The Pros And Cons Of Vaccines

732,000 children’s lives have been saved in the past 20 years due to routine vaccinations according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccines are a product that produces immunity to a specific disease by stimulating a person’s immune system; this in turn protects the person from the disease. Once vaccinations became a practical way to fight disease, the United State’s state law mandating vaccinations for school children was passed in 1855 in Massachusetts. Now in presently all 50 states require vaccinations before starting public school, however there is no federal law that requires vaccines to be mandatory. Recently, people have questioned the side effects of vaccines and whether they are worth the risk.

The claims that are made are backed up by strong support from research studies, however they do not acknowledge the other side so this degrades some of the argument. The APA is a reliable source because the doctors and other professionals that are a part of this organization have experience in this field, which gives them expertise. However they do have some vested interest. When people opt to use vaccinations, they make more money. Even though the argument does have some bias, the overall argument is sound because the claims are backed up by strong fact- based

The strengths of this argument are that the claims are backed up by credible evidence and it comes from someone who has experience in the field. However it is from U.S. News so it is not global. A doctor who has expertise in the field writes this article so this is a reliable source. However the ability to see is not good because the other side is not acknowledged, which gives the argument some bias. Overall this is a strong argument because the claims are backed up by credible evidence, however the bias does degrade the persuasiveness of the