Should Parents Be Required To Vaccinate Children

Every year, hundreds to thousands of children die from a preventable disease when their parents refuse to administer a vaccine, which is defined as “a product that produces immunity from a disease and can be administered through needle injections, by mouth, or by aerosol,” by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, (vaccines.gov). A copious amount of parents fear for the safety of their children’s lives when deciding whether or not to vaccinate, despite colossal amounts of extensive research conducted on the safety of vaccines. A vast amount of parents have the misconception that vaccines cause more harm than good, for example, a vaccine could cause diseases, such as autism, or that vaccines contain a detrimental amount of antigens. Throughout this paper, these misconceptions will be disproven with the comprehensive research and evidence that has been conducted to once and for all prove all vaccines are safe and effective. Therefore, for the child’s best interest, parents should be required to vaccinate their children. To begin, some definitions that will be used throughout this paper need to be presented. A vaccination which is an
An important thing to note in the method of multiple doctor visits is that, every time the child visits the doctor, “[there] is a chance to be exposed to other sick children,” thus, making them susceptible to catching other illness or even diseases