Is it better to have a vaccination?

Question

Isn't it better to let your body get better in most cases?
I had the chicken pox less commonly known as varicella-zoster virus (VZV)
I have never gotten the "flu".
I had bronchitis once when I was about 11.
What's up with all the antibiotics getting floated around these days?

Answer 1

A vaccination, in most cases, is a weak, damaged, or dead version of the virus it prevents. This helps your body build up antibodies to fight the virus.

Antibiotics, however, are chemicals that can kill specific types of bacteria. Some antibiotics, called "wide-spectrum antibiotics," can treat a large number of types of bacteria, and are widely prescribed. This is dangerous, though, because it makes it more likely that strains of bacteria that are resistant to the common antibiotics will form.

But to answer your question, in most cases, you /should/ get a vaccine-- it helps your body build defenses against certain viruses.

Answer 2

The reason there are so many antibiotics comes down to one point and one point only. OVERUSE. As a human race we have looked for the quick fix solution to all diseases and have pressured the medical system to do something under the threat of lawsuits. Humans over the years have continually bombarded the medical profession to prescribe antibiotics for such things like common cold, flu, and other viruses that antibiotics do not come close to fighting. Antibiotics only fight infections. So over time our immune systems have become immune to the effects of antibiotics, germs have mutated and have become resistent to such antibiotics. When this happens we need to develop strong and different types of antibiotics to help fight infections.
There has been a movement among the medical profession to stop prescribing antibiotics for viruses, like the common cold, flu, and other viruses that humans get, but it is a slow process because as humans we still demand the quick fix to these ailments.