Should Vaccines Be Mandatory

Vaccines are safe and effective. At the same time no drug or vaccine is 100% safe and risk free. There have been instances when vaccines have been withdrawn from market because of the serious adverse effects. Rota virus vaccine (Rotashield) was

There have been more than 1000 of journal articles pointing out the dangerous immunological responses and other infections from the vaccine. Poor immunological response prevents the ability of a person to prevent the diseases that the vaccine is supposed to fight against.

Vaccines have saved many children from sickness, death and have terminated a large part of infectious diseases in the world. That being said, whether to immunize or not is the ongoing question parents face each day. On one hand, questions are raised about the safety of some vaccines because of rare but serious adverse effects that have been attributed to them. On the other hand, vaccines are known to help prevent death and serious illnesses. Hence, this paper explores the pros and cons of children's vaccines.

Diseases and illnesses are studied constantly by doctors and scientists trying to find a cure for them. Plague and disease once ravaged our world killing thousands, with no hope or cure to prevent them from occurring. Today, however, is different. Technology is more advanced than ever, and people are living longer than ever before. Life expectancy in the United States has gone up by more than 30 years in the last decades. It isn’t by luck that many diseases now cease to exist, but through extensive studies, and research. The medical field is at the height of its studies with more people being cured of diseases than ever before. Most of this is to the credit of doctors and scientists developing vaccinations that help the body create antibodies, which help fight away diseases, and give the body immunity. I believe that forced vaccinations in children should be mandatory as they have the potential to prevent life threatening diseases, and save countless lives. Though many are against forced vaccinations and say they can cause mental illnesses or brain damage, this has not been proven. The rewards far out way the slight risk, if risk at all of the vaccination having side effects. The individuals who are not vaccinated are left vulnerable to illness, and can potentially infect those around them as well. Leaving scare of an epidemic, and wide spread of a virus. Forced vaccinations in the United States have been beneficial by preventing young children from contracting certain

Just like any other injection, there is the possibility of side effects. Most common among vaccines are swelling at injection site, redness, headaches, and sore throats which are temporary. At only less than 1%, 1 out of 1,000,000, do serious side effects happen

Some People have expressed concern about vaccine safety. The fact is that vaccines save lives by limiting the spread of diseases. If you choose not to immunize, you are not only putting your kid at risk who has a high chance of getting it cause you don’t have the protection that the vaccine provides you are putting others at risk also. Getting vaccinated is a smart choice because it blocks out a lot of the diseases that try to enter your body so therefore you stay safer than if you didn’t have it. Most of the deadliest diseases that have affected children have been greatly reduced thanks to the help of the vaccines. Today we vaccinate 16 different diseases so that kids don’t have lifetime effects from getting all of these diseases. Through

Today, many people are concerned about the safety of immunization. Parents are unsure when it comes to vaccinating their child because they want what’s best for them, and inoculating a foreign agent into their body may produce anxiety. People must trust not getting a vaccination will do far more harm than good. The general population needs to be informed in regards to vaccination and realize the positives outweigh the negatives.

David Wilson was two years old when he contracted polio. Even after many operations, he still had to use crutches and leg braces. Children saw him as different from everyone else, and as he grew older he couldn’t work. His disease could have been avoided if he would have gotten vaccinated. While some believe mandatory vaccinations are an infringement of their personal right, others believe they are beneficial to society in a variety of ways. Getting vaccinated can allow for a healthier environment, the benefits outweigh the risks, and they can be the difference between life and death.

A common side effect is fever and colds, but that is the only scientific evidence of bad cases. One big argument the anti-vaxxers pose is that vaccines contain thimerosal, commonly called mercury; which when given a high amount can cause fatal damages to the human brain; however new regulations show that they’ve taken thimerosal out as a preservative and is only in the Spanish influenza vaccine. Therefore making vaccines safe. The belief that vaccines cause autism came from a British doctor, Andrew Wakefield, that did research correlating the two together and many parents believed him. However, when the time came for the other scientists to check if his research was correct, they regarded his research invalid for creating his own results and data. By the time the FDA spread the news of Wakefield had already caused the damages. Parents became wary and the use of vaccines dropped. But the thing about this is that vaccines really don’t give autism to children. While many correlate that the rise of autistic kids with the rise of the use of vaccines, it’s very faulty reasoning. There’s more autistic kids now because the medical world has now realized there is another type of autism other than mentally retarded. Whether a child becomes autistic or not does not depend on whether they were

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics “most childhood vaccines are 90%-99% effective in preventing diseases”. Also according to Shot@life, a United Nations Foundation partner organization, “vaccines save 2.5 million children from preventable diseases every year which equates to roughly 285 children saved every hour.” The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) also 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. It is also pointed out that illnesses, including rubella, diphtheria, smallpox, polio, and whooping cough, are now prevented by

Vaccines really are the most reliable cure that we have for all types of sicknesses that we don't understand how to cure, that is why vaccines are so helpful because they are an early cure. Many people do not get any types of vaccines because they don't believe that the vaccines actually make a difference in one's health. The truth is that most of the vaccinations that we were given during our childhood give us immunity about 90-100% of the time(Department of Health and Human Services). For an example, a case study showed from 1997 to 2003 that one dose of the Varicella Vaccine was 97% effective in the first year, and 86% effective in the second year(CDC). Another example is the HIV virus, also known as the human immunodeficiency virus, has a vaccine for children so they can try to stop the virus early on has been 82% effective with the children that have gotten it, and that is with only one dose

Research by Bigham & Hoefer (2001, p. 175) shows the significant effectiveness and high degree of safety associated with immunization for diseases including Hib, measles and rubella all of which have been reduced by 90% or more and polio was close to 100%.

Ever since vaccines were created, many diseases have been cured, and millions of lives have been saved. Some of the major diseases that vaccines work to prevent are; Smallpox, Diphtheria, Whooping cough, Measles, Neonatal tetanus, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis, and Polio (Vaccines Bring 7 Diseases Under Control, 2016). These immunizations have been able to save about 9 million lives a year worldwide. The only disease that has been fully eradicated by vaccines so far is Smallpox. Just because Smallpox is the only disease that is gone completely, does not mean that other disease will not soon follow. It is predicted that Polio could be the next disease

Immunization is the process where a person is made immune to an infectious disease by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccinations are the safest way to protect yourself against disease. Vaccines help reduce deaths and diseases in children and teens that are preventable by vaccines are no longer common in the United States. Getting a vaccine can provide you with protection against infection for a lifetime. Immunizations are a vital part of society, and help prevent diseases and even eliminate diseases.

Vaccines are the best defense we have against serious, preventable, and sometimes deadly contagious diseases. Vaccines are some of the safest medical products available, but like any other medical product, there may be risks. Vaccines are held to the highest standard of safety. The United States currently has the safest, most effective vaccine supply in history. The FDA demands that vaccines undergo a rigorous and extensive evaluation program to determine safety and effectiveness, as well as using animal studies and human clinical trials to test the side effects of the ingredients. If a vaccine does receive approval by FDA, it is continuously monitored for safety. A large amount of the over one billion doses of vaccines