Get your Children Vaccinated
As a parent they always want to do what they think is best for their children, but they don’t always think about the consequences for not only their children but also the children and adults around them. Neglecting to and opting out of vaccinating their child not only puts them at risk but all the children, infants and adults around them as well. Vaccinations were created to protect from various diseases such as measles, small pox and the common flu. While in most states vaccinations are not required, not vaccinating children makes it easier for these diseases to take over their weak immune systems and cause serious issues that could have been avoided if vaccinated. “Due to the high rate of influenza infection …show more content…
Its their children they should have the freedom to decided whether or not they choose to get them vaccinated or not. While disease outbreaks like the measles are not as common in the U.S. today they are still very dangerous, it only takes on person or child to have the measles and create an outbreak. “Within the first twenty years of licensed measles vaccination in the United States, an estimated fifty-two million cases and fifty-two hundred deaths were prevented” (Chemrinsky, Erwin and Goodwin). Most believe if the risk isn’t as high then why vaccinate for an unknown issue, well its simple the outbreaks aren’t as common today because over the last few decades vaccinations have become more prominent. While it’s understood why would they treat an issue that’s not there, vaccinations weren’t created to treat diseases and issues, they were created to prevent them in the first place. A parent shouldn’t wait until after their child already has the serious illness to realize the importance of preventing it. There is also the argument that some vaccinations cause other life threating and life changing issues such as autism. While there are a few cases where vaccinations have had ill affects on children those cases are very slim and far and few between. The few cases that vaccinations did cause a form of autism it was proven that the disorder was already in the child and there underlined disorders covered by other various issues, the vaccinations didn’t cause the disorder they reacted to the other issues and in turn brought autism to the surface. “Studies of children with autism spectrum disorders have concluded that some may have mitochondrial disorders, and that the regressive developmental deterioration seen in children with autism is identical to that in patients with mitochondrial diseases” (Anderson). Vaccinations were created to
As a parent they always want to do what they think is best for their children, but they don’t always think about the consequences for not only their children but also the children and adults around them. Neglecting to and opting out of vaccinating their child not only puts them at risk but all the children, infants and adults around them as well. Vaccinations were created to protect from various diseases such as measles, small pox and the common flu. While in most states vaccinations are not required, not vaccinating children makes it easier for these diseases to take over their weak immune systems and cause serious issues that could have been avoided if vaccinated. “Due to the high rate of influenza infection …show more content…
Its their children they should have the freedom to decided whether or not they choose to get them vaccinated or not. While disease outbreaks like the measles are not as common in the U.S. today they are still very dangerous, it only takes on person or child to have the measles and create an outbreak. “Within the first twenty years of licensed measles vaccination in the United States, an estimated fifty-two million cases and fifty-two hundred deaths were prevented” (Chemrinsky, Erwin and Goodwin). Most believe if the risk isn’t as high then why vaccinate for an unknown issue, well its simple the outbreaks aren’t as common today because over the last few decades vaccinations have become more prominent. While it’s understood why would they treat an issue that’s not there, vaccinations weren’t created to treat diseases and issues, they were created to prevent them in the first place. A parent shouldn’t wait until after their child already has the serious illness to realize the importance of preventing it. There is also the argument that some vaccinations cause other life threating and life changing issues such as autism. While there are a few cases where vaccinations have had ill affects on children those cases are very slim and far and few between. The few cases that vaccinations did cause a form of autism it was proven that the disorder was already in the child and there underlined disorders covered by other various issues, the vaccinations didn’t cause the disorder they reacted to the other issues and in turn brought autism to the surface. “Studies of children with autism spectrum disorders have concluded that some may have mitochondrial disorders, and that the regressive developmental deterioration seen in children with autism is identical to that in patients with mitochondrial diseases” (Anderson). Vaccinations were created to