Savannah Barker
Huelsman
English Comp 101
10 October 25, 2017
To Vax or to not vax There are several sides to every story and side. Child Immunization has become a hot topic in the world of parents, and politicians. Is it safe? Does it have more negative feedback than positive? Is it legal to require? These perspectives are the questions being asked by Anti-vaccinations, or commonly known as “anti-Vaxxers.” The opposing side believes vaccinations are crucial, necessary, and safe in many ways. The most popular arguments on both sides are, enforcement onto citizens, health and safety, and effectiveness.
Are Immunizations what they make out to be? Child Immunization requirements leads to many questions about rights and if it is constitutional
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For example, cancer patients who have a weak immune system cannot handle the vaccines. Their wellbeing depends on those who can receive the vaccine. This concept is called herd immunity. In a community, the more people who are healthy and have their immunization shots, the healthier the community is. If a community is widely affected, and has little people with immunizations, a greater risk for disease opens. There are however, certain exemptions allowed to ensure people’s rights are kept through the constitution. “All states allow vaccine exemptions for medical reasons. Religious exemptions exist in 48 states…Fourteen states allow philosophical or personal exemptions. Overall, less than 1 percent of the population claims exemptions, but this small group can have a dramatic impact on a community” (Flanders). It is also argued that the vaccines do not last as long, and do little to no aid in preventing disease. It can be said that “immunizations given to children usually only last a number of years.” In fact, “the presence of antibodies does not guarantee that you will not get sick." (Newman). There are many reasons to believe that immunizations are not the best thing due to human rights conflicts, safety, and …show more content…
Not only is it false to them, the man who released the information was reported a fraud. According to these believers, “Life-threatening childhood diseases are making comebacks. There were 11,647 cases of whooping cough (pertussis) last year, up from 1,707 in 1980, and 13 kids died from it. When a measles outbreak swept through a Pennsylvania boarding school in 2003, a pair of twins-unvaccinated for religious reasons-required hospitalization. Seven others at the school got sick. A national resurgence of measles, which infected 55,467 people and killed 166 between 1989 and 1991, started in Houston, a city with one of the country's lowest immunization rates” (Vaccines Fears and