Pros And Cons: The Use Of Vaccines

It’s the final day of registration before the start of the new school year at Miami Senior High and Maria and her mom are desperate to get this over with. They turned in all the required documents: Maria’s mom’s ID, two house bills, Maria’s transcripts and her birth certificate; however she can’t be enrolled. The process of enrolling Maria has been stopped because she doesn’t have her immunizations. Miami Senior High requires students to enter with the DTaP, IPV, MMR, Varicella, Hib, and PCV vaccines. Now, Maria’s mom is troubled because she isn’t sure she wants her daughter to get these vaccines in general. The use of vaccines has increased throughout the years, to the point where it has been recommended for children to get numerous doses of different vaccines. Presently, no law has been placed enforcing parents to get their children vaccinated, yet, as experienced, public schools require you to
People are often offended because the requirement of vaccines affects the parents’ authority towards making decisions for their children. Also, some parents believe that the requirement of vaccines comes in between their religion and that of their children, which doesn’t allow the use of it. So should children and their parents accept any ingredient of vaccine entering their body? Could this requirement ensure more safety for the children and those around them? Although people believe that the requirement is useless because it just affects the life of children physically and ethically, the requirement could be beneficial by including personal exams for each ingredient of the vaccine on each children to ensure their safety. In addition, with the requirement religious exemptions must be allowed to avoid children or their parents from being denied their freedom of