The debate over whether states should require parents to vaccinate their child has existed since the first vaccine in 1796. As long as there are vaccinations, there will be an argument against them. When babies are born, doctors will tell parents about all the vaccinations children need until their 18th birthday. Doctors recommend children to be vaccinated against 14 different diseases before they turn two. However, some parents don’t believe that vaccinations are necessary, and if they aren’t necessary
The reason for making this law in the United States is because of the serious outbreaks that still happen in schools. When this happens, some students are not able to go to school and are not getting the important education they need. An elementary school in Denver, Colorado had a chickenpox outbreak, just recently, that came from children who were not vaccinated being at school. The school allowed the children not to be vaccinated because the parents of the children didn’t want them to be. The school
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate Many parents stress over the choice of deciding whether or not to vaccinate their children. The reason why deciding to vaccinate children is so difficult is due to the wide range of myths and side effects that are connected with vaccinations. Myths spread to parents all over the United States that the diseases don’t even exist anymore, rumors of vaccinations weakening a child’s immune system, and the risk of a child becoming
more harm than good. Sometimes, people do not believe that they should be told to vaccinate their child if they do not feel that vaccinating is the correct decision. Society should not force parents to vaccinate their children because of the infringement upon personal rights, the harmful ingredients found in the vaccines, and the dangerous side effects caused by the ingredients. Parents have the right to vaccinate
Prior to becoming pregnant with my first child, it never crossed my mind that I would choose not to vaccinate him or her. Then on a cold day in January when I found out I would be bringing a new life into this world in late August, many thoughts and options began flowing through my head. At this time I didn’t know routine vaccinations were a choice for parents to make, I always thought they were mandatory. This being said, I began my research on the pros and cons of vaccinations. While I learned
Should parent be required to vaccinate their children. Vaccination is not mandated in the United States, there is no U.S federal law that mandate its citizen to get vaccine. Although, throughout the 50 states some special vaccine are highly recommended to be given to kids. Some vaccine are even recommended before entering public schools, such as Tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine, (Tdap), Meningococcal, HPV vaccine series, Hepatitis B vaccine series and many more. Back in 1700s, diseases such
To Vaccinate or not to vaccinate, has been a question many parents in America have been asking themselves for years. Some parents believe that it is their right to decide if their children will be vaccinated; while some states believe that all children should be vaccinated. There are logical and illogical reasons for this argument. There should be a federal law that requires parents to vaccinate their children because it will lower the number of deaths, benefit those children who have lower immune
Whether or not parents should vaccinate their children has been something many parents have had to contemplate since the creation of the first vaccine in 1796. There is the constant battle of whether they should protect their kids against diseases or refrain from pricking them with a multitude of vaccines that could contain ingredients that go against their beliefs. Some vaccines contain ingredients such as aborted fetal tissue or animal residue which many parents think is unethical to inject into
Protecting your child’s health is very important, and the main reason why most parents choose to immunise. Nothing protects children better than immunisations from 14 serious childhood diseases (Shean, 2015). This paper investigates whilst determining the reasons to vaccinate children. The guiding question ‘Should children be vaccinated’? While the three focus questions include: 1. What are the reasons to vaccinate children? 2. What is the cost to society of non-immunised children? 3. Will proposed
circulating within a population. Since these vaccines have been able to protect so many individuals from experiencing these dangerous infections, most parents do not even have personal experiences regarding the impact of these diseases. As such, many parents do not see the vaccine-preventable disease as a threat to their child. This often causes parents to not fully understand the risk their child has for contracting a disease and the subsequent danger of a vaccine-preventable disease infection verses