...Vaccines for Kids Vaccines are one of the most important medicines in the world. Many countries in the world use vaccines for their children. It have many positive impacts for kids. The vaccination of kids is very necessary in our children’s lives to protect them from the infectious diseases. A lot of physicians are advice for all kids to take vaccines to keep them alive and healthy. Vaccines is kind of medicine give the body protect from illnesses. Kids should be required to take vaccines because they protect their live from illnesses and save children and their parents time and money. Vaccines are very important because they protect children’s lives. Vaccines save 2.5 million kids from preventable illnesses every year. (procon.Org)...
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...spread many people are having second thoughts about whether to require preventative vaccines. It’s leading many people to question laws that allow parents not to vaccinate their children. So, if we are so afraid of an epidemic outbreak; then why do we have such laws, allowing parents to opt out of vaccinating their children? Vaccinations should be required for every child. To estimate the vaccination rate in the context of the 2015 measles outbreak Maimuna S. Majumder, MPH (Master of Public Health), and his colleagues obtained data from the California Department of Public Health and HealthMap media alerts. They used the incidence decay and exponential adjustment (IDEA) method to approximate the effective reproductive number. They...
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...Unvaccinated Children: Should they be allowed in public schools? Assignment 5: Persuasive Paper Part 3: Possible Disadvantages, Answers, with VisualsYour Name Lisa Teitler Eng 215 March 13, 2016 Unvaccinated Children: Should they be allowed in public schools? Today’s vaccinations are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to ensure their effectiveness and safety to the general public. Currently there are no federal laws which mandates vaccination, but there is a vaccination requirement per state for children entering school. The chart below details which vaccines are mandated for public school by several states: Children who are not vaccinated have a greater chance of death than children who received the required vaccinations. The safety of vaccinations is in questioned by many, asking if they are safe for children to receive. They are safe and should be required for children since those vaccinations help prevent illnesses, lower the risk for some diseases and it might even cause financial growth. There are several advantages of receiving the recommended vaccines. One advantage is that they are designed to put foreign antigens into the body so the body will produce antibodies to fight it off. The body will produce two types of immune responses when an antigen is introduced in order to ensure total immunity from the disease. Vaccines ensure that children get immunity from diseases instead of contracting them. Having immunity is a major advantage...
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...THE USE OF VACCINES Vaccines have been considered instrumental in making the world a healthier environment for children and adults alike; however, vaccines do impose some health risks. It is important for all parents to consider both the benefits and risks of vaccines when deciding whether or not to have a child vaccinated. Vaccines are made up of products that stimulate a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. They are usually administered through needle injections by mouth or sprayed into the nose. They are made up of small amounts of weakened or dead versions of bacteria, viruses, or other antigens that stimulate the immune system to create antibodies that prevent future infections from the disease. There are fourteen vaccine-preventable diseases that are considered potentially serious and have been routinely vaccinated against; these are: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Meningococcal, Rotavirus, Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Polio, Hepatitis A and B, Pneumococcal disease, Varicella (Chicken Pox), and Haemophilus Influenza Type B (HIB disease). Not long ago, these diseases disabled and killed millions of American children but because of the United States high compliance with childhood immunization schedules, these diseases have now become very uncommon (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). Immunization is a subject that evokes very strong opinions...
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...A Controversy: Vaccines or no Vaccines? There were several controversies regarding the administration of vaccines recently. Due to religious and safety concerns, Canadian parents are wondering whether or not to vaccinate their children. Due to the online comments posted by parents about the side effects of vaccines, parents have been wondering if they should inject these chemicals into their children’s body. Vaccines are not always given as shots, they can also be given orally. Once a person is vaccinated, he/she cannot be infected with any diseases, instead their bodies produce antibodies to protect them from getting infected. Measles, Hepatitis A, Human Papilloma Virus, etc. are some diseases that can be preventable by vaccines. In addition,...
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...scared of shots, but get them because they know that it will prevent some gruesome disease. Jeffrey Kluger, author of Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio once stated, “Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It’s a simple message parents need to keep hearing.” If vaccines are so great, then why are people against it? B There is a debate in hospitals all over the world today over whether vaccination should be required by law. This law could be federal or state. A/B People are questioning whether vaccination is safe for their child. If there are harmful ingredients that could cause a life threatening disease. But do the disadvantages outweigh the benefits? C The choice of vaccination will reach everyone's life at some point. They will have to decided whether to vaccinated their child or themselves. They can not have their judgment clouded by outside forces that are not important to them. They have to decide whether the vaccine is worth it for them. Will the disease they are preventing be one they could possibly see in the future? However, leaving your child unvaccinated could lead to an epidemic of some sort. Most recently,...
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...Chris Bishop Engl 1302 October 10, 2015 Should parents be required to vaccinate their children? Back in the 1990’s, people started becoming worried after many years about the mercury in the vaccines their kids were receiving. Then, in 1996, a former British surgeon and medical researcher, Dr. Andrew Wakefield put out a now disproved study linking the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease (Ferric C. Fang). Before his study was disproved, it was a major argument for anti vaxers to cite. The investigation into his study began in 2004 and it wasn’t until 2010 that it was disproved and withdrawn. In that time, many people with autistic children began to believe that this study showed why their kids were disabled. Wakefield's study and his claim that the MMR vaccine might cause autism, led to a decline in vaccination rates in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland, which caused a rise in measles and mumps. During this time, from 2004 to now, his continued warnings against the vaccine have contributed to a climate of distrust of all vaccines and the reemergence of other previously controlled diseases (Gregory A. Poland). So the question begs, should parents be required to vaccinate their children. One position on legally requiring vaccines is that it is a complete violation of our civil rights. This is usually the position of people who do not want to vaccinate their kids. The people at the National Vaccine Information Center are very upset about...
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...prevented by getting a vaccine. A vaccine is a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases. In the past 50 years, vaccinations have saved more lives worldwide than any other medical product or procedure. The intriguing story of vaccination goes all the way back to ancient Greece. Ever since the invention of the first vaccine more than two centuries ago, there has been plenty of controversy over the morality, ethics, effectiveness, and safety of vaccination and immunization. Parents should be required to vaccinate their children. Throughout this essay, the focus will be on the health of the children, the falsifying data about vaccinations, and the benefits of them. Every parent’s biggest concern is the health of their children. As a parent, you make informed choices about your child’s health and safety every day. The health of any child depends heavily on if they receive vaccinations. The children that receive these vaccinations tend to be more resistant to some diseases than those who do not. Because of advances in medical science, your child can be protected against more diseases than ever before. Some diseases that once injured or killed thousands of children, have been eliminated completely and others are close to extinction primarily due to safe and effective vaccines. When asked in a survey, 60% of the sample answered all children should be required to be vaccinated. 52% also replied, when children are not vaccinated...
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...system you were required to get specific vaccines. If you did not have the vaccines that you were required to have, you were not allowed to go to school. One of the vaccines that were required was the Measles and Mumps vaccine which prevented the child from having a disease outbreak. It was expected for you to get one dose after your first birthday. After the first dose, you were expected to get another dose between the ages of 4 and 6. The vaccine is a immunization vaccine, it was a mixture of various diseases....
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...Topic: Vaccinations General Purpose:To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade people that vaccinations are a good thing. Thesis Statement: Everyone should be vaccinated or support vaccinations because (1)vaccines are safe and effective (2) you reduce the chance of spreading the disease to family members and the community and (3) you don’t want to pay the price of getting sick. Attention Step Nearly everyone in the U.S. got measles before there was a vaccine, and hundreds died from it each year; today, most doctors have never even seen a case of measles. Like all of you, I am part of the lucky people who have been vaccinated, however, there are many people around the world who are not as fortunate and others who are simply beginning to deny vaccinations. After researching vaccinations, I have become very aware of how much they actually benefit our society. According to the cdc, vaccines given to infants and young children over the past two decades will prevent 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations, and 932,000 deaths over the course of their lifetimes. Vaccines will have saved $300 billion in direct costs, such as medical expenses and a total of more than $1.3 trillion in societal costs over that time, because children who were spared from sometimes-devastating illnesses will...
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...In 2011, there were 19,454 reported cases of vaccine preventable diseases in the United States alone (Rouch 2011). Most of these cases could have been prevented simply by getting a vaccination for certain diseases. There has been much discussion in recent years over whether or not parents should have their children vaccinated. Parents hear a great deal of information in the medi about the effectiveness and side effects of vaccinations. After hearing all sorts of negative things about vaccinations, it is easy to see why parents would be reluctant to have their children injected with all sorts of chemicals. In the end, the reason that children are not required to be vaccinated is that it is illegal to force someone to be vaccinated, but is it right to send unvaccinated children to school with other children? The fact of the matter, is that immunizations do their job and all children who attend public schools should be vaccinated and protected from preventable diseases. Some people assume that because certain diseases like Polio have been eradicated from the United States it is now unnecessary to be required to receive the vaccination. This assumption could not be any farther from the truth. Polio is still a huge problem in other regions across the globe (WHO 2007). If it were re-introduced into disease free places, the results could be devastating for those unprotected from such viruses. In 2008, an unvaccinated 7 year old contracted measles while he and his family were traveling...
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...Should a child be vaccinated? Should a child be vaccinated? Paul Kim Period 8 There is nothing worse than seeing an adolescent life being taken away from a dangerous disease. It is really painful knowing that person will never get to live to see their full potential and experience life. Diseases cause many deaths every year, it is inevitable. Bacteria are contained in every disease and one way it is absorbed is by being inhaled by the people, which will infect the body as a whole. It is really simple in that bacteria will continue to live freely and happily while the host will have to suffer the effects of it. Some diseases are caused by viruses. A virus is basically a non-living infection that attacks the immune system and tries infecting other living cells. Children are much more vulnerable to diseases compared to adults because of the fact that their immune systems is still developing. Children are weak because they haven’t lived life long enough to gain immunity to diseases. So how could children protect themselves from diseases one may ask? Taking vaccination early will not only protect you from diseases, but greatly improve your immune system to counter all the other diseases. The invention of medical immunizations has not only been used to heal from the disease, but also to keep the spread of disease low. Having immunizations available have greatly lowered the amount of deaths in the world. Vaccination should continue to stay mandatory because it keeps diseases...
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...Social injustice has plagued the United States for generations. One social injustice problem involves vaccines. What is a vaccine? Vaccinations are substances used to stimulate the production of antibodies, which can make the user immune to one or more diseases. In different states, there has been a controversy about what are valid excuses not to have vaccinations. This would be wonderful if it worked out for everyone, but, it is not so. Vaccines should only be recommended, and not required because of religious and medical reasons. The social injustice of vaccinations is very controversial. In the article “Measles outbreak: Different states, different rules on vaccinations” by Holly Yan, she talks about measles vaccinations. When the measles...
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...In today’s society parents have a choice if they want to send their children to public school or private school. Which public school is determined by what district or zip code you live in. Private schools are stricter were parents have to pay tuition and sometimes the child has to go through an interview to attend the school. The schools focus on the child’s health record and determine if the child has been given the proper vaccines. The parental rights are then questioned if the child is not up to date with their vaccinations. The schools then let the parents know that their child will not be allowed to attend school until their child has the proper vaccinations determining what is right for your child. Neither the government nor a school system should be making decisions on if your child should be allowed to attend school based on vaccinations, because vaccinations are not 100% effective. Parents should be allowed to send their children to public schools unvaccinated because they pose no threat to the children that are vaccinated. Vaccinations to enroll in school seem to be ill-advised and have no true basis. One cannot help but wonder how an unvaccinated child can actually affect a vaccinated child, if the vaccination is serving its true purpose. However, since the 1980s, as stated by Stay “the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with state legislatures to require every child to provide proof of immunization in order to enroll and stay in public...
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...The requirement of vaccination of children in schools is a largely controversial topic. On one side there are the parents who believe vaccinations protect the vast majority of the population, presents no great risks, and does not infringe on constitutional rights; yet on the other side are the parents who believe vaccinations are harmful, present large risks, and infringe on legal rights. One reason that some parents are skeptical towards vaccines are the risks associated with getting them. The CDC claims that serious side-effects associated with vaccinations are rare, however mild side-effects such as headaches and soreness occur more often (CDC). For example, the DTaP shot can cause redness or swelling near the shot area for one out...
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