Child Vaccination Argumentative Essay

Child vaccinations is a touchy subject for a good portion of United States families. Those families believe that not vaccinatinated their child is the best of them, but in reality vaccinatinated your child has more pros than cons. Vaccinated your child, will help protect them for their whole lifetime. Crystal Lombardo from NLCATP, in her article “9 Major Pros and Cons of Vaccinations” states, that the last four generations that have been vaccinated, have been safe and have had no incidences. Many parents think if they vaccinate their child, the child will develop autism or some other developmental issue, when there is not enough research to back up those claims, vaccinated can help your child not to get life threatening illnesses at such a …show more content…
A decision to vaccinate your child not only helps protects them, but also our entire community, if one person decides not to vaccinate, that can affect many children who are too young to get vaccinated through person-to-person everyday contact (Satcher). So if you are in between vaccinatnating your child, think about the other people that live in your community as well and what could happen to them. Vaccines are safe regardless. Serious side effects are very rare, the only thing you may get is a sore arm or leg and maybe a fever. In extreme cases, seizures may develop in the child, but again that is extremely rare, and the benefits of getting the vaccine outweigh the possible side effects. Children with known allergies will not be given that vaccine and will use an alternative option. Thanks to these vaccinations, people may not know that once diphtheria, measles, polio, and whooping cough were once the deadly diseases that once had killed many people in the United States, but since vaccinations had come out for these, they have almost disappeared because the vaccines are doing their job and people are following through with getting them (Mayo Clinic