Vaccinations: Refusing Does More Harm Than Good The amount of parents refusing to get their children vaccinations is currently rising. Many concerned parents are afraid that these life-saving vaccines are going to give their child autism or do more harm than good. However, this is untrue. Juliette K. Tinker, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Boise State University, argues the risks and consequences of not vaccinating in her article “Opinion: The Risk of Forgoing Vaccines.” Tinker talks about how there is no connection between autism and vaccinations. I agree with Tinker and her viewpoints on vaccinations. In Tinker’s article, she argues that vaccinations are a necessary part of reducing transmission of disease.
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Tinker argues the importance of vaccinations. When she compares the non-vaccinated to the “cheaters,” I felt that she compared them perfectly. It is not fair to the children that get the vaccinations. The people against vaccinations rely on other people to get the vaccines. These vaccinated children will now be exposed to multiple mutated forms of what they were vaccinated against. Tinkle says, “But if a significant percentage of individuals decides against vaccination, for one reason or another, we may lose herd immunity, and infectious disease will spread.” If more and more people choose to not vaccinate, there will be more cases of eliminated diseases. It happened with both whooping cough and measles. These outbreaks could be avoided by getting the vaccinations. Tinkle said that parents are fearful of their child getting autism from the vaccination. There is no proof of vaccinations causing autism. These parents are the reason many diseases are transmitted even when there is a method of prevention. Personally, I do not want some deadly, mutated disease because my classmate did not get vaccinated as a child.
I agree with Tinker’s viewpoints on vaccines. Tinker argues the importance of vaccinations. She uses examples of diseases, like measles and whooping cough, that were considered eliminated before but are no longer. People rely on other people to get the vaccinations so they do not have to. Parents should be required to vaccinate their children. This
Tinker argues the importance of vaccinations. When she compares the non-vaccinated to the “cheaters,” I felt that she compared them perfectly. It is not fair to the children that get the vaccinations. The people against vaccinations rely on other people to get the vaccines. These vaccinated children will now be exposed to multiple mutated forms of what they were vaccinated against. Tinkle says, “But if a significant percentage of individuals decides against vaccination, for one reason or another, we may lose herd immunity, and infectious disease will spread.” If more and more people choose to not vaccinate, there will be more cases of eliminated diseases. It happened with both whooping cough and measles. These outbreaks could be avoided by getting the vaccinations. Tinkle said that parents are fearful of their child getting autism from the vaccination. There is no proof of vaccinations causing autism. These parents are the reason many diseases are transmitted even when there is a method of prevention. Personally, I do not want some deadly, mutated disease because my classmate did not get vaccinated as a child.
I agree with Tinker’s viewpoints on vaccines. Tinker argues the importance of vaccinations. She uses examples of diseases, like measles and whooping cough, that were considered eliminated before but are no longer. People rely on other people to get the vaccinations so they do not have to. Parents should be required to vaccinate their children. This