What Are The Pros And Cons To Vaccinate Children
Andalin Richards
EFT4 602.4-17-10
March 25, 2015
With the recent outbreak of measles at Disneyland in December of last year the controversy of childhood inoculations became more prominently in the limelight. The choice as a parent to vaccinate your child is one that parents must take into serious consideration. There are many vaccinations that your child can get to help protect against different diseases; the diseases include: chickenpox, diphtheria, hib, hepatitis a & b, flu, measles, mumps, pertussis, polio, pneumococcal, rotavirus, rubella, and tetanus (Immunization). Many of these diseases have seriously complications including death.
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Some of the pros include: Vaccines can save children’s lives, the ingredients in vaccines are safe in the amounts used, major medical organizations state that vaccines are safe, adverse reactions to vaccines are extremely rare, vaccines protect the “herd”, vaccines save children and their parents time and money, vaccines protect future generations, vaccines eradicated smallpox and have nearly eradicated other diseases such as polio, vaccine-preventable diseases have not disappeared so vaccination is still necessary, and vaccines provide economic benefits for society. Some of the cons include: Vaccines can cause serious and sometimes fatal side effects, vaccines contain harmful ingredients, the government should not intervene in personal medical choices, mandatory vaccines infringe upon constitutionally protected religious freedoms, vaccines can contain ingredients some people consider immoral or otherwise objectionable, vaccines are unnatural, and natural immunity is more effective than vaccination, the pharmaceutical companies, FDA, and CDC should not be trusted to make and regulate safe vaccines, diseases that vaccines target have essentially disappeared, most diseases that vaccines target are relatively harmless in many cases, thus making vaccines …show more content…
Vaccinations do not cause autism. Vaccinations also prevent children from getting horrible diseases that can be very costly and have detrimental outcomes including death. If there were a way to prevent a horrible disease why wouldn’t you want to protect your children against it? Personally, when I have children I will vaccinate them. The risks of not vaccinating are too high. If my child were to contract one of the diseases preventable by a vaccination the cost would be so high for all the medical treatments he/she would need. Also, I would hate to put some other innocent child at risk because I chose to not vaccinate my child. The diseases that vaccinations protect against are not fully eradicated and therefore are still a risk and I don’t want to risk my child’s health for the slim chance that a complication would
EFT4 602.4-17-10
March 25, 2015
With the recent outbreak of measles at Disneyland in December of last year the controversy of childhood inoculations became more prominently in the limelight. The choice as a parent to vaccinate your child is one that parents must take into serious consideration. There are many vaccinations that your child can get to help protect against different diseases; the diseases include: chickenpox, diphtheria, hib, hepatitis a & b, flu, measles, mumps, pertussis, polio, pneumococcal, rotavirus, rubella, and tetanus (Immunization). Many of these diseases have seriously complications including death.
Children must have their vaccinations before entering public school, however there are some exemptions …show more content…
Some of the pros include: Vaccines can save children’s lives, the ingredients in vaccines are safe in the amounts used, major medical organizations state that vaccines are safe, adverse reactions to vaccines are extremely rare, vaccines protect the “herd”, vaccines save children and their parents time and money, vaccines protect future generations, vaccines eradicated smallpox and have nearly eradicated other diseases such as polio, vaccine-preventable diseases have not disappeared so vaccination is still necessary, and vaccines provide economic benefits for society. Some of the cons include: Vaccines can cause serious and sometimes fatal side effects, vaccines contain harmful ingredients, the government should not intervene in personal medical choices, mandatory vaccines infringe upon constitutionally protected religious freedoms, vaccines can contain ingredients some people consider immoral or otherwise objectionable, vaccines are unnatural, and natural immunity is more effective than vaccination, the pharmaceutical companies, FDA, and CDC should not be trusted to make and regulate safe vaccines, diseases that vaccines target have essentially disappeared, most diseases that vaccines target are relatively harmless in many cases, thus making vaccines …show more content…
Vaccinations do not cause autism. Vaccinations also prevent children from getting horrible diseases that can be very costly and have detrimental outcomes including death. If there were a way to prevent a horrible disease why wouldn’t you want to protect your children against it? Personally, when I have children I will vaccinate them. The risks of not vaccinating are too high. If my child were to contract one of the diseases preventable by a vaccination the cost would be so high for all the medical treatments he/she would need. Also, I would hate to put some other innocent child at risk because I chose to not vaccinate my child. The diseases that vaccinations protect against are not fully eradicated and therefore are still a risk and I don’t want to risk my child’s health for the slim chance that a complication would