Argumentative Essay On The Benefits Of Vaccinating Children

After I gave birth to my beautiful daughter my doctor told me that I needed to find a pediatrician for her. I did of course and she had her first appointment about a week after we were discharged from the hospital. The appointment went good and they told me that I needed to go and schedule the four month old check up and that is when my daughter would receive her first set of shots. I didn’t think anything about it because I had received all my shots when I was growing up. Then I went home and saw an article about how vaccines were causing autism in children and a few other arguments about the safety of the vaccines. I decided to do some research because I was extremely nervous for my daughter’s shots. In my research, I found that vaccines are very beneficial and the articles claiming they cause autism and that they are not safe are false. I have come to …show more content…
Herd immunity occurs when the vaccination of a significant portion of a population provides a measure of protection for individuals who have not developed immunity(Tolsma). Thats means when parents choose to vaccinate their children, they are protecting their children and the children around them. But when parents choose to not vaccinate their children, it causes us to lose herd immunity(Carlisle). The herd of vaccinated people will prevent the diseases from spreading to those who are too young or unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons(Carlisle). The vaccinated children are also protecting people who do not have an immune system, which they refer to as immunocompromised. Herd immunity is a very great concept but if people are choosing to not vaccinate their children, herd immunity will not occur. Vaccines are also necessary because they help your child’s immune system do its work. When the child is vaccinated the child develops protection against future infections(Medicine.net). The good news about that is the child doesn’t have to get sick first in order to have