Vaccines Should Be Mandatory In Schools

People may argue that no parent should be forced to receive medication against his or her will. This includes mandatory vaccines as a requirement for public school admission. They believe that people living in a free society should have free choice. However, parent personal liberty should not risk the health and safety of millions of others. If you decide not to immunize your child, you are not only putting your child at risk, but everyone else around them. Although I strongly agree in individual rights of parents to raise their children, public safety is an extremely important element in our society. When there are people within a community who are not vaccinated it puts everyone at risk. They pose as a threat to children who are still too young to be vaccinated, and others with impaired
For some, opposing vaccines are part of their religion and personal beliefs, and argue that congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise. However, following traffic laws, drug tests, paying taxes and many more are examples of things that go against people's beliefs, but we still ascribe to them because without this shared responsibility, civil society won't be safe or function. To me, vaccination is something that keeps us safe and is no different than traffic laws. Therefore, it should be a law that must be obeyed to ensure the safety of society. Religious groups should be free to follow their own rules, but in public places you have to be run under public rules, and child safety and health of society goes with public law. No philosophical or personal belief should exempt people from vaccines. Since everyone uses public spaces, people who refuse to vaccinate their children not only put them and their family at risk, but endanger other families who do choose to