In the united States, 95% of children at the kindergarten grade level have received vaccinations. However, the remaining 5% of children are the most dangerous disease spreaders. The remaining 5% are the children who cause the disease to spread (“The Unvaccinated” par. 3). Vaccines are essential to a growing child; they save lives, protect others’ lives around them by preventing spread of disease. Vaccines have nearly eradicated some of the deadliest and most feared diseases people have witnessed in the past one hundred and twenty five years (“Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children” par. 8). Many people refuse to believe these facts. The people do refuse to believe these facts continue to think that vaccines do not work. They believe vaccines
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In the twentieth century, every year Diphtheria killed 21,053 people, measles killed 530,217 people, mumps killed 162,344 people, rubella killed 47,745 people, and Hib killed 20,000 people in the United States. By 2012 every disease listed was decreased by 99% because of vaccinations (“Should Any Vaccinations” par. 9). Some of these diseases have even been completely eradicated, like smallpox, and have nearly eradicated current diseases like polio. For this reason alone, people should have their children vaccinated. Certain risks should not even be thought through if it means saving the lives of thousands upon thousands of people compared to one. Constitutional freedoms should be the least of people's worries. The people who worry about constitutional freedoms could be saving millions of lives, or they could complain about how their rights feel violated. Many people believe vaccines do not work; however, they work in many …show more content…
They have been known to eradicated some of the most feared diseases in the past twentieth century. The refusal to believe the facts is absurd. People need to open their eyes to the facts or they will end up killing the world. The facts that vaccines work are almost inarguable. People argue statistics and numbers opposed to beliefs of why they are wrong. Risks should be taken to promote the general welfare, even if that risk will most definitely cause death. So, one final question is asked, should the U.S. force people to vaccinate their children so that only 1 child in every million dies? Or should the U.S. not regulate vaccinations so that one million people die because one person decided not to vaccinate their
In the twentieth century, every year Diphtheria killed 21,053 people, measles killed 530,217 people, mumps killed 162,344 people, rubella killed 47,745 people, and Hib killed 20,000 people in the United States. By 2012 every disease listed was decreased by 99% because of vaccinations (“Should Any Vaccinations” par. 9). Some of these diseases have even been completely eradicated, like smallpox, and have nearly eradicated current diseases like polio. For this reason alone, people should have their children vaccinated. Certain risks should not even be thought through if it means saving the lives of thousands upon thousands of people compared to one. Constitutional freedoms should be the least of people's worries. The people who worry about constitutional freedoms could be saving millions of lives, or they could complain about how their rights feel violated. Many people believe vaccines do not work; however, they work in many …show more content…
They have been known to eradicated some of the most feared diseases in the past twentieth century. The refusal to believe the facts is absurd. People need to open their eyes to the facts or they will end up killing the world. The facts that vaccines work are almost inarguable. People argue statistics and numbers opposed to beliefs of why they are wrong. Risks should be taken to promote the general welfare, even if that risk will most definitely cause death. So, one final question is asked, should the U.S. force people to vaccinate their children so that only 1 child in every million dies? Or should the U.S. not regulate vaccinations so that one million people die because one person decided not to vaccinate their