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KatelynSmith
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Government
19October2015
ResearchPaper:MandatoryVaccination
Recently,vaccinationhasbecomeaverydangerous,andcontroversialpublichealth
issue.Inthelate1990s,AndrewWakefield,ascientist,publishedapaperstatingthattherewas
alinkbetweenreceivingavaccineandcontractingautism.Thissamescientistlatercameout,
sayinghehadfalsifiedallevidenceforhispaper,andthattherereallywasnolinkbetween
receivingavaccineandcontractingautism.EventhoughWakefieldconfessedtofalsifyingthis
information,somepeoplecontinuetousethisexcusetopreventtheirchildrenfrombeing
vaccinated,othersclaimreligiousorphilosophicalbeliefsdon'tallowthemtoreceivethe
medications.Vaccinesarecriticaltoprotectthosewhorelyonherdimmunity
Whenacritical
portionofacommunityisimmunizedagainstacontagiousdisease(Community)
,theysave
countlessliveseveryyearfromcommunicablediseases,andadversereactionstovaccinesare
extremelyrare.
Someindividualscannotreceivevaccinationsduetoaplethoraofreasons.
Newbornsor
adultsinpoorhealthcannotreceiveavaccinewithoutaseverereaction,sotheyrelyonherdimmunity
(Weinreb)
.Thesepeoplerelyontherestofthepopulationtheherdtobevaccinatedto

preventthespreadofeasilycommunicablediseases.Tosaidindividuals,thesediseasescouldbe
lifethreatening,orevenfatalifcaught."
Vaccinepreventablediseaseshavenotdisappearedso
vaccinationisstillnecessary"(VaccinePreventable).Sincethesediseasesarestillaround,

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immunocompromisedindividualswillcontinuetobeatriskofcatchingthem.Toreducethisrisk,we
needtohaveasmanyeligiblecitizensinoculatedaswecan.Thesevaccinesarenotevilassomemake
themouttobe.Theyarereallyquitetheopposite!
Vaccinessavecountlessliveseveryyearfromeasilypreventablediseases.Morespecifically,
vaccinessave2.5millionchildrenfrompreventablediseaseseveryyear(TheSolution).Thisisona
globalscale,notjustintheUnitedStates.Couldyouimagineifyourchildgotsickanddiedfroma
diseasethatcouldhavebeeneasilypreventedfromjustoneortwosimplevaccinations?

Mostchildhood
vaccinesare90%to99%effectiveinpreventingdisease(Palfrey).Thismeansthatchildrenare
receivingmedicinesthatprotectthemfromdangerous,evenfatalillnessessuchaswhoopingcough,
rubella,measles,andmoreandarestayinghealthybecauseofsaidvaccinations.Weareprotectingour
childrenfromanearlyandpreventabledeath.Forthosesayingthattheyrefusetovaccinatebecauseofa
possiblereactiontothemedicine,theycanrestassured.
Adversereactionstothesevaccinesareexceedinglyrare.Sorareinfact,thatareactiononly
occursinoneperseveralhundredthousandtoonepermillionvaccinations
(
Dohenny).Ifareaction
occursatall,themostcommonisanaphylaxis,whichiseasilytreatedwithashotfromanEpiPen.
Autismhasbeenwidelydebunkedbypropersciencetimeandtimeagainasapossiblereactionto
vaccines.Alotofscientificevidenceindicatesthatautismhasageneticcause(SmithBouck171).This
rumorhasbeenresearchedmanyoverandoveragain,anddebunkedjustasmanytimes.Thereareonlya
fewkindsofsideeffectsyoucanhavefromavaccine,andautismisntoneofthem.Thesheeramountof
researchthatgoesintothemedicinesensuresthisisntapossibility.TheFDArequiresupto10ormore
yearsoftestingforallvaccinesbeforetheyarelicensed,andthentheyaremonitoredbytheCDCandthe
FDAtomakesurethevaccinesandtheingredientsusedinthevaccinesaresafe(VaccineSafety).There
is
so
muchtestingandresearchconductedonvaccinationstomakesurethatthereisaslittleofariskas

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possibletothosebeinginoculated.Evenwiththisinformation,somewillstillbringupcounterarguments
againstmandatoryvaccination.
Somepeoplebelievethatmandatoryvaccinationisinfringingontheirfreedomofchoice.
Enforcingmandatoryvaccinationisactuallynotinfringingontheirrightsatall.Iftheseindividuals
choosenottobeinoculated,theyjustwontbeallowedtoattendapublicschool.Theycanstillattendany
privateand/orhomeschooling.Nooneisforcingthemtogetthevaccination.Asmallpopulationof
individualsbelievesthatvaccinescauseautism.Therehasbeenalotofresearchdoneinrecentyears,
statingthatthisisnottrue.Somepeoplemightbebasingtheirargumentsoffoffalsifiedstudieslike
AndrewWakefieldseventhoughMDEllenClaytonaswellasmanyotherdoctorsandscientists
states,TheMMRvaccine[amongothers]doesnotcauseautism(Report).Asstatedearlierinthispaper,
adversereactionstovaccinesareextremelyrare,infact,theUSDepartmentofHealthandHuman
Servicesstatesthat,"Vaccinesaresomeofthesafestmedicalproductsavailable"(VaccinesDoNot).
Bothofthesecounterargumentsaredeficientinmanyways.Mostofall,theylacksubstance(correct
scientificfindings,etc.)andtheyprovideemotionalarguments,insteadoflogicalarguments.
Inconclusion,someindividualsrelyonherdimmunitytostayhealthy,vaccinessavescountless
liveseveryyear,andadversereactionstosuchmedicinesareveryrare.Modernsciencehasthoroughly
debunkedandlinkbetweenautism.Vaccineshelpsavelivesacrosstheglobebyprotectingcitizensfrom
easilypreventablediseases.Oneday,withthehelpofvaccines,mostdiseaseswillbecompletely
eradicated.So,fellowUnitedStatescitizens,Iurgeyoutosupportmybillandvoteyestomandatory
vaccinationsifnottohelpyourselfthentohelphumanity!

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