Parents are the ultimate caretakers for their children. Children, at a young age, are the most susceptible to the many diseases of this world, and their immune systems are hard at work. Some parents provide the extra support through the use of vaccines, while some choose to not vaccinate their children. But unvaccinated children are walking disease-spreaders, and they pose harms to those that cannot be vaccinated due to other conditions and restrictions. Vaccinations should be mandatory by federal law because they are proven countermeasures against deadly diseases. The government should not permit parents to put their children in avoidable risks of death and suffering. Many parents are often misinformed about the effects of vaccines and what
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Many of these people suffer from long term diseases that need to be sheltered from other external diseases that they cannot get vaccinated due to their long term disease. An example of this is Carl Krawitt, a 6 year-old leukemia patient living in Marin County, California. After years of chemotherapy, it left him vulnerable to infections and unable to receive vaccinations in an area where 7% of his classmates are unvaccinated due to “personal concerns”. Some of these ‘personal concerns’ have led to serious cases where several children have almost died because they were infected by a child that had deliberately not been vaccinated. This is a cause for concern, not in the United States, but also in other countries as well. In March of 2014, a deliberately unvaccinated older child infected three babies in a Dutch day-care center with the measles 3. One six-month old baby fell seriously ill, spent a few days in intensive care, and nearly died. These unvaccinated people can infect others and contribute to outbreaks. This implies that infectious diseases should not only be discussed in terms of parent-child responsibilities, but also in terms of public health. It is the parents’ responsibility to not only protect their children, but to protect other children as well. Not vaccinating children leaves them and others …show more content…
In some religions, vaccinations are against their doctrine. To them, forced vaccinations are against their freedom of thought, conscience and religion. But the government has a responsibility to its people and to protect them. Limitations on these freedoms are necessary to protect the rights of others to not become sick due to a religion telling someone to not vaccinate their children. There needs to be laws to mandate vaccinations to pursue the protection of public safety, order, health, morals and the freedom of others. The government has the overriding responsibility to protect the health of the people by guarding against outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases that can easily be prevented through vaccinations. Individual liberties must be limited to protect the common good. But to those that are still adamantly against vaccinations, one only needs to look at the recent cases of the spread of infectious diseases, like the case that happened at Disneyland at January of 2015. This specific case led to public outrage over the irresponsible parents that hadn’t vaccinated their children against measles and led to the spread of the infectious disease. In reaction to the Disney outbreak, California discussed about the SB277 and it led to a fervid debate on both sides, but in the end, was accepted and
Many of these people suffer from long term diseases that need to be sheltered from other external diseases that they cannot get vaccinated due to their long term disease. An example of this is Carl Krawitt, a 6 year-old leukemia patient living in Marin County, California. After years of chemotherapy, it left him vulnerable to infections and unable to receive vaccinations in an area where 7% of his classmates are unvaccinated due to “personal concerns”. Some of these ‘personal concerns’ have led to serious cases where several children have almost died because they were infected by a child that had deliberately not been vaccinated. This is a cause for concern, not in the United States, but also in other countries as well. In March of 2014, a deliberately unvaccinated older child infected three babies in a Dutch day-care center with the measles 3. One six-month old baby fell seriously ill, spent a few days in intensive care, and nearly died. These unvaccinated people can infect others and contribute to outbreaks. This implies that infectious diseases should not only be discussed in terms of parent-child responsibilities, but also in terms of public health. It is the parents’ responsibility to not only protect their children, but to protect other children as well. Not vaccinating children leaves them and others …show more content…
In some religions, vaccinations are against their doctrine. To them, forced vaccinations are against their freedom of thought, conscience and religion. But the government has a responsibility to its people and to protect them. Limitations on these freedoms are necessary to protect the rights of others to not become sick due to a religion telling someone to not vaccinate their children. There needs to be laws to mandate vaccinations to pursue the protection of public safety, order, health, morals and the freedom of others. The government has the overriding responsibility to protect the health of the people by guarding against outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases that can easily be prevented through vaccinations. Individual liberties must be limited to protect the common good. But to those that are still adamantly against vaccinations, one only needs to look at the recent cases of the spread of infectious diseases, like the case that happened at Disneyland at January of 2015. This specific case led to public outrage over the irresponsible parents that hadn’t vaccinated their children against measles and led to the spread of the infectious disease. In reaction to the Disney outbreak, California discussed about the SB277 and it led to a fervid debate on both sides, but in the end, was accepted and