Argumentative Essay: Immunize Or Be Ostracized?

Immunize or be Ostracized

Are you up-to-date on your vaccinations, are your children, or will you even allow your child to be vaccinated? In the article “Straight Talk about Vaccination; Parents need better information, ideally before a baby is born” by Matthew F. Daley, and Jason M. Glanz the issue of vaccinations are discussed. Throughout the paper I argue how I believe in children being vaccinated and ways to help educated upcoming or even current parents, and I will use the article to support my ideas. In “Straight Talk about Vaccination; Parents need better information, ideally before a baby is born” the controversial topic of vaccinations doing more harm than good is the major argument. Matthew F. Daley, and Jason M. Glanz say there are three basic reasons as to why parents are no longer vaccinating their children: parents do not believe that their children are at risk, it’s believed the vaccine does not prevent the disease, and the worry of safety in the future. A child first gets bombarded with vaccines at the 2 month appointment. They get 6 recommended shots that are very crucial including polio and two for meningitis. At a child’s routine appointment is when things are usually informally

Daley, and Jason M. Glanz which looked at children in Colorado whose parents refused vaccinations or waited till after ideal time to receive them. The studies showed that “unvaccinated children were roughly 23 times more likely to develop whooping cough, nine times more likely to be infected with chicken pox, and 6.5 times more likely to be hospitalized with pneumonia or pneumococcal disease” (Daley and Glanz par. 10). I feel that if more people were to see studies similar to this one they would think twice before leaving their children out to get infected when it could be prevented. If scientist were to publish more things to prove how beneficial vaccines are it may be helpful in persuading parents to vaccinate their children as