Ahmed Almousa ECE211 Jennifer Marley 10/15/2018 Should Vaccination of Children be Mandatory? Main Argument: Nowadays vaccines can be termed as the most essential modern medical prevention procedure that tends to save hundred millions of lives around the globe. They have also led to the complete eradication of viral diseases. In various under develop countries due to improper distribution of vaccinations a large number of children lose their lives. As a research done by Bill and Melinda Gates reveals that “; one child dies every 20 seconds from vaccine preventable diseases,” [1]. Hence vaccines should be mandatory because it is safe, cost effective, and do not cause side effects for healthy people, but may cause side effects for people with health conditions. Though in various countries where effective vaccines are willingly available, some of the parents reject to vaccinate their kids. For example, up to 5% of parents in the UK and 9% in the United States refuse to allow their children to be vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. [1] Consequently, on the off chance that you take a gander at a few US episodes of measles or mumps - which something like 90% of the populace has been inoculated against since 2000 - the general population who become ill are normally the individuals who have not been vaccinated. In any case, even a few people who have been inoculated have turned out to be wiped out amid a flare-up [1]. Even some who received the vaccination got the diseases. The 2014 measles outbreak in the United States, and the 2015 death of a German Ahmed Pencil Ahmed Pencil toddler from measles during an outbreak in Europe. [3], have proved the importance of vaccines and they should be mandatory to reduce these sort of viral diseases. Sub-argument 1: Vaccines are safe and should be mandatory. The United States' established a vaccine safety system that ensures the vaccines are safe. In fact, now, the United States comprises the safest, and the most operative vaccine supply in history. The monitoring of vaccines starts with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The organization guarantees the effectiveness, safety, and accessibility of vaccines for the whole country. Before a vaccine is approved by the FDA for use by the public it is also tested via various approaches by scientists and doctors [2]. Sub-argument 2: Vaccines are also cost effective. Moreover, Vaccines are also cost effective, they not only save lives of people, they save money too. As it is more economical to prevent an ailment than to treat it. There are many programs operating by the government to provide the public with childhood immunization as it saves about 29.9 million dollars which are spent by people in treating these sort of diseases in a whole year [3]. Sub-argument 3: Vaccinations caused an intense decline in the number of diseases caused by viral .

1. Ahmed Almousa
ECE211
Jennifer Marley
10/15/2018
Should Vaccination of Children be Mandatory?
Main Argument:
Nowadays vaccines can be termed as the most essential modern
medical prevention
procedure that tends to save hundred millions of lives around
the globe. They have also led to the
complete eradication of viral diseases. In various under develop
countries due to improper
distribution of vaccinations a large number of children lose
their lives. As a research done by Bill
and Melinda Gates reveals that “; one child dies every 20
seconds from vaccine preventable
diseases,” [1]. Hence vaccines should be mandatory because it
is safe, cost effective, and do not
cause side effects for healthy people, but may cause side
effects for people with health

2. conditions.
Though in various countries where effective vaccines are
willingly available, some of the
parents reject to vaccinate their kids. For example, up to 5% of
parents in the UK and 9% in the
United States refuse to allow their children to be vaccinated
with the measles, mumps, and
rubella (MMR) vaccine. [1] Consequently, on the off chance
that you take a gander at a few US
episodes of measles or mumps - which something like 90% of
the populace has been inoculated
against since 2000 - the general population who become ill are
normally the individuals who
have not been vaccinated. In any case, even a few people who
have been inoculated have turned
out to be wiped out amid a flare-up [1]. Even some who
received the vaccination got the
diseases. The 2014 measles outbreak in the United States, and
the 2015 death of a German
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Pencil
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Pencil

3. toddler from measles during an outbreak in Europe. [3], have
proved the importance of vaccines
and they should be mandatory to reduce these sort of viral
diseases.
Sub-argument 1: Vaccines are safe and should be mandatory.
The United States' established a vaccine safety system that
ensures the vaccines are safe. In
fact, now, the United States comprises the safest, and the most
operative vaccine supply in
history. The monitoring of vaccines starts with the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA).
The organization guarantees the effectiveness, safety, and
accessibility of vaccines for the whole
country. Before a vaccine is approved by the FDA for use by the
public it is also tested via
various approaches by scientists and doctors [2].
Sub-argument 2: Vaccines are also cost effective.
Moreover, Vaccines are also cost effective, they not only save
lives of people, they save
money too. As it is more economical to prevent an ailment than
to treat it. There are many
programs operating by the government to provide the public

4. with childhood immunization as it
saves about 29.9 million dollars which are spent by people in
treating these sort of diseases in a
whole year [3].
Sub-argument 3: Vaccinations caused an intense decline in the
number of diseases caused by
viral infections like measles, chicken pox and more.
However vaccinations caused an intense decline in the number
of diseases caused by viral
infections like measles, chicken pox and more. Some of these
diseases sometimes are brought by
international travelers or children that catch infections while
travelling themselves. [3]-[4].
Counterargument:
It is true that vaccines have side effects, and the bad ones do
cause side effects only for
some people who suffer from some diseases .Some of the bodies
are quite delicate and react
aggressively to the debilitated virus, injected into their bodies.
In severe cases people might
develop, muscle pain, allergy, swelling, headache, shivering or
even mild fever or may show

5. deadly effects. According to Missouri university studies 2
people died in Florida because of the
effects [3].
Rebuttal:
Vaccines may have side effects but it totally depends upon the
delicacy of an individual
body. If children are not vaccinated for the preventable disease
because of the fear of rare side
effects then the rate of disease may incline. In addition, the
diseases that vaccines prevent make
it worth it to use for children. If we look back to the old
generation who did not have vaccines in
their time, we will see a big number of people who died because
of the diseases that vaccines
could prevent.
Background Information (Bulleted List):
1796 was the primary
vaccine experimented on, tested and used and found safe and
did not cause side effects
and he found that it is cost effective.

6. recommended it as a cure.
Picture of World if Argument Not Implemented:
Vaccines posture another problem. Whenever the parents of
children choose not to vaccinate
them, they are eventually choosing disease what their children
might contact including measles,
mumps, and rubella. This also include the number of people
who can’t be vaccinated like the
ones who are taking chemotherapies and underage children , as
they totally depend upon others
to be protected. Now the question arises: should the health of
people depend on others?
The answer to this question is no. Vaccination should be
compulsory so that the chances to get
these diseases are declined. If people are not vaccinated they
are more likely to catch viral
infections and may cause the spread of these diseases.

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9. I have neither given ir received nor have I tolerated any other’s
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