Haelle begins her article by describing the role vaccines play in society. She continues by speaking of the risk/reward relationship of vaccination. Haelle claims that the reward of protection from disease far outweighs the risk involved. To support this claim, she lists eight of the most common risks and misconceptions surrounding vaccinating. Haelle then addresses each of these issues, using statistics, expert opinions, and logic to put parents’ minds at ease.…
In “Aluminum in Vaccines: A Neurological Gamble” by Neil Z. Miller, he discusses the chemicals in vaccines and how he believes it is dangerous. Vaccines are drugs that can contain antigens, preservatives, adjuvants, stabilizers, antibiotics, buffers, diluents, emulsifiers, and inactivating chemicals. They also contain residue from animal and human growth mediums. Today, children receive one vaccine at birth, eight vaccines at two months, eight vaccines at four months, nine vaccines at six months, and twelve additional vaccines between twelve and eighteen months. Several vaccines are administered simultaneously for convenience, not safety.…
Childhood vaccinations are very important in today’s century. Vaccines are injections or shots that can help prevent deadly disease. Vaccines work by giving the body immunity to certain diseases without getting the actual disease itself. Even though they are not mandatory, all 50 states require children to have certain vaccines to enter public schools. Each year vaccines save approximately 2.5 million children from preventable disease, and ones that agree with mandatory vaccinations say that they are safe; in fact ones who agree say that vaccinations are one of the best health developments today (Procon.org).…
The debate over whether people should receive vaccinations has been around for a long time. Public resistance to vaccinations has occurred for as long as vaccinations have been available. People who are opposed to vaccines worry that they cause health issues in individuals, especially children. Medical professionals worldwide, however, agree that vaccinations are safe, effective, and necessary. A vaccine is a substance used to create antibodies and boost the immune system against certain diseases.…
Getting your child vaccinated can also save your family a lot of time, money, and stress. Children who do contract vaccine-preventable diseases often have long-term side effects sometimes leaving them with a disability (Services). The cost of the vaccine is minuscule compared to the alternative- paying for treatment of a disease (Services). Receiving a vaccine also helps keep the next generation from contracting a deadly virus (Services). In today’s world, parents have not seen first-hand what these vaccines prevent from happening to children as the past generations have.…
Recently in 2015, there has been a problem with parents deciding to vaccinate their children for school. Vaccines are important because they help protect your child from many air borne diseases. It also saves your child's life. It may cost you to get your child vaccinated but it well worth it. It is extremely important to get your child vaccinated wether or not he or she is going to school or not.…
Many people’s lives are put on the line everyday because they do not get themselves or their children vaccinated. This is due to the anti-vaccine movement here in America. Although some people believe they should not get themselves or their children vaccinated, in reality you should get vaccinated. People should get vaccinated because of the dangers of measles, meningitis, and that children are more prone to terrible diseases. One of the many reasons to get vaccinated is because of the grave dangers of measles.…
Whether you are a parent or not, we all have that unselfish concern for the welfare of children and our communities. If it were possible, we would protect our loved ones from even the smallest of illnesses. Fortunately, we can protect them from some diseases that have ended the lives of children and adults for hundreds of years by choosing to vaccinate. The federal government needs to enact a policy that requires all who reside or enter the United States to receive all recommended vaccinations in order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and viruses because vaccines save lives, they save parents and families time and money. In addition, vaccines can protect future generations.…
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 732,000 American children were saved from death and 322 million cases of childhood illnesses were prevented between 1994 and 2014 due to vaccination.1 Vaccinations could be considered one of the greatest medical achievements in modern development. Because of the invention of vaccines, childhood diseases have been largely eradicated all over the world.2 Vaccinations outweigh the potential risk of diseases that they are created to prevent, therefore for the safety of the population they should be mandatory. With medical study, technological advancements, and mandatory vaccinations, such events can not only be controlled, but prevented and stopped. In 1796, Edward Jenner invented the…
The ongoing argument of whether immunizations for children should be a choice or mandated seems like it will never come to an end. In the year 2000, 10 vaccinations have become recommended for children ages 24 months and younger. Since the mandatory childhood vaccinations have been set in place, morbidity rates have decreased between 98-100 percent. The proclaimed risks that are linked to not vaccinating or under vaccinating children outweigh those that come with vaccinating a child. Medical professionals and society needs to mandate child vaccinations to prevent an outbreak.…
Mandatory Vaccination, Or Parents Choice After learning I was pregnant with my oldest child I was asked the question that started it all. I was confused and caught off guard when I heard, “Do you plan on vaccinating the baby when it’s born?” Of course I did. Do parents not vaccinate? Isn’t it something you have to do?…
Jerlany Diaz Professor Brunk ENC 1101 21st November 2016 Why Parents Should Vaccinate Their Children Smallpox and polio have been wiped out in the United States. Cases of measles, mumps, tetanus, whooping cough and other life-threatening illnesses have been reduced by more than ninety- five percent. Immunizations prevent tens of thousands of deaths annually among elderly persons and those who are chronically ill (Meadows).…
Lindsey Tanner, author of “More Parents Refusing to Have Children Vaccinated,” explains that according to a national survey every 1 in 10 parents decide against vaccinating or choose to follow an alternative immunization schedule than the one provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine schedule, children should be vaccinated for 14 different diseases by age 6. That can take up to 29 shots, with as many as 6 shots at a time” (Reddy D1). When children are injected with a vaccine their body creates anti-bodies that fight the diseases; however, due to the amount of injections numerous parents feel overwhelmed and fear for the safety of their children.…
Even though all diseases we vaccinate for are very rare it is also very easy to underestimate the importance of vaccination. In the 1970’s and 80’s there was a case against the whooping cough, “ After a scare about safety with the whooping cough vaccine, parents stopped vaccinating their children against the disease. This led to 3 epidemics, and at least 100 children dead after catching the disease.” ( Choices, 2015). You should still have your kids vaccinated because, we are riding the world of these diseases that are killing…
There are so many children that could be saved from illnesses if every child was vaccinated. Even if your child is vaccinated if someone that your child has come in contact with is not it is still harming your child. To keep every child from getting sick and possibly dying all you need to do it have your vaccinated. Research proves that vaccinating your children not only keep them safe but others as well. Vaccinating your children can save you a great deal of time and money as well as lower the stress level on you and your children.…