Why Should Parents Need Children To Vaccination?
Everyone has experienced sickness at some point in their lives But luckily, there is a way to prevent contracting some of the deadliest diseases: Vaccines. Most people have received vaccinations against many different diseases in their lifetime, and have not thought much about their safety. Recently, however, a great deal of controversy arose over the safety and benefits of vaccines. As a result, some parents have made the decision to not immunize their children. I believe we should require children to receive vaccinations because they effectively prevent diseases, deaths, and epidemics.
This recent trend of parents choosing not to vaccinate their children has proven harmful to society by increasing the number of cases and outbreaks. Measles, …show more content…
More of you can probably relate to the influenza vaccination; no one requires you to get this vaccination , and the flu presents less danger, especially at our age, right? No. In 2005, a fifteen year old named Martin McGowan died from the flu. He woke up at 2:30 a.m. vomiting with a fever, and woke up again at 4:30 a.m., but this time he also had unbearable pain in his legs and his mother sent him to the emergency room. The doctors discovered the influenza virus attacking his muscles, and sent Martin to surgery, but during surgery his heart stopped and he passed away, just 24 hours after he first showed signs of not feeling well (McGowan). We could have prevented Martin’s death, along with many others, if the government required children to receive flu shots.
The biggest reason parents choose not to vaccinate their children is the belief that it causes horrible side effects. This belief stems from the controversy surrounding the MMR vaccine. In 1998, Andrew Wakefield published a study linking the vaccine and autism. Proven fraudulent, the journal that published the study retracted it, and Wakefield lost his medical license. “Since then, large studies have found no connection between vaccines and Autism” (Knopf 1). This one false study, however, created the long-standing belief and rumor of dangerous
This recent trend of parents choosing not to vaccinate their children has proven harmful to society by increasing the number of cases and outbreaks. Measles, …show more content…
More of you can probably relate to the influenza vaccination; no one requires you to get this vaccination , and the flu presents less danger, especially at our age, right? No. In 2005, a fifteen year old named Martin McGowan died from the flu. He woke up at 2:30 a.m. vomiting with a fever, and woke up again at 4:30 a.m., but this time he also had unbearable pain in his legs and his mother sent him to the emergency room. The doctors discovered the influenza virus attacking his muscles, and sent Martin to surgery, but during surgery his heart stopped and he passed away, just 24 hours after he first showed signs of not feeling well (McGowan). We could have prevented Martin’s death, along with many others, if the government required children to receive flu shots.
The biggest reason parents choose not to vaccinate their children is the belief that it causes horrible side effects. This belief stems from the controversy surrounding the MMR vaccine. In 1998, Andrew Wakefield published a study linking the vaccine and autism. Proven fraudulent, the journal that published the study retracted it, and Wakefield lost his medical license. “Since then, large studies have found no connection between vaccines and Autism” (Knopf 1). This one false study, however, created the long-standing belief and rumor of dangerous