Do the Benefits of Vaccinations Outweigh the Risks? Vaccinations. It is a word that would make one cringe at the hearing of it. It is a word that would make a child dread going to the doctor. This word has become a hot debate of parents in the future of a child’s health. But now most states require it mandatory before a child can enter school in a public setting. Though some children have not been vaccinated due to religion beliefs, medical reasons, and parents’ concerns of side effects. But whereas parents who choose not to vaccinate do so to avoid risks, vaccinations do save lives, given that vaccine preventable diseases can and will return. Diseases are dangerous, even deadly. Vaccines have weaken the majority of infectious diseases that
