Immunization, the Essential To keep children safe proper nutrition or a helmet when bike riding comes to mind, but vaccines are just as important and helpful. Immunizing children has daunting threats and caution signs plastered all over them, but the highly advanced medical systems of society today can disprove many threats of illnesses linked to vaccinations. Vaccinations are worth every penny compared to the financial tolls of most diseases. Also, immunizations not only protect a single child, but those around as well. Being informed is the number one way to make educated decisions on vaccines. Jumping to conclusions can be dangerous; however, research based proven facts are reliable and safe (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
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Besides the physical ailments of vaccine- preventable diseases, such as pain extending to the neck and legs as well as muscle spasms, the consequences can extend beyond that (Decroes Jacobs). A child with a vaccine-preventable disease may be denied attendance to schools including, but not limited to child care facilities. Being deprived of education can set a child back in development and lead to further payments of educational therapists. Other financial tolls can include time off work, medical bills, and long term disability care payments. The exponential growth of money spent on a vaccine preventable disease can be avoided. The tolls a vaccine preventable disease can put on a family are far worse than vaccinating a child, which is most likely covered by insurance. Some may argue that they cannot afford vaccinations, but organizations are created for that specific purpose. The Vaccines for Children (VFC) organization is a federally funded program that provides vaccines at no cost to low income families (U.S. Department of Health Services). The financial tolls of a vaccine preventable disease carry more burden than receiving the vaccine or asking for financial assistance in affording immunizations. There is only a one to five percent chance the child will fail to develop the immunity, making the investment of a vaccination worth every penny (Centers for Disease Control and …show more content…
Severe allergic reactions to vaccines are so very rare because they are given to children only after the careful consideration. Many parents question whether or not a child can acquire the vaccine-preventable illness even after they are vaccinated. When vaccines are administered to children the vaccine can either be inactive or live. If the vaccine is a killed inactive version it is not possible to get the disease from the vaccine; closely related, live vaccines may sometimes show up in the child as a mild virus, but is not harmful and can actually show the vaccine is doing what it is supposed to and is working (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). In addition, the effectiveness of vaccines are very important to do so early in life. Vaccines show the highest efficiency in young children, six months to seven years of age (Osterholm, Nicholas, Sommer,
Besides the physical ailments of vaccine- preventable diseases, such as pain extending to the neck and legs as well as muscle spasms, the consequences can extend beyond that (Decroes Jacobs). A child with a vaccine-preventable disease may be denied attendance to schools including, but not limited to child care facilities. Being deprived of education can set a child back in development and lead to further payments of educational therapists. Other financial tolls can include time off work, medical bills, and long term disability care payments. The exponential growth of money spent on a vaccine preventable disease can be avoided. The tolls a vaccine preventable disease can put on a family are far worse than vaccinating a child, which is most likely covered by insurance. Some may argue that they cannot afford vaccinations, but organizations are created for that specific purpose. The Vaccines for Children (VFC) organization is a federally funded program that provides vaccines at no cost to low income families (U.S. Department of Health Services). The financial tolls of a vaccine preventable disease carry more burden than receiving the vaccine or asking for financial assistance in affording immunizations. There is only a one to five percent chance the child will fail to develop the immunity, making the investment of a vaccination worth every penny (Centers for Disease Control and …show more content…
Severe allergic reactions to vaccines are so very rare because they are given to children only after the careful consideration. Many parents question whether or not a child can acquire the vaccine-preventable illness even after they are vaccinated. When vaccines are administered to children the vaccine can either be inactive or live. If the vaccine is a killed inactive version it is not possible to get the disease from the vaccine; closely related, live vaccines may sometimes show up in the child as a mild virus, but is not harmful and can actually show the vaccine is doing what it is supposed to and is working (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). In addition, the effectiveness of vaccines are very important to do so early in life. Vaccines show the highest efficiency in young children, six months to seven years of age (Osterholm, Nicholas, Sommer,