Vaccination Persuasive Speech

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In today’s world of almost 8 billion, diseases and ailments need to be curbed to ensure the necessary growth and well-being of the public. That being said, should the government issue mandates, requiring you to undergo medical treatment, such as vaccination, as long as it is to benefit the population? I am here issue a proposition: What is the necessity, the legality, and the overall health benefit of enacting compulsory vaccinations on a population?
This question covers a wide range of other issues pertaining to vaccination. Is vaccination effective initially, and if so, how efficient can it be on a larger scale, potentially worldwide? Do people even have the rights to deny vaccinations. It could be said that people can refuse medical care, …show more content…

One certain topic we have covered is the practice of herd immunity, how a substantially vaccinated portion of a population can ensure less chances of a disease spreading to people who are not vaccinated. Some of the studies I looked at in class demonstrated how diseases that were thought to be eradicated are severely lessened are now starting to come back in alarming numbers, because of the influx of parents choosing not to vaccinate their children. The justness of a practice such as mandatory inoculation is also a concern that will be debated. Concerning legality, while the federal government of the United States has not passed any laws about vaccination, all states in the country have created laws about the mandatory vaccination of children for certain diseases, including polio and tetanus. However, there are also laws set in place to exempt children and others from getting vaccinations. Anecdotally, I know of people who believe that certain diseases that there are vaccines for (Primarily the Chickenpox vaccine) think that these are just minor inconveniences, and that the risks of a negative reaction to the vaccine outweigh the chances of contracting the …show more content…

I need to study different laws concerning vaccination- Both in the US and worldwide- and their reports of disease contraction. In doing so, I should be able to have a better idea of how effective other nation’s laws with vaccination impact the overall health of their people. I also want to find out the costs and the process of creating these vaccines, because one argument against mandatory vaccination is that it would cost the government too much money to mass produce these vaccines. Third, I need to look into the statistics related vaccines’ rate of effectiveness, their chance of negative reactions, and the statistics of children who do not get vaccinated related to their personal health. These facts may allow me to better prove the point that vaccinations actually are an effective manner of preventing the spread of these diseases, often with very little

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