The Benefits Of Vaccines

Vaccines should be required for children and adults all over the United States because of all their beneficial purposes and benefits. According to the article, Dear Jenny McCarthy, Here's How Many Lives Could Be Saved Cheaply By Making Vaccines More Widely Available, “Immunization is one of the most cost-effective public health investments”(Matthew Herper). It takes more money to save a child by giving a vaccine, then to pay for their medical bills when they become sick with a disease or virus. Usually parents when their child is sick they have to stay home and lose hours of valuable money and time because their child is seriously ill. If the parents got their child vaccinated then either the illness would come as strong or not come at all.

Ever since the invention of the first smallpox vaccine more than two centuries ago, there has been plenty of controversy over the morality, ethics, effectiveness, and safety of vaccination and immunization. It has recently been argued whether laws should be introduced that render some or all vaccines obligatory for all children (Singer). Parents, health care specialists, nurses, teachers and children all have an important stake in this issue. Parents argue that it is they who should have the ultimate decision-making right on whether or not to vaccinate their children. Nurses and health care officials oppose that view on the grounds that by making vaccination rates in children incomplete, we expose all children to contracting the vaccine-preventable diseases. If this is a risk some parents are willing to take, but others face unwillingly, there is obviously a propitious platform for debate. It is in fact irresponsible and a violation of good citizen when parents oppose vaccinating their children. It is important to unify certain rules related to vaccination and not make it the prerogative of a particular public or private school to decide whether or not to accept an unvaccinated child. It would only be right to end all debate by passing a binding country-wide law to make certain vaccines (against

Even after vaccines were made popular, there have always been parents who have been concerned about immunizing their children. It has become such an issue that there has been some debate on whether or not the government should get involved and require vaccination by law. As with every issue, there are two sides who stand firmly with their beliefs. Parents who do not vaccinate claim that they have the right to decide what is best for their kid’s health, and for some, it interferes with their religion. The other side argues that children need vaccines to ensure the overall safety of the individual and others around them. Though both sides provide a compelling argument, statistics show that parents should be required by law to vaccinate their child.

With a development of media and technological ways of social communication, is it vital to trust information from the reliable sources. Many people who do not trust or not satisfied with the quality of medicine, and usually quest the material from unreliable sources. Therefore, matter of reliability of immunization is still a huge topic for debate. For example, people sometimes rely on anecdotes, rare cases or even opinions that they have heard from others. The following article presents different point of view of the opponents, and emphasizes the evidences that support benefits of immunization.

There has been an ample amount of dispute over the morality, effectiveness and the safety of vaccination ever since the original smallpox vaccine over two centuries ago. Parents, teachers, children and health care specialists all have a vital stake in this debate. Parents believe they should have the right to make the decision on whether or not to vaccinate their children. While health care officials disagree, claiming that by not vaccinating, all children will be susceptible to the vaccine-preventable diseases. Megan Heimer discusses the risk of vaccinating a child and that it should not be mandatory in her article, “The Hate Debate”. Although Megan Heimer writes a relatively convincing argument, I strongly disagree. I believe that vaccination should be mandatory. It is a parents’ responsibility to protect our children and future generations from these preventable diseases.

Millions of Americans get vaccinated every year to protect themselves from the flu and other communicable diseases. Most of these vaccinations are totally safe or cause very mild side effects, but in some circumstances, they can cause serious side effects or even death. When serious or fatal side effects occur, the national Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) allows victims to file a personal injury suit and claim damages.

In this country we have the ability to have the freedom of choice. We can choose what car we drive, what food we eat, what religion we worship. Mandatory vaccinations would take away from those freedoms. Parents have the ability to choose what they feel is best for their child.

We all know what it’s like to get a shot whether it’s a flu shot or tetanus shot. But, have you ever thought about how important these vaccinations are? Vaccinations save lives everyday, yet millions of Americans choose not to vaccinate their children. 10 to 20 percent of parents choose not to vaccinate and the number is slowly rising. Many parents choose to not vaccinate, because they're concerned with safety. Sure, there are some possible side effects, but the benefits far outway the risks. States should require parents to vaccinate their children, because it if parents don’t vaccinate it endangers their children, spreads dangerous diseases, and puts people who are unable to vaccinate in danger.

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.

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!

This Nova episode clearly argues that all people should be vaccinated. This conclusion can be drawn from the arguments that were made against people who chose to “opt out” of getting their children vaccinated. This episode was trying to explain that although vaccines are not perfect, they provide a better option to the public by being proactive with their health. Parents who decide to “opt out” of giving their children life saving vaccinations often have a few different reasons for their beliefs. First, they are afraid that their child will have an adverse reaction to the vaccine. Next, they are afraid that the vaccine could potentially cause Autism. Lastly, many people believe that since certain diseases, such as polio or measles, are no

Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., an American oncologist and bioethicist, once said, “Childhood vaccines are one of the great triumphs of modern medicine”. This “triumph”, vaccines, are a necessary method used to prevent infection. When children and adults receive the recommended age-level dosage of vaccines, they protect the safety of themselves and others (including family members, friends, and their community). Vaccines are effective and safe at preventing the real danger of common infectious diseases and should be administered where recommended and necessary.

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.

A Vaccine Indicator Reminder device has been developed to monitor how much is left for the next vaccination. The wearable device is newborn babies that can be activated by pressing the VIR’s face with a finger. The device operates using predictable chemical processes, processes that rely on food dye, to keep the baby safe from adverse effects and failure of electronics.

Vaccines have been considered one of the greatest medical achievements, and are instrumental in health promotion. Vaccines play a major role in lowering the risk of exposure to diseases. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends 29 doses of 9 vaccines plus an annual flu vaccine for children ages 0 to six (CDC, 2017). There are twelve diseases that have been considered potentially dangerous that children are routinely vaccinated against. They include: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Hepatitis A and B, Pneumococcal disease, Varicella (Chicken Pox), and Haemophilus Influenza Type B (HIB disease). There is much debate about the safety of vaccinations. Those who oppose vaccinations believe that a child can