Why Vaccinations Should Be Mandatory

Vaccinations should be mandatory. Vaccines have prevented more than 2.5 million deaths each year(World Health Organization). Vaccines also can prevent diseases that can cause disability and death, and help build up immunity to viruses and diseases. Shots can also eradicate diseases. An example of disease eradication is smallpox. (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)
Vaccinations help prevent diseases that can cause disabilities and death. Vaccinations have helped mothers in Africa have healthy babies that do not suffer from disabilities. While those who do not get vaccinations put their babies at risk. Shots can also prevent death as they help prevent the deadly diseases. Vaccinations mean good news for countries that have high death rates from diseases. Multiple countries have been plagued with life threatening diseases such as tetanus and measles. to 3 million deaths are prevented every year by vaccinations. But UNICEF, an organization that provides developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries, states
Smallpox has been the only disease eradicated by vaccines so far. The eradication of smallpox saves approximately five million lives annually. Polio could be the next disease to be eradicated as eighty percent of the world's children are now being vaccinated against it. (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) Getting vaccinated doesn’t only protect you, but when multiple people in your community get vaccinated it protects the non vaccinated people. This is known as herd immunity. Herd immunity can help eradicate diseases. In the United States, whooping cough has been successfully controlled by routine mass immunization of infants and children. In the prevaccine era, there were 115,000 to 270,000 cases and 5,000 to 10,000 deaths per year. During the past 10 years, there have been 1,200 to 4,000 cases per year and 5 to 10 deaths per year.(Health Impact