Vaccines Should be Mandatory By the Government
Do you want to be in fear every day when you send your child to the daycare or school? I am not talking about fear from weapons like guns, but I am talking about more substantial evidence that is related to your medical issues. Becoming ill is one of
the most feared things in our lives, so why do some people put themselves at risk of getting sick? This is a topic that I think is one of the most controversial issues and will never find a solution, but I want to persuade you in the right direction. You will always have the people who are pro and against vaccinations, called “anti-vaxxers”. Still, the question is, because of the importance of the safety of others, should treatment be mandatory?
So, even if you believe that you do not want to vaccinate your children, should the government force you to do that because of the safety of others? Yes, I believe that vaccination should be mandatory by the government due to the dangers of many illnesses in the world that can be passed on by nonvaccinated families.
When your children or your family are in danger, that is when there is a significant concern. This is where you will stop and fight for what you believe. There is a vast and major danger that comes from people who put your family at risk and decide that they do not want to vaccinate their family. I look at the matter with two significant issues, the safety of the human race overall and the health of our children. You need to think of the safety of the human race because any small outbreak can be very damaging and can
even wipe us all out. “The World Health Organisation has declared the anti-vaccine movement one of the top 10 global health threats for 2019″ just when I read that it made me so nervous, and it should make you worried too. This is an issue that
lawmakers and even in the 2016 presidential election were brought up because of its seriousness. The only way to have something done about it and to avoid more dangerous and life-threatening issues, is to make it a mandatory law for all people to be vaccinated.
For example, there is another huge risk; there has been recent reports of the outbreak of measles. Measles is very damaging and has very very hurtful symptoms. We need to think about how people keep getting diseases that vaccines can prevent. Viral hepatitis, influenza, and tuberculosis are some of the leading causes of illness and death in the United States and cost big from the consequences of infection. These diseases are the significant causes of disease, death and disabilities. Also, it costs much
more to treat illness than to vaccinate people and the people who get sick suffer so
much and can even die. Illness, suffering, death, and cost are the main issues to look at when people want to put others’ lives at risk by choosing not to vaccinate.
Also, people travel the world and donate so much money and vaccine supplies for the unfortunate countries like the ones in Africa, to provide them with vaccines, that shows how important this matter is. It is not just important on a national level, but on a global level too. There is a huge demand for poor countries because all the experts know that if an outbreak happens, it can easily reach other countries and cause more problems that can be too late to control the damage. The world is changing, and we are
Getting exposed to new diseases and everything will get out of hand if more people will refuse vaccination. I wonder if an anti-vaxxer discovered they had cancer, would they treat it our just let cancer eat away at their body? I think it is not right when people refuse any type of care, especially when parents refuse responsibility for their children because the children are helpless and have no control over their choices.
I kind of understand why some people will think that vaccines are not necessary, because it can be from being told from people or from reading about it, however, as you can read and see all of the medical research, it has been proven that vaccines are
important.
I understand that there are a few cases that might have had bad experiences with a vaccine, but that is like saying that we should stop life-saving surgeries because some people die when they are in operation. Why would anyone ever think that vaccines can be harmful to a person’s immune system? For the people who complain about the side effects of vaccines, I would rather have simple side effects than have a major disease that will kill me. That is wrong on so many levels because vaccines are supposed to expose the body’s immune system to a very small dosage so that in case you get the disease, your body can fight it. So vaccines make a person’s body healthier.
Also, diseases start declining if the vaccines are given to everyone, but when you start having people who do not want to get vaccinated, they bring dangerous outcomes to society. I hope that anti-vaxxers are more open to finding out more information instead of just sticking to their belief with just myths and no real evidence supporting their ideas.
In the end, I believe and have shown you with a lot of information that It should be mandatory for families to be vaccinated because it is irresponsible to put other people’s lives at risk. There is a large amount of medical evidence that proves that vaccines have done great things like prevented diseases and increased life expectancy. There is not that much significant evidence that shows that vaccination is dangerous. Especially the people who say that vaccines cause autism or illness, how can you know that? Many kids are born with autism, and many don’t even get a fever after getting vaccinated.
They are just taking one or two severe cases as an example. I think that anti-vaxxers need to look at the significant medical evidence and think about the dangers. They should not just think about it as a religious belief, or that religion does not want you to be vaccinated, no, religion wants you to take care of yourself, and others and medicine is a part of life. You can see as I have mentioned how the problems that come from not choosing to vaccinate can even affect a whole human race. We are here on earth to help make things better, everyone has been getting vaccinated for years and it is so selfish to put other people at risk if you choose not to vaccinate. If a person chooses not to vaccinate then they should just live on an isolated island.
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