Mandatory Vaccination Policy

To get the flu vaccine or not to get the flu vaccine? This is a huge controversial question millions of Americans today ask themselves every year. There are many myths that come along with the topic of the flu vaccine that lead to people questioning the effectiveness of the medication. Safety for our families and loved ones is what we aim to achieve, but what are the pros and cons of this vaccine? What are the consequences and what are myths, but most importantly: what are the reasons we should get it in the first place? In this paper you will learn the many reasons for the flu vaccination and how it affects different populations beginning with children all the way to the elderly population. First of all, what is the flu

Recently, many diseases that had been eradicated because of childhood vaccinations have been making an appearance. Health officials are concerned that diseases will spread and lives will be lost. Officials all agree that vaccinations will benefit the population. Some parents feel it is an infringement on the right to keep the children healthy and safe. Vaccinations should be mandatory for all children because it will prevent diseases from spreading, protect future generations, and save children and parents time and money.

Ontario Public Health states legitimate reasoning why mandatory vaccines are important for the public. Infectious diseases can easily spread among children and adolescents at school who are not vaccinated. Ontario pleads that parents keep children’s health with routine health care

Unlike many provinces in Canada, Alberta does not have a mandatory vaccination program for children. A mandatory vaccination program is needed in Alberta as it would not only reduce the number of infections caused by various diseases, but it would also force parents to vaccinate their children, keeping their children and the people around their children safe from infection. A chief of medical disease states that, “several studies showed that states or districts that allow philosophical exemptions to mandated vaccines have higher rates of vaccine preventable diseases” (qtd. in Offit). Therefore, if parents are forced to vaccinate their children it would ensure that their children are kept safe from diseases and would also lower the overall rate of infection by diseases in Alberta. If a mandatory vaccination program was initiated in Alberta it would also crush many controversies and myths that have circulated in the media and the public. This is because if parents were forced to vaccinate their children then they would witness firsthand how none of these myths are caused by vaccines. Some of these myths include: Vaccines cause autism, multiple vaccines can increase the risk of harmful side effects, and vaccinations can cause infant death syndrome (“What Are Some Myths”). Furthermore, Studies have shown that vaccines decrease mortality and infection rates among the general population and also have shown that vaccines are more effective at preventing mortality if vaccines are

Roughly over the last sixteen years, many parents have chosen to not vaccinate their children, putting other children at risk. This has been a huge debate across our country for many years now. Vaccinations should be mandatory and children should be completely up to date with all vaccinations before being allowed to attend school.

Under the SB 277 Mandatory Vaccine Law, the school requires the students to provide proof of immunization or documentation to the following childhood diseases: Diphtheria, Measles, Pertussis (whooping cough), Mumps, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B, Rubella, Tetanus, Poliomyelitis, Varicella (Chicken Pox), and Hepatitis B. The law also stated that the student or their parents should be allowed to obtain the immunization to whatever source they prefer.

Prevention is better than finding a cure. This statement relates to the controversy surrounding the effectiveness and safety of childhood immunization. Every year many children and babies get sick and die from illnesses that could have been prevented with vaccinations such as; the Flu, Meningitis and Whooping Cough. The biggest argument here is whether or not there should be laws established declaring mandatory vaccinations for all children. Vaccinations should be mandatory because the benefits outweigh the potential risks. In the United States some states have actually enacted laws that require proof of specific vaccinations before allowing a child to go to school. Some states also allow exemptions. These exemptions could be due to

According to the World Health Organization, health policies are considered as decisions, plan and actions that are used to accomplished goals set for enrich the general population. These goals may outline a specific vision, prioritize health-related proceedings, introduce impending laws and educate the public. One important healthcare policy is mandatory school vaccinations to control the verging public health dilemma. Presently, there is not federal law in place that requires parents to have their children vaccinated to attend school. However, all 50 states have own varying laws employed to require vaccinations for children prior to them enrolling in school. For example, in the state of Maryland students planning to enroll in a Maryland college

In my opinion this is a good documentary because it provides information from both sides the pro and the con. I think vaccination should be mandatory. I have an autistic son. Do I think vaccinations have a role play in his diagnosis? No. Actually, it has always been in the back of my mind and when my son has had doctor appointments I had mentioned it: When I was pregnant, I went to Mexico and there was a girl with chickenpox where I stayed at. Once we knew she had chicken pox, we stayed away from her. However, we do not know if by then there was some damage done. I always knew something was wrong with my son. Since he was a little baby. I brought that up to the pediatrician and when I heard that boys are lazier than girls, I switched pediatricians

Protecting a child’s health is very important to parents! That is why they should vaccinate them as a young child. All children should be required to have vaccinations in order to start school in every state. Each year about 85% of the world’s youth receive vaccines that protect them against several diseases like, tuberculosis, pneumococcus, and many more. Even with great success, and improvements with vaccinations, more than 3 million people die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases. An estimate of about 1.5 million of these deaths are in children less than 5 years old, of the top ten reported

The Centers for Disease Control estimated that 732,000 American children were saved from death and 322 million cases of childhood illnesses were prevented between 1994 and 2014 due to vaccination (CDC). Yet why are parents fighting vaccination in their children? The use of vaccination can be traced back to early 1000 AD in China. Approximately 800 years later United States President James Madison created the National Vaccine Agency. By 1879 the Anti-Vaccination Society of America was founded. Since then, the war for mandatory child vaccination has fiercely played out in the United States court system. The battles were mostly focused on the idea that the government should not have the power to force or control what citizens do to their bodies,

While others see vaccinations as unnecessary, vaccine- preventable diseases have still not disappeared on Earth. The CDC states that although these diseases are not present around certain areas, it is “only one plane ride away” from that area. In countries like Pakistan, the paralytic form of polio is still present with 93 cases in 2013 and 71 in 2014; however, in other countries the virus has largely disappeared. The polio virus itself can be somewhat incubated by a person without symptoms for years and that person can infect anyone around them unintentionally. Unvaccinated Amish missionaries, who traveled to the Philippines in May 2014, brought back measles to Ohio, resulting in 155 people by June 5, 2014 (Vaccine). Measles, having one of the highest record of outbreaks, had 16 outbreaks in the United States resulting in at least 334 cases in 18 states. Vaccine preventable diseases,

You shared a great point: “Many people have an aversion to the practice of vaccination, and that is their personal right. However, people do not have the right to impose their beliefs on someone else by causing them deadly exposure.” Field and Caplan (2008) wrote healthcare workers are at greater risk for exposure to severe, and sometimes fatal, diseases. If a medical worker works directly with patients or handle material that could spread infection, he or she should get appropriate vaccines to reduce the chance that the worker will get or spread vaccine-preventable diseases. The rule is to protect yourself, patients, public and family members.

The article, "Vaccination Programs Have Reduced the Incidence of Many Diseases" by Noël Merino from Opposing Viewpoints in Context, talks about why vaccines should be required, which vaccines should be mandatory, and history behind certain diseases. First, the article talks about why vaccines should be required. "Vaccine-preventable diseases have many social and economic costs: sick children miss school and can cause parents to lose time from work. These diseases also result in doctor's visits, hospitalizations, and even premature deaths" (Merino). Next, the article talks about some of the diseases that can be prevented and should be mandatory to vaccinate. Some being hepB, lockjaw, and chickenpox. Lastly, each disease talked about has some

The act of vaccination has been discussed frequently over the past decade, with arguments from supporters of vaccination and anti-vax advocates impacting on the opinions of others regarding child vaccination. While the focus is primarily on the act of vaccinating babies and young children as well as adolescents in high school, this report will investigate into the “mandatory nature” of vaccination as this is a current contemporary issue affecting Australians. The question of ‘Should all people in government education centres go through mandatory vaccination?’ will be further explored through three focus questions including ‘Why were vaccinations introduced?’, ‘What are the benefits and risks of vaccines?’ and ‘Should vaccination be mandatory for adults working in education centres?’ In order to gain highly effective and relevant information, primary sources in the form of an interview by a Nurse Unit Manager from the Immunisation Section of the South Australian Communicable Disease Control Branch and a survey of the general public have been conducted, as well as the use of secondary sources from various websites, including medical journal articles and news reports.