Importance Of Vaccinations

Between 1924 and 2013, vaccinations prevented 103 million cases of polio, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis A, diphtheria, and pertussis (Bailey). Vaccinating is “the process by which pathogenic cells are injected into a healthy person in an attempt to cause the body to develop antibodies to a particular virus or bacterium—successful creation of antibodies is referred to as immunity to the disease caused by the particular pathogen” (Introduction to Should Vaccinations be Mandatory). Popular conflicts regarding vaccination include the worry that this form of immunization isn’t natural, the idea that vaccination schedule for children in the U.S. takes away parents’ rights to make decisions for their children, and the concern that vaccinations aren’t safe for all children. Most doctors and scientists advocate for vaccinations in the name of herd immunity, protection against foreign diseases and prevention against pockets of disease outbreaks. Vaccinations should be mandatory for all children in the United States for who they are deemed safe and effective.

Can you imagine life without vaccine? In the reading "Not Being Vaccinated is not Acceptable" by David Ropeik argues that we should all get vaccinated because it’s necessary. Vaccinations are designed to help us go through our daily everyday life. A vaccine is a modern type of medicine that has been added to the world early on in life to prevent us all from diseases. It is called a modern medicine because of how many lives it has saved throughout the world. The earliest documented examples of vaccination are in the 17th century from India and China, people infected with smallpox were used to protect against the diseases. Vaccine have become better, to where they are safer for the human body. Vaccinations protect you and everyone around you, saves public money, protects future generations and it’s reliable.

Parents face many different decisions when raising a child; some decisions are trivial, and others can be controversial. Whether or not to vaccinate a child is one of the most controversial choices. So controversial, in fact, that there is a political conversation of making immunizations a requirement. Many people support the movement of making vaccinations mandatory. Proponents argue that vaccines save lives, vaccine-preventable diseases have not been eradicated, and vaccines protect herd immunity. Many people also disagree with the possibility of required vaccinations. Opponents argue that vaccines cause harm, immunity by vaccinations is inferior to natural immunity, and government policies should not dictate personal medical choices.

It is very important for healthcare providers to be educated on the safety concern of vaccination. Proper protocols must be taken through evidence-based research on the issue of vaccination and the risk factors that can allow stakeholders better implementation on laws that can be beneficial to parents. The stakeholder’s in the healthcare field such as patients, healthcare providers, insurance companies, organizations, and those who enforce policy main concern are the safety of these patients. The decisions most of these stakeholders make can either benefit patients or affect them. For example, the consequences parents have if their child is not vaccinated. The mandatory law of children who are not vaccinated cannot enrolled in school is unfair to parents. I believe parents should not be penalized or forced for their child to be vaccinated. If all stakeholders can reunite through evidence based research on the topic of vaccinations risk concern it can cause a positive impact on parents and alternative ways children can prevent the side

A huge decrease from 1994-2004, but the number of cases has dramatically increases directly caused by the decrease in immunizations (Chang 1). Statistically showing the increase in contracting diseases has raised due to the decrease of immunizations. “Extinct” diseases are coming back due to the lack of immunizations. “Millions of Americans believe it is perfectly alright to put other people at risk of death and misery. These people are your friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens who refuse to have themselves or their children vaccinated against preventable infectious diseases.” “One person’s decision to not be immunized can cause others to become sick, which is endangering the public and their rights” (Welch 2). People we know are putting our own lives at risk and parents shouldn’t deny their child the right to be healthy by not vaccinating

Public health is a main issue that a government is concerned about. It has established a variety of policies associated with public safety in order to promote the welfare of the entire population, protect people from being infected by diseases, and provide access to safety and health care for people. For several decades, all 50 states had required parents to immunize their children against various diseases as a requirement before entering public schools (Kitch E, et al), and the courts had already found that the mandatory vaccination statues for schoolkids are constitutional. As a result, the government has struggled finding a balance between protection of the public’s health and individual rights to mandatory vaccination laws since the policies became intrusive in our lives.

In the United States, all fifty states have some form of immunization requirements in order for children to attend school. All fifty states allow for medical exemptions and require evidence for such. However, there are currently forty-seven states that allow exemptions for religious views and eighteen states that allow exemptions for philosophical reasons or “personal beliefs.” This lack of consistency from state to state is a contemporary issue facing public education and this discrepancy needs to be addressed. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in non-medical exemptions. Whatever the reasoning may be, parents have been choosing not to vaccinate their children and as a result, the well-being of the general public has been put at risk. In order to insure public health across the nation, the Center for Disease Control needs to enforce that all fifty states in the U.S. implement strict and synonymous immunization requirements, making all vaccines mandatory (unless proven to be medically or religiously exempt).

Vaccination has been a long-established and adopted practice in the U.S. since its inception. Having been required for certain school districts since the early 1800’s, many have wondered if the government should play a role in this. Vaccines are safe and effective, eradicating numerous diseases which were once prominent. However, they are neither perfectly safe nor perfectly effective. Government enforced vaccines disregard modern medical ethics as well. Nevertheless, they should be widely encouraged.

Many countries require their citizens to receive certain immunizations. In the United States, state laws dictate mandatory vaccinations, some of them are vaccinations required for children to enter school. Controversies over the efficacy, safety, and morality of compulsory immunization stem from the longstanding tension between two, sometimes opposing, goals: protecting individual liberties and safeguarding the public’s health. “Individual versus health priorities were

Legislature plays a crucial role in protecting the interest of public health, although no vaccination policy exist at a federal level, each individual state has compulsory laws that mandate certain vaccines for children (Escobar 268). Escobar describes, three types of vaccine exemptions that may be offered by the state, according to their own stipulations, which include medical, philosophical, and religious exemptions. Medical exemptions are granted to immune-compromised children, in which vaccines can pose a danger of illness, and or adverse reactions if vaccinated (268). Philosophical and religious exemptions are not considered detrimental and may or may not be granted. The controversy in these exemptions, are related to increasing the

Though one could argue that the government should not intervene with personal medical choices, which is understandable. Citizens reserve the right so make their own personal medical choices for themselves and their families. However, institutions, such as schools, have the right to deny a student enrollment if they are not vaccinated. It infringes on other’s right to a safe education. Granted, most of the points I am bringing up are personal opinion. However, my goal (if I were to write about this topic at length), would be so persuade the reader to understand the importance of vaccinations.

Vaccinations has become controversial in recent years. A growing number of parents feel that vaccines can cause harm. They believe that they have the right to decide whether or not to have their children vaccinated (“Introduction to Vaccines: Current Controversies” 6). This is true, however, public health and individual rights should be equally taken into consideration. While there is growing number of people who claims that mandatory vaccinations is against civil liberties and are not safe, vaccinations are scientifically proven to be effective and have given greater benefits to public health.

Three reasons why it is important for people to get vaccinated are vaccine preventable diseases have not gone away, vaccines will keep you healthy, and your family and coworkers need you.

The immunization of children plays a critical role in the health and protection of society as a whole. By implementing the use of vaccines, we as a society have eradicated diseases that one hundred years ago, decimated populations. Many people are allowed to choose and are exempt from state vaccinations, and this is a problem because people are allowed to bring in many different diseases that could decimate populations. In order to prevent these diseases from haunting our population again, laws must be implemented in order to prevent the spread of diseases.

In contrast, a positive aspect of many people having vaccinations is herd immunity. Herd immunity is the occurrence where a large proportion of a specific population is vaccinated to provide them immunity, and as a result, it also gives some protection to the people of the population who have and yet developed immunity. This happens as the a large group of vaccinated individuals are protected from a virus and creates difficulty for the it to spread because there is only a small percentage of the population left that could be infected by the disease. It is a very crucial aspect of immunity for the community as the people who cannot receive vaccinations (i.e. people with weak immune systems, very young children and patients who are too ill)