Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” In layman’s terms, your rights can change when other people are affected. Vaccination is often seen as a gray area, but it is much simpler. There are medical reasons why some people cannot get vaccines, and those should not be ignored. However, we need to increase America’s education of vaccines so they will not be so opposed because they are effective, and without vaccinations, diseases will return and immunosuppressed people may become infected. Multitudes of people think you do not need vaccines because diseases are rare, or that vaccines never worked, saying that better hygiene and water sanitation deserve the credit for the eradication
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You can be a carrier for a disease, and although you may not get sick you can pass it to immunocompromised people around you. Most immunocompromised people cannot get vaccines because their immune system is impaired or weakened (Medical). The author of “Get the Shots, Protect All” says some children cannot get vaccinated because they are too young or have health issues. These patients are put in harm's way when other kids refuse to get vaccinated. There is a small possibility that a vaccine will not take to a certain person. In this case, your friends and family rely on herd immunity. Herd immunity is there to protect those who cannot protect themselves. If you are not vaccinated, and they are not protected, there is a much higher chance that you will both get infected. For example, babies cannot receive vaccines for whooping cough, and they must rely on immunized people around them (Welch, et al). If you are eligible to get vaccines, you are part of the herd. Once, an intentionally unvaccinated seven-year-old boy caught measles on a trip to Switzerland. When he returned to the United States, eleven people were infected, and forty-eight children under vaccination age were quarantined as a precaution (Welch, et al). Nearly sixty people had their lives disrupted because one person refused to be
You can be a carrier for a disease, and although you may not get sick you can pass it to immunocompromised people around you. Most immunocompromised people cannot get vaccines because their immune system is impaired or weakened (Medical). The author of “Get the Shots, Protect All” says some children cannot get vaccinated because they are too young or have health issues. These patients are put in harm's way when other kids refuse to get vaccinated. There is a small possibility that a vaccine will not take to a certain person. In this case, your friends and family rely on herd immunity. Herd immunity is there to protect those who cannot protect themselves. If you are not vaccinated, and they are not protected, there is a much higher chance that you will both get infected. For example, babies cannot receive vaccines for whooping cough, and they must rely on immunized people around them (Welch, et al). If you are eligible to get vaccines, you are part of the herd. Once, an intentionally unvaccinated seven-year-old boy caught measles on a trip to Switzerland. When he returned to the United States, eleven people were infected, and forty-eight children under vaccination age were quarantined as a precaution (Welch, et al). Nearly sixty people had their lives disrupted because one person refused to be