Vaccines

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In Racheal Opielski’s essay ‘Should the be mandatory vaccines’ Opielski’s main argument as to why someone should be vaccinated is because of the sudden nature in which epidemics spread.(cite) Opielski therefore believes that to ensure people are protected mandatory vaccinations must be implemented. However in the event of a pandemic vaccines often don’t have the time to be vigorously tested and trialled making them more dangerous. For example every year a new Influenza vaccine is created because the virus morphs and becomes something different every year. Scientists only have a limited amount of time to test and trial these new vaccinations before humans are injected. Such a small frame of time is not enough to see the possible consequences and side effects the vaccine could possibly have in it and who may have an allergic reaction. Rushing vaccines often causes the vaccine to be unsafe and possibly cause worse side effects than the disease itself. In 1976 an Army recruit died because of the swine flu. This triggered panic of an epidemic within the United States and a vaccine was developed rapidly. Due to the fast development of the vaccine it was thus largely untested and not properly examined. The vaccine caused 532 people of the 48 million vaccinated to be paralysed by a disease called Guillian-Barre and a further 25 people were killed.(cite) In order for people to even begin to campaign for mandatory vaccination the vaccine itself must not have any chance of causing such devastating effects on people as it did in 1976.
There are countless cases where vaccines that have not been properly tested cause death and severe injury to people. If this kind of tragedy were to occur due to families being forced to vaccinate their childre...

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...ot the consequence inflicted is the consequence intended or foreseen)” as assault.(cite) Therefore giving someone a vaccination is classed as assault and if the vaccine gives an unforeseen side effect to the infant it is also classified as assault. It is a clear breach of human rights that should have no place in a civil society where freedom is prized and is a firm foundation in which our constitution was constructed upon.
In conclusion it is clear that arguing for mandatory vaccinations is a major breach of human rights and should be condemned. I don’t believe it is ever right to not give people a say in what they want in regard to medical treatment and gives too much power to the Government and Health organisations. Anyone who argues for mandatory vaccination has not clearly thought through the health effects, religious oppression and freedom breaches it poses.

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