Download Vaish Thiraviyarajah Mrs.Noyce A5 April 15, 2015 Should vaccines

Vaish Thiraviyarajah
Mrs.Noyce
A5
April 15, 2015
Should vaccines be mandatory?
Vaccines have been a trending topic throughout USA after the incident in Disneyland
relating to people who didn’t have vaccination. Vaccines have been a very important part of the
economic growth in USA by increasing the life expectancy of the citizens. People have been
debating whether the vaccines should be made as a requirement. Vaccines should be mandatory.
Vaccines help the economy grow. It keeps the people safe. It also protects them.
Vaccines help the economy grow. Studies have been happening around the world
regarding the benefits of vaccines: “In a 2005 study on the economic impact of routine childhood
immunization in the United States, researches estimated that for every dollar spent, the
vaccination program saved more than $5 in direct costs and approximately $11 in additional
costs to society” (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease). As shown in this study,
getting vaccination helps the country have economic growth. This states that for every dollar that
is spent for vaccines, $16 is being saved. It is so much cheaper to pay for vaccination than to pay
for the treatment for the disease or a virus that infected the body. Getting vaccines gives the
benefit of reduced money spent on the medical which eventually leads to the development of the
economy.
Vaccines keep people safe. Diseases affect the most vulnerable people: “Children are
given vaccines at a young age because this is when they are most vulnerable to certain diseases”
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Diseases tend to infect the most vulnerable people
at certain ages and without proper prevention for these diseases, they have the possibility of
death when infected. Children often get vaccines after their birth because they have little immune
system and diseases infect faster and easier, when there isn’t a strong immune system. Getting
vaccines helps the children gain a better immune system faster to fight the diseases, so when they
are affected, their immune system will keep them safe. Vaccines prevent the disease from
occurring in the body, thus keeping the people safe.
Vaccines protect people. Vaccines kicks up the immune system: “When a person takes a
vaccine his or her immune system responds by producing antibodies substances that weaken or
destroy the disease-causing organisms” (Vaccination). This shows that vaccination causes the
immune system to work harder for producing antibodies to defeat the bacteria/virus. This also
shows that if the immune system is weak and doesn’t have vaccination that the disease-causing
organism would take over the body and cause more fatal infection. This indicates that if there is
no vaccine in the body when infected, it leads to illness which might or might not lead to
disability and/or death. Vaccinations fight against disease-causing organisms to save many
people’s lives and to protect them.
Some people do argue that vaccinations harm the babies born to vaccinated mothers.
Dr.Scheibner is a researcher about the harmful or bad effects of vaccination: “Dr.Scheibner later
explains how diseases, such as whooping cough and measles can occur in ever younger children
not because the unvaccinated are spreading them, but because babies are born to vaccinated
mother who lacks the transplacentally transmitted immunity, which normally protects small
babies against contracting any infectious disease” (England). This explains that babies lose their
usual amount of immunity that they have when they were born, because of their vaccinated
mothers. This is showing that the babies born to vaccinated mother tend to be weaker than the
babies born for unvaccinated mother. This explains that vaccination is affecting the future
generations in a bad way by weakening their immune system at birth.
But mothers actually help keep the babies safe. Dr.Scheibner is not the only one doing
research about the effects and benefits of the vaccination: “Newborn babies are immune to some
diseases because they have antibodies given to them from their mothers” (Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention). This shows that mothers give antibodies to the babies when they give
birth. Dr.Scheibner states that vaccinated mothers are the cause of new born babies getting
infected but he/she fails to explain how babies are being affected because of the mother who
doesn’t have the transplacentally transmitted immunity. Dr.Scheibner also fails to explain how
vaccines are causing the mother to lack transplacentally transmitted immunity. The research
done by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that mothers keep the babies safe by
giving them antibodies. Therefore, mothers have to be vaccinated and healthy to give antibodies
to the babies to keep them safe.
Vaccination must be a requirement. Vaccines assist the development of the economy.
Vaccines keep people safe and protect them. People do say that vaccinations harm the babies
born to vaccinated mother, but there is more proof stating that mothers keep their babies safe
from infections and diseases by giving antibodies.
Works Cited
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Giving Multiple Vaccines to Children Is Safe.” Vaccines.
Ed. Sylvia Engdahl. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Current Controversies. Rpt. From
“Frequently Asked Questions About Mulitple Vaccines and the Immune System.” 2007.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 30 Mar. 2015.
England, Christina. “Governments Force Children to Get Vaccinated.” Should Vaccinations be
Mandatory? Ed. Roman Espejo. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2014. At Issue. Rpt.
From “These Tricks Are Played to Get You to Vaccinate Your Child.” Vactruth.com. 2013.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “Vaccines Prevent Infectious Diseases.” Do
Infectious Diseases Pose a Threat? Ed. Roman Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2014. At
Issue. Rpt. From “Vaccines: Understanding.” Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 11 Feb.
2015.
“Vaccination.” World of Health. Gale, 2007. Student Resources in Context. Web. 30 Mar. 2015.