Should Vaccinations be Mandatory? Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to boost one’s immune system to develop immunity to a specific pathogen. They are designed to prevent certain illnesses and even death and add quality to the human life cycle. There are several vaccinations that have been invented to stop the spread and control diseases. The earliest epidemic of disease dates back as early as 1500 BC when there was no preventative measure for the now known disease named small pox. Smallpox originally known in English as the “pox” was an infectious disease caused by the variola virus. In 1796, physician Edward Jenner designed the small pox vaccination by studying the effects of the cowpox virus. This vaccination
