Should You Be Vaccinated?
May 17, 2021
Is vaccination the cure for a pandemic or epidemic? Is it essential to be vaccinated? Is getting a shot worth it? These and other questions are some concerns that people think about when it comes to the best thing to do in making a wise decision concerning their health. Understanding and educating one’s mind gives everyone the proper view of what vaccination is and how it works. Vaccination is simply getting injected by a needle in which a person who got vaccinated will be immunized by the virus. Once the virus hits the body, the vaccine would allow the body’s immune system to fight back. In simplest terms, vaccination prevents the body from getting ill. Some types of vaccine contain parts of the virus, which could harm the patient while some don’t. Therefore, some people tend to get vaccinated since they consider that the vaccine is effective according to its work. On a different perception, some people would still refuse, perhaps they are fearful, and don’t believe in science, the vaccine’s side effects, or apathy upon their health. However, vaccination is significant because it serves as a protection and defense to every individual from diseases spreading throughout the community.
Immunization is a necessity. At the start of their lives, children should be immunized, and that should be a main concern when parents think about their children’s health. Those parents who do not immunize their children are letting them risk their lives. In his letter,
“Measles: A Dangerous Illness,” Roald Dahl states in paragraph 12 that, “It really is almost a crime to allow your child to go unimmunized.” Dahl experienced the loss of his seven-year old daughter from measles, from not being immunized. He lamented that if vaccination was available at that time, he would have immunized his daughter. So, allowing children to not take the vaccine would mean that parents are letting their children suffer and die without doing anything to save their lives. Furthermore, in paragraph 7, Dahl reflects, “In America, where measles immunisation is compulsory, measles like smallpox has been virtually wiped out.” This quotation indicates a case where vaccination is mandatory for each individual in America, therefore, a remedy to measles outbreak. Complying to be immunized is imperative in order to be safe and protected from the virus.
Vaccination is indeed essential. Yet, many people do not agree with it. They believe that vaccination shouldn’t be considered a reason to force people to be immunized. It is their right, so a consent is needed from them. In his editorial, “Mandatory Vaccination is not the Answer to
Measles,” Dr. Bob Sears reasons out that the current hysteria regarding measles outbreak is merely political deeds to frighten the people to comply with the immunization, as stated in paragraph 1. Moreover, in paragraph 5, Dr. Sears claims, “We need a lot more dangerous than measles to force vaccination.” He simply illustrates that there’s no reason to freak out about measles since it isn’t even that dangerous than other diseases. In which the immunization
shouldn’t be mandated for it is not severe and wouldn’t be a cause for everyone to be at risk. This signifies vaccination as worthless to comply for, and measles can be disregarded.
Although Dr. Sears’ opinion on measles vaccine can be relevant and needs consideration, vaccination is a salient treatment to either mild or severe diseases. It provides public health and safety, and it’s for the common good, which should be made as compulsory law. Therefore, a vital reason for vaccination is to bring forth protection against infectious diseases and keep the public safe and secure. However, Dr. Sears claimed that there shouldn’t be a forced vaccination even though it is important; a person must give consent, a sacred right, beforehand and should have the right to make decisions for his or her own good. As for Dahl, he stated how he wasn’t able to get his daughter immunized just so he could save her life. He provided such convincing evidence of the importance of the vaccination. He used his experience from his daughter who died from measles to prove more of his point regarding the vaccine.. As a matter of fact, sharing real life experiences would be more substantial than stating personal opinion.
In conclusion, getting immunized means making the lives of many people safe and protected against infectious diseases. Taking the vaccine shows how clever-thinking a person is.
The benefits aren’t just for personal health, but of course, for the common good. The vaccination should be a requirement and a mandate for every single person as a preventive measure for the community from getting seriously ill. This is relevant for today’s chaos, the COVID-19 pandemic, which is currently the cause of drastic social impacts in the world. People are required to use protection such as face coverings, proper personal care, and practice social
distancing. The outbreak also affects the economy, in which some places had to go lockdown and put into community quarantine. The virus is spreading out quickly, so why not take the action and get vaccinated immediately to save your life as well as everyone in the community. The pandemic isn’t over yet, there is still an ongoing battle against COVID-19. Its vaccines have been introduced, which is an important and effective prevention of diseases and death all over the world. Decisions are hard to make, but be wiser in terms of your own good that would benefit others, too. Be a hero and start saving the world.
Isaac Lu • Aug 12, 2021 at 11:26 pm
This story seems to be talking more about how the vaccine can help you in so many ways but it does tells you very little. what can also happen if you decide to take the shot being that this shot is not a 100% and being that there is story’s out there who real people have took the shot and past away the same day or after. anyone who takes the shot still can receive the virus at anytime but saying if they do it will not be as bad. There is a lot of people out there who took the shot and never came back normal instead it affected them really bad and there no longer the same person as it happen to them i feel for the people who did take the shot and there wasn’t anything wrong with them but if it affected a lot of people out there then how can we be sure later the people who took the shot will be okay in a few years from now or even less.
More and more each day there is a lot of people who ends up in the hospital and has nothing to do with covid just there normal heath problems acting up with them or they end up finding out they have cancer but the hospitals staff do the unthinkable and turn it around and say they got covid or if they past away it was to do with covid so the people out there will take the shot. As a human being we do have the right and to take it but we should not have those who had take there shot talk down to us at all. We are our own person and should not be forced in anyway at all.Do understand that there is many ways we can die from without getting covid did anyone really think about it. Car accident, a mother giving birth or something went wrong, or humans killing there own kind for reasons and no reasons.getting attack from your own animals or even wild animals.These things can not be prevented it just happens with out you not being aware of some of these things. Scientist is not always a 100% sure about everything because they need to experiment on alive animals on certain things and when they do innocent animals end up dying . Also humans when they want to test a vaccine on us and braving us with money to take it but what happens if you die they don’t care about your life they just needed you to see if the vaccine worked or not. and even make you sign a paper stating when you take the vaccine we are not reliable if something happens to you which means they will not look into it at all because you agree to sign it and there done with you from there. But there is many out there who i feel for who had lost a love one and as a person most of us could not understand unless it was them or there kids or wife cousins uncle husband .some people would understand if they went through it.or have a heart and understand that every person body is not the same and they might not be able to handle taking the vaccine shot.Just as if someone was to drink alcohol for the first most time there body wont be able to handle it and they will react a certain way .so when writing an article about anything it is always best not take one side but it also depends on what time of story. In this case its better to see both sides of the story then one because we are all humans that should not be against one another over a vaccine shot. and that is my thought on the story.
Zachary Juan • May 25, 2021 at 3:36 pm
I really like this story because it talks about what’s happening in life right now and what you should do with the whole covid stuff. Like if you should get the covid shot and stuff. Now I think I should the Vaccination after the this story.