Pros Of Vaccination Cons

In 2000-2001, only a handful of states allowed a personal exemption option in schools and the number of mumps cases was less than 500; by 2006, about 20 states allowed a personal exemption option, and there was a mumps outbreak where more than 6,000 cases were reported (US Department of Health). According to Wisconsin Statistics, the current “immunization requirement is waived if the student, if an adult, or the student’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian submits a written statement to the school… objecting to the immunization for reasons of health, religion, or personal conviction” (“Communicable Diseases”). Wisconsin is one of seventeen states that allows public schools to have personal exemptions from vaccinations (NVIC). The personal

While it is true that there are many possible side effects, most are not harmful, and all have a minute possibility of happening. ProCon.org examines a list of pros and cons of vaccinations, and among them is: “the most common side effect of vaccines, anaphylaxis (a severe allergic reaction), occurs in one per several hundred thousand to one per million vaccination” and that the most severe happen so rarely, they are not proven to actual side effects (“Should Vaccines Be Required For Children?”). The deterrent from taking a vaccine should not be from the side effects as the lethal ones are not scientifically proven to be true side effects from them happening so rarely. Science has proven vaccines to be a low risk. Furthermore, the CDC has done research on vaccines and autism. In 2013, there was a study done by the CDC that concluded that when comparing the number of antigens, it was the same in autistic and non-autistic children (CDC). Moreover, there have been nine studies since 2003 on whether mercury-containing vaccinations or the MMR are causing autism, and the results showed no link, as well (CDC). Though there are those who argue that their child got autism from a vaccine, there have been multiple investigations to prove otherwise; the real reason is that symptoms of autism start to show around the time children get the MMR vaccination. With this in mind, it is clear that vaccines are in

The United States’ Department of Health and Human Services wrote an article that delves into vaccinations. The article, titled Vaccines Protect Your Community, explains what herd immunity is, how to achieve it, and why it is important. The article states: herd immunity occurs when enough people in a community are vaccinated against a disease, and therefore the germs can not spread as quickly, so if someone gets the disease, an outbreak is less likely to happen (Department of Health and Human Services). Herd immunity is important in stopping diseases from other countries from transferring and causing an outbreak in that area; however, with more and more parents deciding not to vaccinate, herd immunity is going down, which is allowing the diseases to be spread and is stopping the protection of deadly diseases that were once gone. The infographic PUT WHERE shows how a bug spreads without vaccinations versus with a mostly vaccinated population. This is the essential definition of herd immunity; the group that did not vaccinate had the bug spread like wildfire, while the second group only had a few cases. Now, picture this in real life with a much larger population. For this reason, herd immunity is imperative in stopping outbreaks, and the key to this is vaccinating. Not vaccinating puts the whole community at risk- especially those who are unable to vaccinate. Some people