Pros and Cons of Mandatory Vaccinations
Should vaccinations for children be mandatory? Taylor Wofford, writer for newsweek.com
reports that in a poll taken by Ipsos for Reuters, 78% of Americans believe that all children
should be vaccinated and 65% think that schools should go as far as to refuse the
enrollment of unvaccinated children to protect their general population. How do you
decide if the risk of a disease outweighs the risk of the vaccinations needed to prevent said
disease?
One of the most serious arguments against getting children vaccinated questions the need
for injecting children with ingredients that may carry life-threatening reactions and risks.
And although the Centers for Disease Control admits that vaccinations may cause serious
allergic reaction in unknowing children in about one per million, as well as them
containing certain ingredients that may cause for instance, seizures, coma, permanent brain
damage, etc.; they also state that the rarity of these reactions makes it hard to pinpoint the
actual cause of them. It’s not 100% known that these reactions actually stem from the
vaccinations. Opposers have been known to literally break down their argument by
ingredients, claiming that they have direct reactions. For instance, aluminum; the access of
aluminum in the human body can cause neurological harm. However, the quantity of
aluminum used in vaccines is not nearly enough to cause any damage to a person. In fact
children are exposed to more aluminum in infant formula then they are in the vaccinations
given by nurses and doctors. The FDA requires at least 10 years of testing before they
