There are many different types of drugs used for medical purposes that are controversial. One of those highly debated is vaccines. The United States typically vaccinate children from birth to six years old with: Chickenpox, Diptheria, Hib, Hepatitis A and B, Flu, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Polio, Pneumococcal, Rotavirus, Rubella, and Tetanus. According to Webster’s dictionary, to vaccinate someone means: “to inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity against infectious diseases.” Even though vaccines are meant to aid us people are opting out. Why would someone exempt themselves and their children from something that promotes their wellbeing? – Different exemption laws, ignorance of how diseases spread, and fear. According to the CDC, in the United States, 95% of children in kindergarten have been immunized for preventable diseases. But when it comes to individual states, those percentages fluctuate tremendously. In Colorado only 82% of children have had vaccines that doctors say are necessary, but in Mississippi practically all kindergarten children have been vaccinated (99.7%).The federal …show more content…
If people begin to decide to opt out of vaccines, they not only make a decision that leaves them susceptible to dangerous and deadly diseases, they open up the rest of their civilization to contamination. When taking into account whether or not to vaccinate your child, you are making a decision not merely for your child, but a decision for all of the other children your child comes into contact with. Un-immunized kids can endanger a whole community. When deciding whether or not to vaccinate your child, you need to see the whole picture, and not just a little sliver of possibility. We have seen how it is far more dangerous to opt out of a vaccine, than it is to receive one. Why then would people decide not to get their children vaccinated, if only to protect the entire society? – to protect the