Vaccines can prevent diseases such as whooping cough, measles, disability or suffering pai. The vaccine shot protects infants from the disease that once killed or harmed infants, children and adults. According to “Fox,Maggie” “ most children who have died of flu in recent years were not vaccinated against the virus. Most of the children who died in the years 2010-2014 because of the flu were not vaccinated.(p3)” When people get the flu you are either protected or not most of the kids died in the years 2010-2014 because most of them were not vaccinated and they probably…
In the journal article Ethics and Childhood Vaccination Policy in the United States, the authors are trying to make the point that more people should focus on childhood immunization. They focus on it from an ethical point of view, as many parents are refusing to vaccinate their children for various reasons. The article is trying to convey the message that vaccinating your child is not only beneficial for the child itself but also for the good of the community and society. The ethical issue that illustrated here is if healthcare workers are willing to sacrifice the patient’s autonomy for the greater good of everyone else. Another issue that this article points out is that it is not easy to put forth a policy that requires all parents to vaccinate…
The author completed the task of identifying and clarifying the primary arguments of the two opposing sides, whether mandatory vaccines are an infringement of personal rights or if they are a necessity for public health. The author uses this essay to provide each of the proponents’ stances for each of their main arguments and produce solid supporting evidence for why the opponents feel that their reasons are logical. The author was successful in producing valid arguments for each opposing side, and clearly identifying the author’s own stance as…
This article covers the recent Californian legislation on vaccination, which requires daycare workers to be vaccinated for measles and whooping cough by 2016. This law not only affects the daycare workers but also anyone who volunteers in child care. This new legislation was brought on by a horrendous measles outbreak last year in Disneyland where more than 130 people were infected in the California area. This outbreak shed light on how disease such as measles and whooping cough are not limited to children but pose as a danger to adults as well. The article especially highlights the dilemma in the health world today of adults skipping out on important vaccines as they grow older.…
Vaccinations Should be Mandatory Vaccinations should not be a choice, but should be required in our country. Everyone and anyone can can to America so don't you want to be safe and make sure that our country is secure so no one gets a disease. If you don't want to get vaccinated for yourself then do it for someone you love and want to keep safe. You are the key to the future, but if you don't do your part we will slowly start to crumble away. If you do not get vaccinated then you can spread disease, catch the disease, and even die.…
There has been a debate around vaccinating children for many years now. Numerous parents have fled from the idea of getting their children vaccinated due to the belief that vaccinations harm children. The British doctor Andrew Wakefield conducted an experiment with the MMR vaccine. He and 12 of his colleagues published the Lancet, which shows that the MMR vaccine causes developmental issues in children. The Lancet underwent publication, but widely researched to prove that the MMR vaccine did not cause autism or developmental issues in children.…
Its their children they should have the freedom to decided whether or not they choose to get them vaccinated or not. While disease outbreaks like the measles are not as common in the U.S. today they are still very dangerous, it only takes on person or child to have the measles and create an outbreak. “Within the first twenty years of licensed measles vaccination in the United States, an estimated fifty-two million cases and fifty-two hundred deaths were prevented” (Chemrinsky, Erwin and Goodwin). Most believe if the risk isn’t as high then why vaccinate for an unknown issue, well its simple the outbreaks aren’t as common today because over the last few decades vaccinations have become more prominent. While it’s understood why would they treat an issue that’s not there, vaccinations weren’t created to treat diseases and issues, they were created to prevent them in the first place.…
There has been a great debate on vaccination. For individuals against the vaccination, there is dependency on herd immunity, which is the belief that having a large percentage of the population vaccinated, that the spread of certain diseases can be stopped, thus protecting the unvaccinated individuals (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2015, p. 196). The vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) are given together in a single dose at ages 12-15 months and then again at 4-6 years. While vaccination has changed the face of medicine, there have been rare, adverse effects of the live-virus MMR vaccination such as fever and febrile seizures (Feenstra, Pasternak, Geller, Carstensen, Wang, et al. 2014). After receiving the initial vaccination around 14…
People who often state “my kid, my choice” need to know that if their child gets a disease, they can still spread it to a child who was vaccinated. The article “Refusing to Vaccinate isn’t just a Personal Choice” written by Justin Fox for the Chicago Tribune states “When these diseases run rampant, even those who have been vaccinated aren 't entirely safe. Vaccines succeed in large part because they make diseases so rare, not because everyone who gets one becomes completely immune. When vaccination rates fall, non-vaccinators not only expose their children to greater risk but they endanger lots of other people too” (Fox, 2015, paragraph 7).…
People can argue for either getting vaccinated, or not getting vaccinated. Those against vaccinations believe that they shouldn’t have to get vaccines, think vaccines can cause autism, aren’t as important as other health services, and don’t prevent people from contracting diseases or infections they were vaccinated for. It is okay if someone does not want to get vaccinated, people are not forced to get vaccinations. If a person does not want to get vaccinated, or they don’t want their children to be vaccinated, there are a few exemptions.…
However people argue the opposite, it's never argument unless there’s another side to it. This side says that flu vaccination should stay mandatory. www.bmj.com an article that was for mandatory vaccination said “59% reduction in laboratory proved and 47-73% reduction in flu like-illness.” 59% is barely higher than half. There’s still a lot of room for error making mandatory vaccines useless.…
In spite of the risks only 46% of Americans got vaccinated against the flu (cite cdc) With all these people contracting the flu, one would think that everyone would be lining up to get a shot! Yet so many will refuse to be vaccinated. There are many misconceptions and arguments made by the public why they believe flu vaccination is not necessary.…
Introduction Vaccines were a major technological advance in medicine. Vaccines provided a quick, simple, and accessible way for people to develop immunity to a certain disease before experiencing the symptoms. Although vaccines diminished the number of cases of these diseases dramatically, certain groups of people started to oppose immunization, sparking a “vaccine war.” These groups of people reject vaccination due to the side effects linked to vaccines, the belief that an individual has a right to autonomy, religious purposes, and the lack of supporting science. Despite these reasons, the federal government should continue to enforce vaccines due to the benefits, the maintaining of public safety as well as the safety of the individual, and…
“Because we’re unwilling to learn from history, we are starting to relive it. And children are the victims of our ignorance” (Offit 21). People who do not vaccinate believe that the risks far outweigh the benefits. Numerous parents refuse or delay immunizations for their children; however, other parents are adamant that the parents who choose this type of lifestyle…
Even though all diseases we vaccinate for are very rare it is also very easy to underestimate the importance of vaccination. In the 1970’s and 80’s there was a case against the whooping cough, “ After a scare about safety with the whooping cough vaccine, parents stopped vaccinating their children against the disease. This led to 3 epidemics, and at least 100 children dead after catching the disease.” ( Choices, 2015). You should still have your kids vaccinated because, we are riding the world of these diseases that are killing…