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I agree with your point that vaccines are good because they keep children fairly healthy so that they can be in school as much as possible. Like you explained, when children are out of school due to illness they miss a lot of quality instruction, and they may keep a parent out of work which hurts the family's income. I didn't even think about this point, but I definitely agree with it! However, I do slightly disagree with one statement in your post. The statement being, "I do not feel that required vaccines would violate the personal freedom of individuals..." I understand how certain individuals in the video feel that not being able to choose if their child receives a vaccine or not feels like a violation of their personal freedom. Especially

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