In “5 Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child” (2017), the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services asserts that vaccines are “one of the best ways to protect your children” (1). The government highlights this importance by giving the pros of getting vaccines (they are safe, and keep your family and community disease free), showing specific examples (polio eradicated in the U.S.), and offering support websites for low-income families. The government gives these examples and resources in order to convince the public to get their children vaccinated. The DHHS uses simple language to make the article easy for everyone to comprehend and uses statistics to show the credibility of their claim especially to parents who are
In “5 Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child” (2017), the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services asserts that vaccines are “one of the best ways to protect your children” (1). The government highlights this importance by giving the pros of getting vaccines (they are safe, and keep your family and community disease free), showing specific examples (polio eradicated in the U.S.), and offering support websites for low-income families. The government gives these examples and resources in order to convince the public to get their children vaccinated. The DHHS uses simple language to make the article easy for everyone to comprehend and uses statistics to show the credibility of their claim especially to parents who are