A significant amount of concern from the anti-vaccination community has been for the MMR vaccine, more so than any other vaccine, due to its past association with the preservative thimerosal (Fombonne, Zakarian, Bennett, Meng, McLean-Heywood, 2006). Thimerosal is described as “a mercury-containing organic compound (an organomercurial). Since the 1930s, it has been widely used as a preservative in a number of biological and drug products, including many vaccines” (FDA, 2015). In 2006, a study was performed to determine thirmerosal’s role in causing developmental disorders (Fombonne, Zakarian, Bennett, Meng, McLean-Heywood, 2006). The use of thimerosal was proven in this study not to be the cause of the increase in pervasive developmental disorders
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The excessive medical cost from measles, mumps and rubella can be a burden to the taxpayers (Milligan & Barrett, 2014). The military has long history with vaccinations, going back to George Washington (Milligan & Barrett, 2014). Vaccinations have not only protected us financially but also physically. Epidemiologic surveillance is the process of an organization tracking the development of a particular disease (Milligan & Barrett, 2014), which the government does in order to prevent and contain epidemics before they get out of hand. Representative democracies thrive on public support, and over 80% of the public support vaccinating children (GALLUP, 2015). All these aspects are just a few of the many aspects to consider when mandating vaccinations to …show more content…
So why might a parent exempt their child from vaccinations? Some states set up exemption laws to be easier than getting your child vaccinated (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes and Buttenheim, 2014). Multiple vaccines and many doctor visits can take time and patients that some just cannot afford (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes and Buttenheim, 2014). Unfortunately, laziness and easier exemption laws can be a root cause of increases in exemptions (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes and Buttenheim, 2014). Exemptions such as these come in clusters and are directly correlated with outbreaks of vaccinated diseases (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes and Buttenheim, 2014). Laws should be put in place to mandate vaccinations so convenience is not an excuse to put children in harm’s
The excessive medical cost from measles, mumps and rubella can be a burden to the taxpayers (Milligan & Barrett, 2014). The military has long history with vaccinations, going back to George Washington (Milligan & Barrett, 2014). Vaccinations have not only protected us financially but also physically. Epidemiologic surveillance is the process of an organization tracking the development of a particular disease (Milligan & Barrett, 2014), which the government does in order to prevent and contain epidemics before they get out of hand. Representative democracies thrive on public support, and over 80% of the public support vaccinating children (GALLUP, 2015). All these aspects are just a few of the many aspects to consider when mandating vaccinations to …show more content…
So why might a parent exempt their child from vaccinations? Some states set up exemption laws to be easier than getting your child vaccinated (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes and Buttenheim, 2014). Multiple vaccines and many doctor visits can take time and patients that some just cannot afford (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes and Buttenheim, 2014). Unfortunately, laziness and easier exemption laws can be a root cause of increases in exemptions (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes and Buttenheim, 2014). Exemptions such as these come in clusters and are directly correlated with outbreaks of vaccinated diseases (Wang, Clymer, Davis-Hayes and Buttenheim, 2014). Laws should be put in place to mandate vaccinations so convenience is not an excuse to put children in harm’s