Benefits Of Vaccination

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulate all vaccines to ensure safety and effectiveness. No federal laws mandating vaccination exist, but all 50 states require certain vaccinations (exemptions allowed) for children entering public schools (ProCon.org, 2013). Children who are not vaccinated have a higher death rate than children who have obtained vaccinations. There are many arguments as to whether vaccinations are safe for children to receive. Vaccines should be a requirement for children because they help prevent diseases, minimize the risks for some disease and increase economic benefits.

Examining previous Supreme Court rulings on rights verses vaccinations is one way to justify a new mandatory vaccination policy. However, the legislative branches of government must also agree, thus a cost benefit analysis is necessary to validate a mandatory vaccination.

As children reach their teen years, their risk of becoming ill due to preventable, life-threatening infectious diseases considerably rises. In order to protect adolescents now and into adulthood, we strongly believe that ALL children should be vaccinated.

In late 2014, 146 children were confirmed to have contracted measles from a single source- a single infected person, who contracted the virus overseas, and then went to a public place effectively allowing the transmission of the pathogen to other people who were at the same amusement park the same day as them. This strain of infection was confirmed to identical to the same outbreak occurring in the Philippines, resulting in 21,420 confirmed cases and 110 deaths. (Zipprich J, 2015)All of the case from the amusement park could have been prevented if there had been more stringent requirements in vaccination enforcement and scheduling. This is just one such example of a potentially deadly outbreak occurring from the result of poor vaccination

mother’s apathy toward caring for and bonding with the infant. Scientific studies have concluded that children of mothers suffering from postpartum depression were independently linked to lower cognitive test scores (Cogill, Caplan, Alexandra, Robson & Kumar, 1986).

Vaccinations are designed to strengthen the well being of a person's life. Vaccines have been proven to make people immune to serious diseases. However there are some parents around the world who are against their children getting vaccinated. Their reasons for not wanting their child to be vaccinated are because they claim that vaccines cause autism, believe vaccines are snake oils, and believe it won’t affect anyone around them. By being vaccinated the person is not only helping themselves but others around them too. Vaccines are an important tool for preventing disease and should be mandatory for all people.

Benjamin Franklin spoke of the remorse he felt relating to his son’s death and regret of not vaccinating him when he had the chance; he wrote “in 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by smallpox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen.” Franklin did not vaccinate his son because he was already ill with another disease; he did not want to risk his son’s health by vaccinating him and causing

It is very important to vaccinate all Children, Teen, and Adults because immunization can save your life against more disease than ever before. Some of the disease that killed thousands have been eliminated completely because of begin vaccinated. For example Polio is one example that had a great impact on vaccines. Polio was once America’s most- feared disease causing death and paralysis across the county. Vaccinations are a safe and effective vaccines are only given Children, Teen, and Adults after careful review by scientists and healthcare professionals. Yes, some vaccines will cause some pain, discomfort, Redness, or even tenderness at the injection site. That is all minimal compared to the Pain, Discomfort, and Trauma a disease can cause.

Vaccines like any other medication have different side effects, some being more harmful than others or those who are still unknown. Information regarding vaccinations and their safety is still very confusing. Laws regarding vaccination vary by state, pediatrician and other providers have different views and websites contradict themselves (Vaccines, 2016). Vaccinations have many benefits and those benefits outweigh the risks.

A child is too young and inexperienced to be able to make decisions about critical things like vaccinations. It therefore makes sense that the parents of that child should be allowed to solely make decisions for them. This goes for anything that may directly affect the child and includes receiving immunizations. Making vaccinations of children mandatory goes against the parents right to make decisions for their family as well as going against the right to self-determination. Whether or not to vaccinate is a personal choice and can stem from ones religious views, morality, and or personal experience. If someone does not want their child to be vaccinated, they should not be subject to having to do so. It is a personal choice and not something

I believe that all of us have a public health commitment to protect our children and community by vaccinating. If children aren’t vaccinated they can spread disease to others. As parents we should want to protect our children from diseases and stay healthy. Vaccinations are safe and effective. Vaccines do that!

Vaccines, although they do have many benefits, have proven to be the cause of serious and sometimes fatal side effects. The human body has been created and built to run without foreign bodies to enter and harm the cells that allow the body to remain healthy. Some religious beliefs also state that they do not believe in the “poison” that goes into the human bodies with vaccinations. Should public schools, and sometimes even jobs be able to require people to be vaccinated before allowing them into the facility? According to the first amendment written by our founding fathers, United States citizens have the freedom of religion, which includes what they are willing to put into their bodies as stated by their worship.

I was very surprised to see that statics from the video The Science of Anti-Vaccination our text book in regards to vaccination in the United States. I truly believe vaccinations are very necessary and it helps prevent the occurrence of diseases. Over the past two decades, 322 million illness and 700,000 deaths have been prevented due to the initiation of a routine childhood immunization (Berk & Meyers 2016 pg.297). As an immigrant from a third world country, I have seen the many benefits that vaccinations brought to my community. There were so many childhood deaths in most communities before the initiating of a wide spread campaign for immunizations in my country. In my opinion the media has influenced some parents to think that vaccinations

Before vaccines existed, many people were caught ill with nasty, life-threatening diseases that can be lead to several complications and possibly death. (Department of Public Health, n.d.) You should always have the required immunisations and needles according to your status. By having the required immunisations according to your age and gender, you can save yourself from some very bad diseases and illnesses. Although our bodies generally try to fight these foreign organisms, some bacteria cannot be fought against by our immune systems. (World Health Organisation, 2016) Do you want to be the one who is likely to spread a disease of some sort by not having your correct vaccine?

Vaccines have been around for centuries. The usefulness of vaccines cannot be denied. Even in the year 1000 AD, the Chinese knew that vaccines were helping to fight against some illnesses that were harming their population (“Background of the Issue Procon.org”). Since the Chinese began using vaccinations, medical advancements have helped create and improve new inoculations. Some of these advancements, however, have not only made vaccines more dangerous, but have also created moral and religious barriers for some new parents who may want to vaccinate their infants. With these barriers in mind, parents should not be legally required to vaccinate newborn children.