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Today almost all children are protected by vaccines. Immunization shots contain a weaker form of an illness. It is injected into your body for your immune system to learn to fight off. Parents are questioning whether vaccines should be mandatory or optional for their child. Parents should be required to give their children immunization shots before entering public school. Vaccines will protect students from spreading epidemics. Vaccines are also effective and safe to give students. Finally,…

Since the early 2000s, it has been common that vaccines are mandatory for schooling and jobs, but a closer look brings them into question. “There is a wide spectrum of vaccine complications, which have been identified and acknowledged in the medical literature and by the Institute of Medicine,” (nvic.org). Very much like prescription drugs, vaccination includes the risk that it may cause harm or may not work at all. Vaccines should not be mandatory for any reason, and it should be the parents’…

Vaccinations currently serve as one of the most essential sources in medicine because of the huge amount of infections and diseases it is able to fight and prevent. However, science isn’t yet able to come up with a vaccine for all diseases for a couple different reasons. One significant factor is that many of the stronger viruses mutate so rapidly that vaccines are unable to work efficient enough to fight it off completely. Along with that, the cost of developing each vaccine is so large that…

children many schools will require vaccinations from these main diseases before they are allowed to begin classes. Every vaccination has different risks that come with it, and some are more harmful to children than others. Most of the time children have no complications with the vaccinations, beyond the minimal redness and/or swelling at the injection site. Even with this being the case there is always a risk of the child having a severe allergic reaction after a vaccination. There are some…

I would like to educate the readers on the importance of proper vaccination. Vaccines are injections containing weakened or dead pathogens. They help your body fight off communicable versions of diseases to keep you protected from their harmful effects. By getting vaccinated, you also keep the people around you safe because you can’t pass a virus onto them if you aren’t infected. Finally, if you protect yourself and those around you from getting communicable diseases, it’s a small step towards…

Shannon, it also makes my blood boil when I hear that people died for something that could have been easily prevented just by them getting an injection of a vaccine. I agree that education is the key to parents understanding the importance of vaccinating their children. Lecturing someone never seems to get a person to understand what you are trying to educate him or her on. For whatever the many reasons the parents have for not vaccinating their children, the one that seems to be of most concern…

"Childhood vaccines are one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. Indeed, parents whose children are vaccinated no longer have to worry about their child's death or disability from Whooping cough, Polio, Diphtheria, Hepatitis, or a host of other infections" (Ezekiel Emmanuel). Immunizations given throughout childhood have saved millions of lives. Vaccination rates in the U.S. are higher than ever while illnesses and death from Measles, Diphtheria, Tetanus and more are at an all-time low,…

Vaccinations According to the CDC, "732,000 American children were saved from death and 322 million cases of childhood illnesses were prevented from 1994-2014 due to vaccinations." ("Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children?"). There are many parents with young children living in the United States. Those parents have the option to either have their children vaccinated or not. Growing up, my parents chose to have my siblings and me vaccinated and as a result we are all healthy. Many parents,…

While more studies continue to prove that there is no link between autism and vaccinations, many anti-vaccination followers still find themselves with support. In 2011, The Huffington Post published an article written by one of the most vocal anti-vaccination supporters, David Kirby. While Kirby states in his article deciding not to have a child vaccinated is “unwise and dangerous”, he continues to fuel the skepticism that allows parents to forego vaccinations (Kirby para 3). His article…

Vaccinations have come under much scrutiny in the past few years with recent outbreaks and the number of people choosing to vaccinate is decreasing (Ambridge, 2015). The debate on compulsory vaccinations has split governments for years (Welch et al., 2014). A vaccine or vaccination is a product that produces immunity from a disease and can be administered through needle injections, orally or by aerosol (vaccines.gov, n.d). Vaccinations work to protect the body from certain diseases by…