Argumentative Essay On Vaccination In Schools

Many children and go to school prepared, but as TCA Regional News states “parents would never consider leaving their kids ill-prepared for school.” This meaning, many students are prepared with the necessary school supplies such as books and binders but are not prepared when the topic is an illness. Many children go to school without being vaccinated and can be hosts for life-threatening illnesses. Many parents have their personal beliefs regarding vaccinations, but vaccinations are a safety blanket for their children and the people living around them. Many parents are conscious of getting their child vaccinated because the media is portraying vaccinations as being harmful. On the contrary side, the TCA Regional New stated: “the persistent …show more content…
Diseases such as measles, polio, and rubella had massive outbreaks decades ago and have not reoccurred, meaning they were extinct. However, there have been some cases of outbreaks of those specific diseases. Just because some diseases have been known to be extinct, does not mean they cannot have a flare-up. The Centers for Disease Control wrote an article stating “From January 1 to September 9, 2017, 119 people from 15 states (California, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Washington) were reported to have measles” (CDC, 2017). The CDC also noted cases of other major diseases that the population thought to be extinct such as measles, mumps, whooping cough, and rubella. Vaccinations can prevent children from contracting one of the many, possibly, fatal diseases that were once known to be nonexistent. The more children vaccinated, the less likely there will be an …show more content…
To stay one night is a hospital can cost thousands of dollars. If a child has a disease that easily could have been prevented with a vaccination will have to stay multiple nights in a hospital, resulting in a large medical bill. By the child and family being in the hospital, time is lost from school, work, and other daily activities. Whereas, a vaccinated child would be less likely to become infected and therefore medical bills will be nonexistent. A recent article stated that the United States government is trying to segregate vaccinated children from non-vaccinated children (England, 2013). The same article stated the state of Pennsylvania is denying students the right to go to prom being they were not vaccinated for chicken-pox (England, 2013). Diseases are real and can become an issue fast if children are not