Summary: The Benefits Of Vaccination

For years, vaccines have been preventing life-threatening disease and illnesses around the world. Parents fear having their children immunized more than the disease itself, causing more parents to refuse to vaccinate their children (SP). Not vaccinating does not only affect the child, but also other children in school. For students, there are medical and nonmedical exemptions that can be obtained for school-required vaccinations. The amount of nonmedical exemptions has been increasing lately, which is putting many young children in danger of diseases. Recently, there was an outbreak of measles at Disneyland that infected more than 100 people in the United States and Mexico (“California Enacts Mandatory”). The recent measles outbreak was the …show more content…
“Herd immunity” is dwindling as parents increasingly refuse to receive immunization, which is causing “outbreaks of diseases thought to have been conquered” (SP). A school should be a safe environment for all children; they believe that children who can potentially endanger others should be home-schooled to be safe. Medicine is advancing each year; the benefits of medicine currently outweigh the …show more content…
I hope to encourage parents to get their child vaccinated for the safety of the child and for the safety of those around. The United States has gone decades without witnessing certain diseases thanks to vaccines. I believe children should be home-schooled if they do not receive the required vaccinations, excluding those who cannot receive vaccinations due to medical reasons. Lawmakers should enforce the requirement of vaccinations for school children, like California. If you can prevent contracting a disease, but choose not to, then you are endangering the social justice and health of