Childhood Vaccination Argumentative Essay

Children are very important in today’s society, they are the future. It is very important to help protect them and provide them with a chance for a very long and healthy future. Vaccinations are considered one of the greatest medical achievements of all time and they can help to protect these kids. However, many people are against vaccinations and believe that all vaccines don’t work very well, and are unsafe. A vaccine contains a weakened version of a disease called an antigen. This antigen is not strong enough to produce signs or symptoms of the disease but it is strong enough to create antibodies which can help protect you from this virus in the future. I believe getting childhood vaccinations is very important for many different reasons. Vaccinations are a huge benefit to everyone because they protect yourself and everyone else around you, they are very safe and effective, and they prevent outbreaks of preventable diseases.
Vaccines not only protect yourself but also everyone else around you. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
A lot of people argue that many doctors and scientists are coming forward against vaccines, however this “many” is a very small portion of professionals. Others are very concerned with the ingredients used in these vaccinations and claim that they are not well tested and using natural treatments is a safer route. Some are concerned with the side effects of vaccinations but the chances of experiencing these side effects is tiny compared to the chance of getting very sick or even dying from the disease the vaccine protects you from. Others say that vaccinations cause autism. However the two have no correlation.just because apparent autism rates have increased at the same general time as vaccinations does not mean the two are automatically tied together. There have been many changes in our society in recent decades, all of which could have a tie to the increased autism