Currently, in the United States, the topic of vaccinations is widely discussed. Many parents are worried about vaccinations causing diseases, especially autism. Therefore they are choosing to file a personal belief exemption when it comes to schools requiring vaccinations. My research article “Exposure of California Kindergarten Students to Students with Personal Exemptions from Mandated School Entry Vaccinations” focuses on how disease outbreaks in the state may have something to do with the children who are not vaccinated. This article is set in California, one of twenty states that allows personal belief exemptions. The purpose of this article was to measure the volume of California students who are not being vaccinated because of personal belief exemptions. This article was a quantitative study because the researchers are using numbers to support their hypothesis. …show more content…
The researchers focused on acquiring data that showed how many children in kindergarten were not being vaccinated due to personal belief exemptions. They wanted to see how many children who are vaccinated were being exposed to children who are not vaccinated. When I first found this article I thought it would be about exposure to actual disease, so I was mislead at first. I thought the article did have some significance due to the importance of vaccinations, but at the same time it only narrowed down how many children had personal belief exemptions. I would have liked the article to dive deeper into the consequences of the exemptions and how it can really affect the lives of other children, those who are not vaccinated and even those who are. Although it's important to leave the choice about vaccinations up to the parent, it’s also vital to educate them about the benefits of vaccines, and the terrible consequences that come along with diseases like measles, that can easily be avoided with