In January 2014, 102 measles cases linked to an outbreak at Disneyland were reported in 14 states. The outbreak alarmed the CDC, which declared the disease eliminated in the U.S. in the year 2000. Many health officials have tied the outbreak to the rising number of unvaccinated children under the age of 12. Proponents of a mandate argue that vaccines are necessary in order to insure herd immunity against preventable diseases. Herd immunity protects people who are unable to get vaccines due to their age or health condition. Opponents of a mandate believe the government should not be able to decide which vaccines their children should receive. Some opponents also believe there is a link between vaccinations and autism and vaccinating their children will have destructive consequences on their early childhood development.
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
Yes
@9F9J7YV1wk1W
You shouldn't be forced to vaccinate it should be a parental decision because the government has no rights to the kids
@9F8L2G51wk1W
Everyone has their own choice of what they want to put in their body. We don't know the long term effects of vaccinations.
@9F8BBSB1wk1W
In context to issues such as measles after vaccinations the rate on children catching these illnesses decreased by a lot.
@9FC75BK6 days6D
To ensure the effectiveness and integrity of any given business or corporation through capitalism, many of them must require vaccinations. Corporations should be allowed to make vaccination mandatory within itself, not the government.
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
No
@9F9S55S1wk1W
Its been proven that vaccinations can only do you good so it should be mandatory that all children should be vaccinated
@9FC75BK6 days6D
The United States exists for the purpose of democracy, emphasizing our liberty and the freedom to make choices. Our choices inherently have consequences. Citizens should be allowed to make any decision they want in this country and suffer whatever consequence they face. Vaccines should not be mandatory through government means.
@SparklingShads6 days6D
While I agree that personal freedom is a cornerstone of our democracy, it's also important to consider how individual choices can impact the collective health of our society. For instance, the decision not to vaccinate can lead to outbreaks of preventable diseases, affecting both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. In a sense, aren't these consequences affecting the rights of others to live in a disease-free environment? It's a delicate balance between individual liberties and public health. How would you propose we maintain this balance without compromising the health of our communities?
I can see that you might be paranoid due to the risk of the vaccine maybe not being healthy, but if you look around you people are living well and happy and covid free.
@9F8X9W81wk1W
This is actually a very ignorant to the current positive covid cases amongst those who have indeed been vaccinated.
@992H2V58mos8MO
I don't think the government should be allowed to mandate any medical treatments before someone is sick. If a child needs life saving medicine, then it is reasonable to force parents to allow that treatment. Emergency medicine is effective, but iatrogenic causes of death are too high in America and regulators are too influenced by and involved with industry. Therefore, parents should not be forced to agree with every vaccine that the government is successfully lobbied by industry to mandate. Kids are not as healthy as my generation, but the number of vaccine doses they get are at least five times higher. Not causal proof of a causal relationship to ill health but children's health is obviously not better as a result.
@9DYFPZY2wks2W
Let's be honest: the vaccines are killing people AND causing autism.
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@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
Yes, they are essential to protecting other children who are too young to be vaccinated
@9F8SF3N1wk1W
I would say the parents shouldn't make there kids get a vaccine i feel everyone should have a choice on the the vaccines.
@9F87ZJM1wk1W
I would say that some children are not able to receive a vaccine due to underlying heath conditions. It could potentially harm or endanger the child.
@9F6Q5V72wks2W
Although there is a chance that vaccines can temporarily prevent people from getting covid, there are many companies that have not properly tested the vaccines to fully ensure that they are safe to use. Some people can't receive the vaccine due to health issues that make them allergic or sensitive to it, so their health would be put at high risk if they were required by the government to be vaccinated. There have been many incidents where people had fatal reactions to the vaccine due to an underlying health issue, and these instances have been ignored and misreported on. Vaccination has always been a free choice of the people, and should remain that way.
@9FJDMQG24mins24m
Human biology allows the body to counter and create its own natural defense against diseases without requiring a vaccine. Then there are natural, safer options of aiding the body in its protection through vitamins and sanitation.
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
Yes, but only for deadly contagious diseases
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
No, but require vaccination in order to attend public school
@98R6DP7Republican 8mos8MO
Im am a highschool student that goes to a highschool with a lot of different types of students that some have health issues. People should not be made to take any vaccinations for any type of sicknesses, becuase its there body and there choice. Plus the risk of a child from dying from covid is rare, unless you have a crutal health issues, which in most cases that child should understand and be taught on how to cope and mannage with there health responsabilities. If you are a student that is worried about someone getting sick becuase of a student in school having covid and spreading it, then… Read more
@9BGNQYD5mos5MO
I'm a high school teacher, and I would agree with you EXCEPT there are diseases that have been eradicated (measles to be specific) that now have come back with a vengeance because people don't want to vaccinate their children for one reason or another. You may be fine and come out on top, but what if you give it to someone else? These diseases are 99% preventable. It's only "my body, my choice" unless we're talking about communicable and contagious diseases... in which case it doesn't only affect your body.
@9FJDLB326mins26m
The government does not have the right to violate my freedom of choice and what vaccinations go into my body.
@9FJCDCX1hr1H
Not every person is going to be able to fight off the same antibodies people get when they are sick.
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
Regardless, this should be decided at the state level
@9F6JCMM2wks2W
Vaccines work, there is a reason that polio and measles were effectively eradicated and they are now back. Anybody that doesn’t get mandatory vaccinations should probably have their kid taken away from them, otherwise the kid will just die at 5.
I cannot conceive a notable scientific possibility why an individual should fight vaccines unless it was for life-threatening reasons
@9F753N52wks2W
In order to protect all children from potentially harmless diseases that are preventable by a vaccine vaccinations should be manadtory, nationally.
@8MN5H3T3yrs3Y
I think that all people should get vaccinated, unless they have a medical condition which prohibits them from getting vaccinated because they will become dangerously sick.
@8LXM9YDRepublican3yrs3Y
Only if their parent wants to.
@8L3Q3SWIndependent3yrs3Y
If families are not anti-vaccination then yes.
it depends on the childs immune system and how old they are. vaccinations past one year old should be mandatory unless the immune system cannot handle it
@8K42BVR3yrs3Y
Yes vaccines should be required to be part of the public school system and other systems run on tax dollars. However vaccines should be covered at low to no cost if they are required. Otherwise, no requirement for home schooling
@8NKM5C63yrs3Y
I am too uneducated on this subject to have a firm conviction in my answer
@98PP9SX8mos8MO
Yes, especially for deadly contagious diseases. Parents should get their children vaccinated before they attend Daycare or public school. Parents should be held criminally liable for not getting their children vaccinated or for transferring diseases to their children and/or others children and should be arrested and imprisoned. Vaccinations that should be mandatory should be for Polio, Mumps/Measles/Rubella, Chickenpox, Rotavirus, Meningococcal Meningitis, HPV, TDaP, and COVID-19 (if possible).
@9BVY4GQ5mos5MO
@9CC7S254mos4MO
No, not until vaccines are made safer, and people should be allowed to opt out for religious reasons.
@59J9PYN3yrs3Y
US should stop spreading viruses for profit only then world would be free of all diseases. Capitalism is world cancer.
@8NL5KB53yrs3Y
How is the US going to stop spreading viruses when it is our of their control. I know that in the vaccines there is a form of that disease from the year before, but that illness isn't going to be the same as the one spreading around now. The doctors are putting bacteria's in your body not knowing if your body can fight off these bacteria's. There is no way the world could be free of all diseases, it's just not possible.
@Lola3NPB3yrs3Y
International travel bans are just not possible.
Even if you banned human travelers you couldn't ban cargo coming in from foreign countries. The world economy would collapse.
@59MCWPJ3yrs3Y
This is a tough one. I understand both sides. the safety of all people is at stake here. I do support vaccination efforts and they should be pushed quite hard. Those who choose not to vaccinate, should be held accountable for infecting others especially if it includes loss of life.
@59KMPNR3yrs3Y
It's funny that if vaccination really work why should they worry about those who don't. Those that do not get vaccinated. Tough.
@7RYLNVTLibertarian3yrs3Y
Well, the ones who don't get vaccinated aren't immune to the disease so they can still get it from anywhere. All a vaccine does is strengthen your immune system, however, if you don't get the vaccine you can still be in danger of getting a virus from someone who did get the vaccine.
@984RHSXRepublican10mos10MO
No it should not be required but there should be a responsibility and consequence for it if you arent vaccinated and cause a outbreak. But another stance is that basic vacines that are like the basic virusis that the vacine has been tested and proven over years should be required but ones like covid-19 are new and not proven or tested as much and should no be required.
@984RRP210mos10MO
@93J5Q271yr1Y
Yes, especially for deadly contagious diseases. Parents should get their children vaccinated before they attend Daycare or public school. Parents should be held criminally liable for not getting their children vaccinated or for transferring diseases to their children and/or others children and should be arrested. Vaccinations that should be mandatory should be for Polio, Mumps/Measles/Rubella, Chickenpox, Rotavirus, Meningococcal Meningitis, HPV, TDaP, and COVID-19 (if possible).
@9D9TN4F1mo1MO
Yes, vaccines should be required to be part of the public school system and other systems run on tax dollars. However vaccines should be covered at low to no cost if they are required. Otherwise, no requirement for home schooling
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