Should Vaccines Be Allowed In Schools

Why Vaccinate? Public opinion of childhood vaccinations has fluctuated greatly in recent years. Questions relating to the necessity and usefulness of vaccines as well as their safety has been called into question. Unfortunately, the amount of misinformation spread about vaccines has clouded the issue and divided parents on the subject. The truth is that vaccines are safe and should be made mandatory for all children. Most members of modern society either do not understand the threats that vaccines protect us against. In 1921, more than 15,000 Americans died from diphtheria but since the implementation of mandatory vaccinations, only one case of diphtheria has been reported to the CDC since 2004. Similarly, between 1964 and 1965 nearly 13 million Americans were diagnosed with rubella leading to countless birth defects and complications, as of 2012 only nine cases of rubella were reported.
This ignorance is partially because of the effectiveness of vaccines, as these terrible diseases effect less and less people society begins to think that we no longer need the protection. The truth is that diseases such as mumps, measles, rubella, typhoid, yellow fever, varicella, polio, hepatitis, pertussis, human papilloma, meningitis, rotavirus, tetanus,
This poses two potential issues. The first is that many of these diseases can quickly cause irreversible damage to the individual. The second is that even if they are not permanently harmed by the disease they cannot completely prevent the spread of the disease. Sadly, the individuals who chose not to be immunized constitute only 80% of the infected population for these diseases. This means that they have endangered the lives of those who have no choice in their ability to become