Parents should be required to vaccinate their children; unless there is a legitimate medical reason as to why the vaccine would be contraindicated. According the US Department of Health and Human Resources (2017), a vaccine is an invention that can provide immunity from a specific disease; those specific diseases range from influenza to polio. Most public schools require that a child has been immunized before they can attend; and this has started a lot of controversy from parents who feel that they should not be forced into vaccinating their children before they can receive an education.
Generally, immunizations begin at birth and are continued in regular intervals throughout life. A newborn baby will have some immunity against certain diseases because the immunity was passed to the child from the mother before it was born and may continue to be transferred after birth if the child is breastfed. This is vital for survival because the immune system of a baby is not fully developed; but this passive immunity only lasts until the baby is about a year old (Centers for Disease Control and …show more content…
By deciding to not vaccinate their children, a parent must be aware that they are putting their child’s live and possibly the lives of others at risk. There is the likely hood that their child could become infected with the disease. This could cause significant problems for the child; depending on the disease, the child could be permanently disabled or die. Then if that child is around others, it could expose infants that are too young to receive the vaccinations or individuals who are medically unable to receive the vaccine. So, it may technically be the parent choice to not vaccinate their child, but they should be responsible if that choice causes disability or death in their child or
Generally, immunizations begin at birth and are continued in regular intervals throughout life. A newborn baby will have some immunity against certain diseases because the immunity was passed to the child from the mother before it was born and may continue to be transferred after birth if the child is breastfed. This is vital for survival because the immune system of a baby is not fully developed; but this passive immunity only lasts until the baby is about a year old (Centers for Disease Control and …show more content…
By deciding to not vaccinate their children, a parent must be aware that they are putting their child’s live and possibly the lives of others at risk. There is the likely hood that their child could become infected with the disease. This could cause significant problems for the child; depending on the disease, the child could be permanently disabled or die. Then if that child is around others, it could expose infants that are too young to receive the vaccinations or individuals who are medically unable to receive the vaccine. So, it may technically be the parent choice to not vaccinate their child, but they should be responsible if that choice causes disability or death in their child or