began to change when in the US, sects or community groups began to doubt the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella). This was followed by a growing number of people doubting the role of the measles vaccine.

“As a result, in 2018 the United States experienced another measles epidemic. This is due to many arrivals from other countries who do not vaccinate and refuse vaccinations,” Windhi said.

Then, the myth circulated that vaccine does not make a difference, adults and even children who are immunized are still sick.

Responding to this, Windhi explained that even when experiencing illness, the severity experienced by immunization patients is very light. Children who are immunized, if sick, will avoid disability and death.

“And don’t forget, if you are not immunized and you are not sick, thank the person who was immunized. Because that is herd immunity. When we are among healthy people, we do not catch the disease,” said Windhi.

In addition to vaccines, let’s always #rememberpesanbunda or #rememberpesanibu, for #pakaimasker, #jagajarak, and #cucitanganpakaisabun.

Also check out the side effects of vaccines through the doctor’s explanation in the following video:

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