With increasing technological advances in medicine, the vaccine has changed the world for the greater good of the human race. Achieving a great triumph and virtually eliminating a number of life-threatening diseases, from smallpox to diphtheria, thus adding some thirty years to the lifespan of many human beings. However, a new complication has emerged, perhaps linking neurological digression with the rise of new vaccines. Such digression has forced parents to exempt their children from vaccinations and has sparked mental anguish that has affected the minds of many. alliance of parents, politicians and celebrities. The topic of debate is the overwhelming pressure parents feel to vaccinate their children and their right to refuse such vaccinations. In several American neighborhoods, groups of parents have exercised their right to refuse vaccinations, which has heightened anxiety over the return of vaccine-preventable diseases such as whooping cough and measles. The reason these parents deny their children various vaccines such as the MMR “triple vaccine” against measles, mumps and rubella is because they are convinced that it is linked to autism, a link that has yet to be proven. Many of these parents are focused solely on their children, without taking into account that their decision could put the American population at risk for disease. These parents do not think about other members of society for whom vaccines do not work, and in some adolescents the effects get worse, so only when every person is immunized does “hearing immunity” succeed.... middle of paper ... ...ct, there is a much more pertinent question that no scientific study can answer. The question is whether parents have the right to make choices for their children that address the needs for the greater good of the community. Keeping this topic in mind it can be concluded that this debate will not disappear quickly and that the resolution of such an urgent issue will raise new complications that will call into question the rights of American citizens. WORKS CITED Brown, R. (1965). Social psychology. New York: Free Press. Palfreman, J. (editor) (2010). The vaccine war [episode of the television series]. In Fanning, D. (executive producer),FRONTLINE. PBS. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/view/West, R.L., & Turner, L.H. (2009). Introduction to communication theory: analysis and application. (4 ed., page 113). McGraw-Hill Medical Publication.