The Benefits of Vaccinating Your Child
COURSE PROJECT FINAL DRAFT
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The Benefits of Vaccinating Your Children
Meagan Pace
EN102 English Composition II
Mrs. Justine ONeil
September 28, 2014
Miller-Motte College Online
COURSE PROJECT FINAL DRAFT
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The Benefits of Vaccinating Your Children
Getting vaccinations is very important, and could in fact save your life. Vaccinations have been proven to save millions of lives per year, including 3 million of those being children who are more susceptible to dangerous illnesses. A sudden uproar over the possible effects of vaccinating children has recently surfaced within our nation. Parents are choosing not to have their children vaccinated due to allegations of vaccines being linked to illnesses and diseases, such as autism, asthma, and colds. This in turn is causing bigger problems to arise. Illnesses, such as whooping cough and measles, have seen an increased number of cases in the past years since this issue has been brought back up, especially within the media. Vaccinating children prevents controlled illnesses from outbreak, keeps children healthy, prevents from financial hardship, and protects the health of others as well. Parents should realize the possible consequences if they choose not to have their child vaccinated.
Vaccines have been proven to prevent from dangerous illnesses and diseases such as, measles, polio, hepatitis, chicken pox, tetanus, pertussis, and countless others. Fourteen serious childhood diseases are prevented when you get your child vaccinated (What, 2014). Some of these diseases, like smallpox, do not exist anymore due to the vaccine. The more people that get vaccinated, the less likely one of these deadly illnesses will occur or be able to maintain a chain of infection. This is referred to as herd immunity, which means that if a high majority of a community or population is vaccinated then everyone as a whole will be protected (Lee, 2013).
Controversies about this vaccination issue stemming
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The Benefits of Vaccinating Your Children
Meagan Pace
EN102 English Composition II
Mrs. Justine ONeil
September 28, 2014
Miller-Motte College Online
COURSE PROJECT FINAL DRAFT
2
The Benefits of Vaccinating Your Children
Getting vaccinations is very important, and could in fact save your life. Vaccinations have been proven to save millions of lives per year, including 3 million of those being children who are more susceptible to dangerous illnesses. A sudden uproar over the possible effects of vaccinating children has recently surfaced within our nation. Parents are choosing not to have their children vaccinated due to allegations of vaccines being linked to illnesses and diseases, such as autism, asthma, and colds. This in turn is causing bigger problems to arise. Illnesses, such as whooping cough and measles, have seen an increased number of cases in the past years since this issue has been brought back up, especially within the media. Vaccinating children prevents controlled illnesses from outbreak, keeps children healthy, prevents from financial hardship, and protects the health of others as well. Parents should realize the possible consequences if they choose not to have their child vaccinated.
Vaccines have been proven to prevent from dangerous illnesses and diseases such as, measles, polio, hepatitis, chicken pox, tetanus, pertussis, and countless others. Fourteen serious childhood diseases are prevented when you get your child vaccinated (What, 2014). Some of these diseases, like smallpox, do not exist anymore due to the vaccine. The more people that get vaccinated, the less likely one of these deadly illnesses will occur or be able to maintain a chain of infection. This is referred to as herd immunity, which means that if a high majority of a community or population is vaccinated then everyone as a whole will be protected (Lee, 2013).
Controversies about this vaccination issue stemming
References: Cultural Perspectives on Vaccination. (2014, January 16). Retrieved September 16, 2014, from http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/cultural-perspectives-vaccination Five Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child | Vaccines.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2014, from http://www.vaccines.gov/more_info/features/five-important-reasons-tovaccinate-your-child.html Lee, E. (2013, November 14). The Effect of Childhood Vaccine Exemptions on Disease Outbreaks 2014, from http://www.csicop.org/si/show/anti-vaccination_movement What are the Reasons to Vaccinate My Baby? (2014, August 4)