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 don't think that all vaccines should be required. some should stay optional like the covid or flu shot and other shots but if it's vital for your health then yeah it should be required.
Yes, during the influenza pandemic in 1918, and once they found a polio vaccine, children were required to get it, because it would keep them healthy and safe, whereas flu shots and covid shots are not as vital to got
I personally don't think that vaccines should be required. I think that some of them most definetly work. But the government should not be able to tell people what vaccines they should and shouldn't take. I think it should be completely up to the person on what they want to put in their body.
I totally agree with that statement, the government shouldn't force something into your body.
I do not think vaccines should be required at all. I do definitley think some help but they should not be required. Some people have religous beliefs or just don't think they are good for your health. The government should not tell you how to live your life.
I don't think they should be required. I hate shots. I always get panic attacks when I have to get them. I feel like the vaccines you get when you are a baby are important. But after 18, I think people should be able to choose.
I agree, some people don't like the feeling of getting them, or are allergic to them, or they don't believe in them, but there are certain ones you have to get a child to go to school.
No, I dont think all vaccines should be required. Because, some religions dont allow them to get a vaccine. Many buisnesses will say you cant go into there store without being vaccinated and I think thats the farthest it should go becuase its a persons choice weather or not they want to get a vaccine.
Exactly, even though some people would be better off getting a vaccine, or others around them getting vaccines, in the end it should be the person's choice because it is their body. It's not even about Covid vaccines, any vaccines should let the person choose, whether religion, or personal beliefs.
I don't think that all vaccines should have to be required. I think that it is your choice to get it or not because of your religious beliefs or just what they believe. I think that it can relate to abortion as well. It is basically the same thing in many ways.
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