Vaccines have been around for thousands years and has progressed to help people protect and fight against infectious diseases all of history. However, people still refuse to get vaccinated knowing that it can be harmful along with making others suffer the consequences. Throughout history there has been diseases that impacted people and helped dramatically decrease the number of infections after being vaccinated for that specific disease. In the April 2015 issue of Reason, Ronald Bailey’s article of “Refusing Vaccination Puts Others at Risk,” uses examples and logos to successfully convince and prove that it should be required to make vaccinations a requirement as a result of not only putting oneself at risk but also putting others at risk.
Approximated 10 million people are immuno-compromised meaning that they have a weak immune system. Although it is not their fault it does however put others at risk if …show more content…
It states “...vaccinations since 1924 have prevented 103 million cases of polio, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis A, diphtheria, and pertussis….” Since vaccinations have been around it hasn't done anything but prevent future diseases to people and the spread of it. The author refers to this article to emphasize by using logos that vaccinations are a good thing that has helped to reduce future infections. Other infectious diseases like chickenpox also decreased dramatically since the vaccine, it states “Chickenpox used to infect 4 million kids a year, hospitalize 11,000, and killed 105; within a decade of a vaccine being rolled out in the mid- 1990’s, infections had dropped to 600,000 resulting in 1,276 hospitalizations and 19 deaths.” Getting his point across, Bailey uses factual evidence to say that vaccines, for example, chickenpox has helped people not get infected and avoid infections, hospitalizations, and even
Approximated 10 million people are immuno-compromised meaning that they have a weak immune system. Although it is not their fault it does however put others at risk if …show more content…
It states “...vaccinations since 1924 have prevented 103 million cases of polio, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis A, diphtheria, and pertussis….” Since vaccinations have been around it hasn't done anything but prevent future diseases to people and the spread of it. The author refers to this article to emphasize by using logos that vaccinations are a good thing that has helped to reduce future infections. Other infectious diseases like chickenpox also decreased dramatically since the vaccine, it states “Chickenpox used to infect 4 million kids a year, hospitalize 11,000, and killed 105; within a decade of a vaccine being rolled out in the mid- 1990’s, infections had dropped to 600,000 resulting in 1,276 hospitalizations and 19 deaths.” Getting his point across, Bailey uses factual evidence to say that vaccines, for example, chickenpox has helped people not get infected and avoid infections, hospitalizations, and even