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Vaccinations are required for almost all children however recently there have been discussions about the negative side effects of vaccination. Many parents take their children to the doctor at the prescribed times to be vaccinated. However, many doctors and parents have become suspicious about the side effects of vaccination. Therefore, many parents raised the question of why does my child need to be immunized? Another concern raised is whether or not the vaccines are safe and if the vaccines should be required for all children. An important concern is whether or not vaccines cause autism or if natural immunity is better than vaccinations. Therefore, the negative side effects of vaccines are important to consider.

There are policies and necessities that the states in the United States mandate certain immunizations including school entry requirements. However, there are not any “federal laws mandating vaccination to children; however, all the states require certain vaccinations when children entering public schools.” (ProCon) The reason schools require this is because it helps prevent diseases from child to child. “As pediatric influenza has a major clinical and socioeconomic impact its prevention by vaccination is highly desirable” (Esposito) One benefit of getting childhood vaccines is that it protects children from a variety of serious or potentially fatal diseases, such as diphtheria, measles, meningitis, polio, tetanus and whooping cough. Although these disease diseases seem uncommon, it is because the vaccines are preventing them. The way vaccines work is that the body is introduced into the body as an antigen and then “the immune system responds by producing an antibody, a protein that recognizes the antigen and triggers an...

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... addition, I believe that the government and schools should not force parents to vaccine their children because some people have their own different beliefs about immunization.

Vaccinations are highly recommend by pediatricians and are required for all schoolchildren but there is controversy surrounding its use. While there are many health benefits and the use of vaccination protects us from many dangerous diseases there are also many side effects. These side effects have caused many parents to wonder if they should reconsider giving their child vaccines. The negative side effects of vaccines are important to consider when making the decision to get your child immunized. Once your child is vaccinated, it is permanent and any harmful toxins will be in their body forever. Therefore, this has caused vaccination to be a widely debated topic among parents and doctors.