Vaccination has been a contentious subject all over the world. Culture, side effects, and their utility have all been at the forefront of the debate. Opponents to vaccinations argue that they are unnecessary because a child’s immune system can cope with viruses normally, and because the dubious chemicals of vaccines induce side effects in infants. Vaccination supporters, on the other hand, claim that vaccines avoid illnesses like smallpox, pneumonia, rubella, whooping cough, and diphtheria (Merino 54).
Vaccinations, in my opinion, are essential for infants. Vaccines are both reliable and risk-free. They are only given to children after doctors, scientists and other health professionals have had a careful review (Largent 15). Vaccines also have certain trauma, pain and discomfort but these are minimal compared to the effects of diseases they are meant to prevent. Vaccinations protect future generations. Vaccines have reduced and eliminated some diseases that caused massive deaths and disability on children in the past. For example, smallpox was eradicated in the world due to vaccination on children. In addition, vaccinating children against rubella had led to decreased risk of pregnant women passing the virus to their newborns. Hence, if we continue to vaccinate now, future parents will have faith that certain diseases will not affect their children. Vaccination of children can also save a family time and money spend in treating preventable diseases (Reich 123). Preventable diseases can lead to long term disability, lost time at work and medical bills. All these can be avoided by vaccinating children that is most cases costs nothing particularly for families with low incomes.
Works Cited
Largent, Mark A. Vaccine: The Debate in Modern America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Print.
Merino, Noël. Should Vaccinations Be Mandatory?Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Print.
Reich, Jennifer A. Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines. , 2016. Print.
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