Analysis

Ill Effects of False Information in Healthcare

According to the World Health Organization and the American Psychological Association , autism is a developmental disability manifesting itself before the age of three , and resulting from a dis of the central nervous system ( Autism . Neimark refers to the devastating derangements ' of the disability . Those suffering from autism , in addition to their caretakers , would agree that this developmental disability is indeed a pretty serious health problem that we cannot even get close to curing on the basis of false information

The causes of autism are

controversial , which is why it is possible for people to formulate a host of theories on the causes of this developmental disability ( Autism . Neimark explains that the disability is generally seen to be genetic , as well as one that originates in the brain . However , with ongoing research , autism is starting to look like a neuroinflammatory and immune dis . In the United States , there are a growing number of children being diagnosed as autistic . A report published by the Centers for Disease Control in the year 2003 stated that at least one in 166 children is autistic , and another one in six is suffering from neurodevelopment delay (Neimark

All studies on autism are welcome in medical science literature Yet , there is no room for false information in solving health problem or protecting people from various diseases . A British study published in February 1998 was misinterpreted by countless people who believed that the data provided proof that the measles , mumps , rubella (MMR ) vaccine was responsible for autism in children . The study was conducted by a team of thirteen scientists with Dr . Andrew Wakefield of Oxford University as the team leader . Once it was discovered that parents had begun to fear the MMR vaccine because a debate had been waged with regards to the data presented in their study , ten of the thirteen authors of the study report made the following statement which was published on the BBC website "We wish to make it clear that in this no causal link was established between MMR vaccine and autism , as the data were insufficient (Jackson

Nevertheless , the demand for vaccination fell in the United Kingdom because the data in the above mentioned study had been misunderstood and the misinterpreted information had been publicized . This meant that children could no longer be protected from measles , mumps , and rubella The problem facing the children whose parents had believed in the misinterpretation of the scientific study was similar to the problem facing the innocent people of the British Othello , who had to eventually lose their lives because someone had trusted false rumors and believed in false information . Certainly , belief in false information has the power to kill , even though Othello was fiction (Bergeron . In the case of the real children whose parents had believed in the misinterpretation of a scientific study , it was found that a significant number of families had entirely given up on the idea of vaccination for their children . Some parents had...