Argument Against Vaccinations

Mandatory vaccinations for children in public schools have been the center of much debate since laws were first developed to regulate immunization. Fears from parents about side effects and adverse reactions have steered many away from wanting to vaccinate their children despite the numerous infectious diseases they prevent. These debates have gotten in the way of progression in schools for preventing the spread of disease. To me, the risks of not vaccinating children are far greater than the risks of adverse reactions. Parents who don’t vaccinate their children put them and others at risk because it allows normally preventable disease to continue to spread.

Many people may think that vaccination is a bad thing, that instead of preventing it causes illness, that is not natural. Natural or not, there are many reasons as to why we should vaccinate us and the younger generation. Most of the time children don’t like vaccination because it hurt, but is the responsibility of a parent to seek the wellbeing of his or her child. Vaccination it’s a preventive measure of various diseases. Unfortunately, things like the anti-vaccination movement, the misinformation on the Internet, and the believe that vaccination causes more damage than is worth, have led our society to think that it’s right not to vaccinate.

Making vaccination mandatory has been an ongoing controversial topic over the years. A fair amount of people believe that vaccinations do more harm than good, so they are against it, whereas other people believe that vaccinations are for the greater good and need to be given in order to keep everyone healthy and safe to the best of our ability. Vaccinations should be made a mandatory obligation because due to vaccinations diseases are scarce, they reduce the risk of getting the people around them sick, and they are a lot cheaper than having to deal with the medical bills people will end up paying if they do get sick.

Do you get your kid vaccinated? Do you get yourself vaccinated? “Failure to immunize a child not only puts that child at risk of illness but also increases the potential for harm to other children who are not able to be vaccinated because they are too young or too ill or to those who are in rare cases are vaccinated but the vaccination fails to

I am writing this letter to express my strong feelings about vaccinations. Vaccinations are not something that you should have the option to get or refuse; these vaccinations can be crucial in small children’s lives. Vaccinations help to keep ourselves as well as the people around us safe from communicable diseases. You, your child, and anyone who heads into a public place should be vaccinated to lower the risk of communicable diseases.

Those who feel unobligated to taking the vaccine, and feel attacked in knowing that a vaccination is mandatory, should understand why there is a vaccination requirement. The information swayed me in choosing mandatory vaccinations, if you are able to. These vaccination requirements should be those that if spread, have serious and deadly consequences. That there is a “significant reduction in illness and death from vaccine-preventable diseases is testimony to how well they work” (Feemster). Like noted above, the measles is an example of this. If you can get the vaccination, you hands down should have to. You are not only protecting yourself, but those around you. The vaccine video speaks well in that when given a vaccination, you rarely get infected twice. Taking the vaccination reduces disease and spread by a stronghold. You are helping those sick, and those who cannot receive vaccination. This proves my point in understanding why hospital settings especially require specific vaccinations. As employees, you are making the spread of disease less likely, and you are protecting the world and making it a healthier, safer place. Without mandatory vaccines, the consequences of not taking them would increase, and the rate of disease and spread of disease would jump. With making vaccines a requirement, the disease is not taken lightly, and the chances of the rapid spread are significantly reduced. Vaccines are a safe and effective way to help those who are ill heal by reducing the rapid on spread of disease and increasing the chances of eradicating the disease

Many people have been brainwashed to think that the only method to keep their children safe and healthy is to get them vaccinated at a hospital. But what they do not know is that most of those dangerous diseases have already been gone for a very long time. And the pharmaceutical companies that are telling them to get their children vaccinated are simply lying to them in order to keep them coming back with the fear that their children will get sick if they do not get their vaccinations. Which leads me to say that parents should have the choice to decide whether or not their children get vaccinations.

“Studies designed to examine the long-term effects of the cumulative number of vaccines or other aspects of the immunization schedule have not been conducted.” (Institute of Medicine, 2013)

Modern medicine provides people with the ability to protect themselves from the world’s most fatal diseases. Merely a century ago, it was not uncommon for a child to die as a result of diseases such as polio, pertussis, and tuberculosis. Today, it is highly unlikely for a person to contract these diseases, let alone die from them. However, refusal of vaccinations has been increasing throughout the years due to the anti-vaccination movement. This movement declares mandatory vaccines unconstitutional and vaccinations overall as the cause of autism. Unfortunately, the anti-vaccination movement is becoming increasingly popular due to individuals’ unfounded fears and imagined consequences associated with the idea of purposely inserting a disease into one’s body. However, despite one’s beliefs, vaccines are essential not only to a person’s well-being, but to the health of those around them. Mandatory vaccinations do not cause autism; rather, they save lives while upholding values of

I would have to side with the requirement that vaccinations should be mandatory because it is not just the health of a single individual but the health of the entire human civilization. As a Christian, I believe that vaccinations help our health. They are something that God has given us. We should use them to our best knowledge to help our body. Although, I see the reasoning behind not requiring vaccinations. Every person has the right, but if they are going to harm the rest of the human race just because they do not vaccinations I do not agree with that. I do believe that vaccinations are a good thing and should be

Vaccination is a key factor in keeping communities safe from harmful diseases, especially those that can spread easily. However, pediatric immunization policy can be debated from an ethical perspective because it concerns the role of the government and families in maintaining the health of children. I will argue that the immunization requirements with exemptions for school entrance in Washington state are ethically required because they balance the role of the government in public health and personal autonomy in the most minimally intrusive way possible.

I have enjoyed reading your posts. Deciding on whether to vaccinate can be a moral issue as well as ethical issue. While ethics are recognized as rules of conduct for a particular group or culture, morals can be dictated by what an individual feels is right or wrong conduct. Our social system (Illinois law) dictates vaccinations for school children unless a parent or child objects for religious reasons or a legitimate medical exemption (ilga.gov, 2013). The law as it exists is meant to protect children using the “Herd Immunity” that if all children are vaccinated then no one will become ill, therefore the purpose is a public health protection. There are similar mandates in place for hospital workers to protect

Whether to vaccinate or not? A question on many new parents mind. Should vaccination be compulsory? Vaccinations should not be compulsory as it is their child however are they putting their child life at risk? To fully understand the many benefits that vaccinations provide to the health of a child the correct description and biological process of how vaccines work must be known.

Also, it inadvertently alleviates stress from parents knowing that their children will still be allowed to attend school despite not being up to date on their vaccinations when school starts. Additionally, it allows parents to complete their children’s vaccination schedule with some flexibility and convenience. The common idiom, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, is suitable when reviewing the current Australian approach; the government arguably generates better immunization rates than countries that follow the school enrollment approach, therefore it seems unnecessary to attempt improving it. Not to mention, it is an incisive way to benefit the low-income families; the children stay healthy and their parents profit from the family assistance payments. No only this, but the immunization programs are trying to discourage parents from “taking over the doctoring role of doctors” when they are not medically qualified, based on facts they read about vaccines through not credible, and unreliable sources, such as celebrities and other social media (Sorell, 2004,

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