Argumentative Essay On Ebola

The Ebola outbreak in the United States is one of the most frightening outbreaks, for many reasons. One being that, few people knew how to combat the disease. For example, how does it travel and how do we protect ourselves? These questions are important in all diseases, yet the simple fact is, that we don’t know exactly know all the answers. As Americans, that’s frightening. How do we as the general public protect ourselves from this terrible disease? Better yet, how do we protect our children? Many might say the basics like: wash your hands, eat healthy, exercise, and get regular checkups. These simple basics can help combat any disease, right? Wrong. One important factor that is needed for combating specific diseases is Vaccines. Vaccines …show more content…
“After all, access to vaccines is widespread, and federally subsidized.”(Diamond) Why wouldn’t anyone be able to get a vaccine for any disease, one being the flu? Many parents say vaccines cause autism. This has very few evidence to say that vaccines and autism are directly related. One particular vaccine, the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, is said to have been linked with autism. This disease causes pain, mumps, brain damage, and for some, even death. Luckily we’ve wiped a lot of the disease out with vaccinations. Now, it’s coming back. The fact is, many more people are opting out of giving their child the vaccine, therefor causing this to return and risking many lives. This disease is worse than any type of autism for it is deadly. The autism-speaks corporation “strongly encourage parents to have their children vaccinated for protection against serious disease.”(Autism-Speaks) If a parent has fear, they should talk to their health care provider and get their children checked out to see if they would get autism with any vaccine rather than simply opting out and risking the lives of poor innocent