Vaccination Pros Cons

Vaccinations have gone through opposition and critics, but for the most part legislation has been slow, but treated vaccination fairly. To this day vaccination still faces many of the challenges that it faced in the early nineteenth century. The reasons have gone from personal freedom issues and just the overall effectiveness of mass immunization. The courts in the nineteenth century typically supported the enactment of mandatory vaccination programs. Most importantly for the future of mandatory vaccination policy, one important Supreme Court decision in the early part of the twentieth century acknowledged the power of state governments to mandate vaccination.

In the past, Americans did not have much say in their own health care. In today’s time, with the advent of new health-care bills and peaked interest in personal well being, Americans are now anxious to determine for themselves what they need to maintain their own and their loved ones’ health. However, there are still government-regulated requirements for people of all ages in regards to keeping the general public healthy. Vaccinations have always been a topic of contention in regards to younger children, but have been a staple of health for older adults. In fact, college requirements for vaccinations are mandatory, and failure to get the proper vaccines before college starts could result in holds on college students’ accounts or delays in

Vaccination give in two doses, the first one between 12-15 months of age, the second given between 4-6 years of age (CDC).

Another pro of vaccinations are that they protect others too. Imagine a child coming to school who has an active case of Whooping Cough. (By the way, a school nearby recently closed for a few days due to an outbreak of Whooping Cough.) The infected child, (whose parents did not vaccinate) comes to school and infects other students in his/her class. The teacher is also infected by the student. The students go home and infect their parents and their younger siblings. The teacher goes home and infects her children and her aging parents that she cares for. It’s a domino effect. When we vaccinate our children, we are protecting others that we love and care for. We protect others in the community that has not been vaccinated themselves. It protects babies who are too young to be vaccinated, the elderly, pregnant women, and persons in the community with weakened immune systems for reasons such as chronic illnesses.

Vaccinations first surfaced during the turn of the 19th century. It is currently a law that all school aged children receive a specific list of vaccinations in order to attend a school system of any kind. While the requirements in America are general consistent from state to state, they do vary slightly across one another. Although it is required, there is a list of exemptions that would allow parents to send their children to school without receiving the required immunizations. An example of the exceptions are, medical reasons that would mean the child is not stable enough to receive these vaccinations, or a family that has specific religious beliefs and cannot vaccinate. Those children that are not protected rely on us with able children

Vaccines have been a hugely debated topic since their first conception in the late 18th century. Many have questioned their effectiveness and have doubted the science behind them; they have become a topic of doubt and fear. Despite this, the science behind vaccines is there, open to the public. Others say they cause more problems than they remedy. We will need to analyze all the perspectives to get a full view of the pros and cons to making vaccinations mandatory. Should vaccines be a mandatory procedure in the United States, or should the system stay as it is, that is, people being able to opt out of vaccinations on religious, philosophical, and medical grounds?

Mandated Vaccinations are a huge argument right now because of health and disease issues. There are people on both sides of this argument. Some people are against vaccinating their children because they feel they are being forced to have their child get vaccinated. While some people feel the need that vaccinations are important to protect themselves from any illness or diseases. Vaccinations should be mandatory for all schools and health care purposes.

Sometimes people don’t get vaccinated because of personal beliefs but the government insist they must be up to date on all there vaccinations in order to attend a public school. Vaccines have saved a tons of lives. “Straight Talk about Vaccination” The invention of vaccines is as useful as Ignaz Semmelweis hand washing theory. Ignaz found out that is he washed his hands before delivering a baby the risk of that baby becoming sick was decreased. Vaccines are almost as useful as that theory. Vaccines are unnatural, and natural immunity is more effective than vaccination. “Pros & Cons” Natural things will always be better but in this case the natural way is not the best way. Vaccines have

There has been a lot of controversy about vaccines today. There was once thought that there was a link between vaccines and autism in children but there is absolutely no proof out there that this is true. Although there is proof out there that vaccines do provide many benefits to those who do receive them. Vaccine preventable diseases are still around, yes they are down because of the vaccines but they are still around. Vaccines help children and adults stay healthy by protecting them from these preventable diseases. Vaccines can actually make the difference between life and death, sounds scary, but it is the truth. There are many other benefits to receiving vaccines as well but I am going to just start with these three.

Vaccinations help keep the risk of illness down in many ways. For example, when children attend school, they are required to have certain shots before entering. If every child is vaccinated properly, the rate of sick children will decrease. Many people travel a lot. Research shows that we shouldn’t be vaccinated against diseases that aren’t in our country. However, they are wrong because if people are traveling with their children to another country, they are more than likely to bring a disease back home. If we are already vaccinated prior to the incident, it will help reduce the chances of other children becoming ill. If we can help keep our children safe, we should do so by any means necessary.

Infectious disease rates have decreased since vaccines have been introduced into medical care which ends up decreasing death rates. An example of this is polio. Polio was the most feared disease for centuries and paralyzed thousands of children a day (“History of Polio.”). Yet, in the 1950s and 1960s, the vaccine for polio was made available for people in developing countries helping prevent this detrimental disease (“History of Polio.”). Now, only one percent of the world is affected by polio and almost everyone is not vaccinated for polio due to the immunity people have built up for it (“History of Polio.”). Back in the fifties and sixties, people did not think of not vaccinating their children due to the effects of this disease that is preventable. If parents were to quit vaccinating during this time polio would have affected children again. Children would lose their immunity to it due to viruses and bacterias of polio would still exist in the air (Soloway). Which would have had major consequences such as paralysis, blindness, permanent hearing loss, brain damage and death (Soloway). Parents were unaware at this time that vaccinating their children would prevent this disease from happening to future generations without those generations having to be vaccinated. Yet, now

Throughout history, millions of people have died or have been debilitated from diseases like polio, smallpox, and measles. (include source) Vaccines have prevented the continuation of such diseases, saving millions of lives in the process. Yet, many parents still decide to not vaccinate their children because they have been influenced by the potential misinformation they find on social media regarding the possible risks of vaccinating (Buchanan & Beckett, 2014). Regardless of the research that tells of the possible risks of vaccinating, there is research proving that there are risks to not vaccinating.

Why should we get vaccinated? What are the benefits? Do vaccinations even work? Many people in America are/have been questioning if they even need to get vaccinated. In fact, "Between 2006 and 2013, the percentage of pediatricians who had encountered a parent refusing a vaccine went from about 75 percent to 87 percent." (Greenberg) There are many reasons why people refuse to get vaccinated, three of the major reasons is for religious purposes, they are unnecessary and that they have a negative effect on the human body. A commonly asked question is, "What would happen if I did not have my child immunized?" (Shelov) Well, without getting these immunizations the possibility of ones' child getting the whooping cough, polio, or other diseases

Before the opportunity should arise for someone to get sick, it is advised by many to get their regular vaccinations. The vaccinations contain antibiotics which can prevent invading viruses from doing any damage. The vaccinations also eliminate future viruses and teaches the host’s cell’s how to combat. There is always going to be arguments over if vaccinations are good or bad.

Vaccines are essential to a person’s everyday life and well-being. A person who sneezed in their hand just touched the same door handle that everyone else does. Most people don’t worry that they touched the same item or breathe the same air as someone else because the risk of them contracting a disease such as polio, or diphtheria are extremely low because most people are vaccinated against such diseases. Without the creation of vaccines the population of the world could be completely eliminated. Vaccines are one of medicines greatest advances and has increased our overall life expectancy. Children are vaccinated out of the womb which can prevent sixteen disease that a person can contract. Vaccinations have been proven to eliminate diseases, but controversy continues to surround the vaccinations of people, how they work, mandating, benefits, and side effects.