1777, General George Washington made the controversial decision to order the mass inoculation of his soldiers. An effort to combat the spread of Smallpox that, at the time, prevented enlistments, posed the risk of hurting his army and tipping the balance of power against America's first warfighters. 2022, even before the Covid pandemic, and especially after, America has been asking: Should vaccines be required for kids to attend school? Should vaccines even be required?.
In the early nineteenth century, European nation states began making smallpox vaccination mandatory for their armies, for the poor, or for the populace in general. Anti-vaccinationists formed to protest what they saw as unequal treatment and undue infringement of individual liberty.
Why it should be required:
Vaccines can save kids’ lives. The American Academy of Pediatrics said that most childhood vaccines are 90%-99% effective in preventing diseases. They also use ingredients that are safe in the amounts that are used. Basically, they used harmful ingredients, but in a safe dosage. A third reason why it should be required is that vaccines not only protect you, but the community itself. It is harder for an outbreak to occur when everyone is fully vaccinated and has boosters as well. THe last reason is that Major medical organizations say that they are safe. The CDC, FDA ,IOM, AMA, APP, and the USDHHS all say that they are safe for citizens
Why it should not be required
One huge reason people do not want a vaccine is because vaccines can cause serious and sometimes fatal side effects. Long term seizures, coma, and permanent brain damage may be associated with DTaP, a vaccine that handles 3 diseases and infections. A second reason is because vaccines contain harmful ingredients.There is Aluminum in some vaccines, which can cause brain damage, and some vaccines contain chicken egg protein and yeast proteins, which may be harmful to children or adults allergic to it. The last reason why it shouldn’t be required is because people believe that the government should not intervene in personal medical choices. Medical decisions for children should be left for the parents or caregivers. Freedom over one’s physical self is the most basic freedom of all, and people in a free society should be able to to have that, otherwise, the government basically owns our body.
All 50 states require vaccinations for children entering public schools even though no mandatory federal vaccination laws exist. All 50 states issue medical exemptions, 47 states (excluding California, Mississippi, and West Virginia) permit religious exemptions, and 16 states allow an exemption for lifestyle reasons.
I think that it should be the parent/guardian's choice on whether or not their child gets certain vaccinations. I am not just talking about Covid vaccines, but any of them.I think that once the child turns 13-14, they should be able to have a least a part of a say in what they want and believe in, and I don’t think that schools should require vaccines for a child to go there.
Questions
Do you think that we should have required vaccines?
If you were a parent and you had to give your child a certain vaccine (even if you don’t believe in it) how would you feel?
Do you think that political views influence the rates of people who want vaccines to be mandatory and those who don’t?
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I feel vaccines should not be required because if you are doing just fine without it and you are required to get the vaccine then it might not be the same but since your doing just fine without it then you should not have to get the vaccine it should be your choice to get it or not.
I think that they should be highly encourged. If the people don't want something, we shouldn't have to do it just to get the future generations future education.
We should not require vaccinaes in the world we live in because nobody knows exactly what is in the vaccine that goes into your body, I would never trust a vaccinane unless I scientifically made it. You never know what that vaccinae is actully going to do.
Yes, a lot of people do not like the fact that unnatural, proccessed items go into vaccines, and they don't really know all of the possible side effects, just a majority
no we shouldn't require vaccines because there are people who vaccines can harm like people with impaired immune systems and other medical problems
No, unless theres a very high risk it could kill, you should be able to make your own choices. I wouldn't feel to bothered with it as long as my child is okat with it. Political view without a doubt control some veiws.
I totally agree with you
I think that vaccines should not be required. I think this because some people have negative effects from some vaccines. If I was a parent in this situation I honestly wouldn't give my child the vaccine because I don't believe in them. Political views are the whole reason that people get vaccines or not because one party believes if you don't get it you will die and the other parties think you will die if you get the vaccine.
I agree, and even political party members want a change in this too, they want to get rid of all vaccine madates, not just some covid madates
I think that for some vaccines it should be required just to be safe. If a parent doesn't want to vaccinate their kids because of any reason then they shouldn't have to. If people are getting brain damage and dieing then obviously it isn't safe.
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