First, vaccinations should be mandatory as part of preventative care for healthy and able children to fend against the diseases. …show more content…
There are countries less unfortunate who aren’t given the opportunities we are given. Currently, we are fighting the Zika virus a deadly virus that has been known to spread through mosquito bites. From a personal experience my daughter was diagnosed with pertussis and she was able to take antibiotics and the vaccination that potentially would save from becoming sick. As an extra precaution to ensure both my children didn’t contract and recontract the illness I had gotten vaccinated myself. To come close to a disease that was known at the time to take lives of many babies was to close for comfort. Children can be protected while in the womb from mothers who vaccinate themselves to prevent birth defective diseases. In turn when we are able to become vaccinated in turn we are able to subdue and eradicate diseases for our future generation. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease believes that, “in the case of Zika, the disease's spread might complicate efforts because scientists may find it harder to determine whether patients developed immunity due to the vaccine or natural exposure to the disease. For these reasons, vaccine development is focusing on pregnant women and women of child-bearing ages.” As mothers we have the special bond of carrying our children and birthing them, it’s also our responsibility to do all that we can take protect our children. If we can irradicate more diseases now our future generations won’t have to worry about. It’s a chain effect of preventative care, vaccinating are abled children to create the herd immunity that’ll in turn protect the future. Another argument from procon.org, “vaccines can cause serious side effects and contain harmful ingredients that can hurt us instead of treating us.” As this can be true the results of positive outcomes and the statistics showing us the countless