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Vaccination Should be Made Compulsory for Children
1. Universal vaccinations should be made compulsory for children because they are essential for the maintenance of public health and the prevention of future epidemics.
Example: The eradication of polio is a good example of a disease that harmed or killed tens of thousands of Americans within living memory (Five important reasons to vaccinate your child, 2018).
Statistics: According to the U.S. government, during the first half of the 20th century, polio represented one of the most feared diseases in the country, accounting for tens of thousands of cases of paralysis and accelerated death (Five reasons to vaccinate your child, 2018).
Result: Since the introduction of vaccinations, however, there have been no reports of polio in the United States in recent years (Five important reasons to vaccinate your child, 2018). In some other countries such as Pakistan, the picture is not so bright and the people in at least two other countries besides continue to struggle with the provision of universal vaccinations for their populations in order to meet the public health goal of global polio eradication (Khowaja and Khan, 2014).
Conclusion: Universal vaccinations are essential to protect the public health and to prevent future epidemics of deadly diseases.
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Universal vaccinations have been shown to be safe and effective.
Example: Despite concerns over the connection between vaccinations and various outcomes such as autism, brain damage, learning disabilities and other disorders (Brown, 2011), the research…
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