What would happen to many people if Public Health agencies stop Vaccinating? Immunization is very important in today’s society. There are many moral issues concerning immunization requirements in the background of historical as well as existing immunization programs. There are five important programs that should be focused on to minimize strife among the appropriate ethical principles when developing and implementing vaccination requirements. First, the review and evaluating the present vaccination mandate in Public Health. Second, increase non compulsory strategies pertaining to immunizations. Third, parent or guardian vaccine safety concerns should be addressed. Fourth, boost public awareness of preventable disease if vaccinated in a timely manner. …show more content…
These deadly diseases attacked thousands of infants, children, and adults in the U.S. Vaccines were being searched and developed and became widely used, and the rate of these diseases declined tremendously until today most has been eradicated. Many people in the U.S. virtually nearly everyone got measles before there was a vaccine, and practically hundreds died from measles each year. Many doctors had not seen cases this extreme as measles (CDC 2014). Diphtheria was a deadly disease in 1921 and more than 15,000 Americans had fell ill before there was a vaccine (CDC 2014). There has only been one case of diphtheria that has been reported to the CDC since 2004. German measles (Rubella) was an epidemic in 1964 to 1965 that infected more than 12 1/2 millions Americans, killed more than 2,000 infants, and more than 11,000 women miscarried from this disease (CDC 2014). The CDC had only nine cases of Rubella reported in 2012. In 1806, Italy was the first to pass vaccination requirement, France followed suite in 1810 and Sweden in 1816 (Public Health Review
Parents must be forced to vaccinate their children. The detrimental effects of failing to vaccinate a child can be spine chilling for not only your child but you and your loved ones around. Despite our best efforts to keep our children safe, their lives are unhygienic, a proverbial germ fest some might argue. Children must be vaccinated as they are unaware of their surroundings and a vaccination will save their life; only the child’s but also the people around them.
Why would anyone want to leave their child at risk of developing a sickness that could easily be preventable? Some people believe that vaccines do not work and are only harmful; they are wrong. Vaccines can be helpful not only to the child of the concerned parent, but also the children of other parents as well. Parents should vaccinate their children because it prevents illnesses, rarely has negative effects, and vaccines have increased the human lifespan. If an illness is preventable, parents should ensure that their children are getting the medical protection available.
There is a large buzz in the country these days about vaccines; are they safe, what are they, what are they made out of, will they make me sick. So many people have so many questions, and I am here to try to help bring these people some answers. I would like to help make some sense of this controversy that exists and brings up the question to vaccinate or not.
Vaccines work. They have kept infants healthy and have saved millions of lives for more than 50 years. Most childhood vaccines are 90% to 99% effective in preventing disease so why would you keep such an advantage away from your child? “ Vaccines are made with a tiny amount of dead or weakened germs. They help the immune system learn how to protect itself against disease. Vaccines are a safe and effective way to keep your child from getting very sick from the real disease.” (healthycanadians.gc.ca).When the word vaccination comes to mind the first thing that should come to our minds is life saving, helpful, and beneficial. Unfortunately not all people would think positively when it comes to vaccinations, they think of the worst that could happen. I understand they want to know the cons to getting the vaccine for their infant, but information can show you that pros outweigh the cons. Vaccinations can not only protect an infant but it goes as far as saving their lives. Society has a strong influence on people 's decisions. In this case society and parental beliefs get in the way of infants well beings.
By 2006, vaccines for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR), Hepatitis A and B, Chickenpox, and Hib were created and licensed. Vaccinations for these diseases, as they were created, would be required of students enrolled in school (“Government”). Today, the most common vaccines required by
Vaccines have been an issue of controversy for most of this short century. Many people speak out against vaccines without doing the proper research. For the greater good of public health, children and adults should be vaccinated against preventable illnesses regularly. There are many reasons to be vaccinated, that will be explained in further detail below. Many people fear vaccinations because of the inactive cells or viruses contained in vaccinations. Other people are afraid that the vast increase in Autism is due to vaccinations. I am able to see that there has been a large increase is Autism but I do not believe that it is due to vaccinations. I won’t begin to speculate on the reason Autism has increased in the last 50 years. Vaccination is used all around the world and there are certain standards that must be met so that all vaccines remain effective and pose minimum risk. Vaccines help your body recognize and fight germs and protect against infection from preventable and deadly diseases. It is important to fully understand how vaccinations work, what makes them effective to ensure your child, receives the best possible care and to ensure a happy, healthy life.
Two and half million children everyday are saved from vaccines (“Should”). Many people in America think that parents should not have the decision to let their children opt out of getting vaccines. The controversy of immunizations can be understood through learning about immunizations and how they are used, why people are for and against immunizations and why they are used, and the cons and pros of immunizations.
Disease has been known to humankind as the invisible killer for centuries. Plagues destroying towns, people dying for unexplainable reasons, and children dying all too soon. The miracle of modern medicine has permitted society to to have significant control over these terrifying invisible killer outbreaks. The vaccine is one of the greatest miracles of modern medicine. For example, the vaccine for the polio virus has virtually eliminated the incidences of polio in humans. “Vaccines represent a low-risk intervention administer according to a schedule in which there are currently no known acceptable alternatives.” (Opel et al. 2013). Vaccines protect the person who has been vaccinated from viruses and the more persons vaccinated the more
Every summer before school starts I remember my mom taking me to get all of my vaccines. Although, at first I did not understand the importance I now realize how crucial vaccines truly are. Those vaccines were a major part of what kept me from obtaining harmful diseases or even passing them to other children. Vaccines are one of the safest medical products available and the best defense we have against preventable, contagious diseases. Not only are they beneficial to yourself, but also the rest of the population. Therefore, parents should be required to get their children vaccinated.
America looks at disease as a war. Illness is the enemy, vaccinations are the weapons, and the unfortunate cost is that some innocent civilians may lose their lives. A vaccine is a substance used to provide immunity against a disease. In some cases, vaccines have done more harm than good. Ignoring this fact, vaccines are mandatory in every state, and some states are trying to take away the parent’s right to deny them. The disadvantages, diseases, and disabilities caused by vaccines justify the parent’s right to decide against the risk of vaccination.
Some of the most fatal and dangerous diseases known to the human race are measles, polio, and diphtheria. Before the 1900s, these diseases caused communities to live in fear as they went about their daily activities. Since then, vaccines have been a solution created to prevent people from acquitting these horrendous sicknesses. “In the 20th and 21st centuries, many people in the United States have not personally encountered some of the diseases that are now vaccine-preventable” (p. 132). However, even with a major advancement in medicine, there are still children all across the United States that are being deprived of life saving vaccinations. The universal vaccination dilemma causes moral principles such as beneficence and justice to be debated continuously in regards to how nurses provide care to patients.
The controversy concerning parents vaccinating their children has been a debate for many years. A vaccination is an injection of a weakened or killed organism that produces immunity in the body against that organism. In further detail: when germs such as bacteria or viruses, invade the body, they attack and multiply. This is then called an infection (an infection is what produces illness). When the immune system realizes, it then must fight back the infection with antibodies that the human body produces against the foreign substance. Once the infection is fought off, the body is left with a supply of cells that help recognize and fight off that specific disease in the future. Vaccinations
In the United States, a study in 2011 found that 57% of people who do not vaccinate their children say that they have concerns about autism (Levs). The anti-vaccination movement has gained traction in the past couple of years, with more and more parents not vaccinating. The first vaccine was developed way back in 1796, and the polio vaccine was made in 1950, which helped start to eradicate one of the deadliest diseases in the world. This sudden distrust of vaccinations has not come up suddenly in the past few years. It has been developing due to to massive misinformation surrounding vaccinations. Medical professionals need to educate people on vaccinations by spreading information such as giving information to parents about vaccinations, disproving the idea that vaccines cause autism, and educating people of the risks of not vaccinating.
There are many different stigmas associated with vaccines, such as “vaccines cause autism,” “they actually make you sick,” “the chemicals in them are deadly,” and some people have cultural and religious reasons as to why they are against them. I think vaccination requirements should be extremely enforced, especially in colleges. Students and faculty on college campuses, especially students living in dorms, work closely together, sometimes in small spaces. Bacteria and all kinds of other things can be passed along by desks, pencils, roll sheets, etc. This makes it easy for someone to pass on an illness, even if they aren’t aware of it. Colleges campuses, at any given moment, have a handful of students or faculty that have traveled to other countries
How would you feel if the right to choose to vaccinate your child was taken away? What if after the child received their vaccinations they contracted a serious illness or even died from the vaccinations? There are many cases that have shown adverse reactions in children who have had regular or mandatory vaccination series throughout their lives. Throughout our lives, we are introducing foreign particles and chemicals into our body by receiving the vaccinations that are mandated by our jobs or school. These vaccinations start from the time we are born and continue until the day that we die. Not only are we not allowing our body to build an immunity on it’s on, but we are also traumatizing our children by making them receive shots on a routine basis. There are many reasons that vaccinations should not be mandatory, but the most important are the number of vaccinations, ineffectiveness, and side effects.