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    believed that vaccinations are safe. Why are they safe? What do people know about vaccinations that are fact? Do vaccinations build or tear down the immune system? Are the shots supposed to be combined? The diseases that the shot protects you from, are they considered fatal? What is your education on vaccinations? What is your doctor's education on vaccinations? Do you know the ingredients that are in a single vaccination? In 1980 the government was only required to give children 9 vaccinations by the age

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    Importance and Effectiveness of Vaccinations Each year, about 2.1 million people die from vaccine-preventable diseases. Many children may not receive their necessary first year vaccinations because of lack of availability, religious beliefs, and safety concerns (Healy, Rench, and Baker 540). Although all 50 States in the United States require children to be vaccinated to certain diseases before entering school, the states also have exemptions for these vaccinations (Lu 870). The conflicting party

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    A Call for Vaccinations

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    getting their children vaccinated when recommended by doctors is a simple solution to childhood illnesses. Therefore, there should be stricter legal regulations that encourage parents to ensure that their children receive vaccinations. This will raise the awareness of vaccinations which will help more people receive them so

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    Vaccination is a practice that has facilitated elimination of health conditions such as smallpox and polio in most countries, especially in the United States of America. Also, a lot of lives, regardless of age bracket have been saved out of immunization through boosting people's immunity system that fights against disease-causing organisms attacking their bodies. As a result, incidence and prevalence of preventable disease via vaccination have been going down ever since the innovation of vaccine

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    Knowledge on vaccinations follow known definitions of science, and vaccines are found to be a safe and effective means of protecting people from contracting fatal diseases. The science of vaccinations follows the definitions of science by Ruse and Lakatos, as well as Laudan’s belief that the better-supported science should be considered. In terms of evidence that supports vaccination, Harker has shown that vaccines do not cause autism or weakened immune systems. Additionally, the PBS documentary

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    Benefits Of Vaccination

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    New Vaccination Requirement for Illinois Children The new school year is just weeks away. Parents, just a reminder that Illinois has a new vaccination requirement going into effect this school year. By law, all children entering the sixth and twelfth grades are required to show proof of having received meningococcal vaccination. Why it's Important to Vaccinate Although it has been from a different risk group, the 7th case of meningitis has recently been discovered in Illinois. It is extremely

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    Mandatory Vaccinations

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    to prevent? A staggering 77% of American kindergarteners are up to date with their vaccinations. (Park, 2008) This percentage makes Americans the most vaccinated group of people in the world. The number of shots required for school age children has doubled since 1980; today’s children will receive up to 28 injections for 11 to 15 diseases by the time they go to kindergarten. Many of these mandatory vaccinations are not safe because of the toxic chemicals, the multiple doses that they

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    Mandatory Vaccination

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    to these types of diseases we are recommended to get a vaccination, but when it stops being recommended and the government makes it mandatory; people may see it as a sign that is necessary to get an immunization and others may see it as an issue to be forced to get immunizations. I believe that the government should be allowed to make us get mandatory immunization, because it helps protects the common good and prevents outbreaks. Vaccination help prevent the spread of diseases spread of diseases

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    Stephanie- The resistance to vaccinations is a well-known occurrence due to the positive effects vaccinations have had we forget the tragic consequences of the past's fearsome infectious disease such as smallpox, that devastated mankind for centuries. In modern times with the rapid pace of vaccine development in recent decades, the historic origins of immunization are often forgotten, leading people to underestimate the severity of the harm that vaccinations prevent. Despite overwhelming evidence

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    Attenuated Vaccination

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    A common alternative to the live attenuated vaccinations are inactivated, or killed, vaccines. Inactivated vaccines are produced by growing the virus in a medium and then inactivating it with heat and/or a chemical. Since the virus is inactivated, it is unable to cause infection, even in patients that suffer from immunodeficiency. Inactivated viruses are faced with limitations, however. Only viral vaccines containing the whole virus are available in this form, which includes; influenza; polio; rabies;

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