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Vaccination Should Be Compulsory

Should the state make vaccination compulsory?

All the Yes points:

  1. Prevention is better than cure, and a vaccine is the best way to prevent an outbreak of a disease or…
  2. Vaccination is a natural way to stimulate our immune system to fight a disease. Through vaccination…
  3. Compulsory vaccination has eradicated or greatly reduced the impact of some of the world’s most deva…
  4. Compulsory vaccination leads to a better health situation in a state. The child mortality rate is l…
  5. The state has a right to impose compulsory vaccination. If an age group is protected, that results …
  6. Vaccination protects citizens and the state from the negative economic effects of diseases. Product…

All the No points:

Prevention is better than cure, and a vaccine is the best way to prevent an outbreak of a disease or…

Yes because…

Prevention is better than cure, and a vaccine is the best way to prevent an outbreak of a disease or to reduce its negative effects. Vaccinated people become immune to a certain pathogen and do not develop a disease. Although there are occasionally side effects, these affect only a tiny number of people compared to the protection offered to the vast majority.

No because…

Many vaccines have significant adverse effects, of which the most serious can result in death. With many vaccines the immunity is not life-long. Sometimes the vaccines itself can cause a serious disease to develop as a side effect. If governments know that compulsory mass vaccination is likely to cause death or permanent disability in even a few cases, it is immoral for them to make it compulsory.

Vaccination is a natural way to stimulate our immune system to fight a disease. Through vaccination…

Yes because…

Vaccination is a natural way to stimulate our immune system to fight a disease. Through vaccination our immune system recognises the pathogens and develops a suitable response prior to being faced with the ‘real disease.’

No because…

Some vaccines include toxic materials such as chemicals including mercury, formaldehyde, aluminium, and a variety of other known toxic materials. Vaccines might be capable of causing recurrent infections in children because they weaken the immune system. Parents should have the right to choose on behalf of their children whether they should be vaccinated at all, or to choose vaccination against some diseases but not others.

Compulsory vaccination has eradicated or greatly reduced the impact of some of the world’s most deva…

Yes because…

Compulsory vaccination has eradicated or greatly reduced the impact of some of the world’s most devastating diseases, such as small pox, polio, measles, etc. The numbers of people with the diseases decreased dramatically after the vaccine was introduced. With better vaccines, and more comprehensive and effective vaccination programmes, even more suffering and deaths could be prevented. Even if they do not trust their particular governments, people should believe the overwhelming weight of medical opinion and the backing of the World Health Organisation in favour of vaccination.

No because…

Through different techniques the figures on the efficiency of vaccines are kept artificially high. Statistics are shown partially, diseases are falsely diagnosed and re-diagnosed, public scarce campaigns are organised by the protagonists of compulsory vaccination, etc., all of which results in unrepresentative data. After the CJD-BSE health disaster in the UK, and tragedies connected to the contamination of blood products in several countries, people no longer trust either governments or the scientific establishment to tell them the truth.

Compulsory vaccination leads to a better health situation in a state. The child mortality rate is l…

Yes because…

Compulsory vaccination leads to a better health situation in a state. The child mortality rate is lower and the natality rate is higher, greater outbreaks of diseases are prevented. The overall health situation improves for all the people in a designated area.

As for the claims made against vaccines, these are based upon irrational anti-science attitudes and media scare stories. There are many more likely causes of asthma and study after study has found that the MMR vaccine is safe and effective.

No because…

Evidence suggests that the dramatic rise in ear infections, allergies, and asthma in children can be attributed (at least in part) to the damaging effects of vaccines. The incidence of asthma, the most serious and life threatening of these conditions has steadily increased in the modern era since the introduction of vaccines. In the UK controversy surrounds the use of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) triple vaccine, with many parents refusing vaccination for their children or insisting that they be vaccinated separately against the three illnesses.

The state has a right to impose compulsory vaccination. If an age group is protected, that results …

Yes because…

The state has a right to impose compulsory vaccination. If an age group is protected, that results in a better health conditions for the whole society. In an industrialised country such as the USA, those choosing exemption from statutorily compulsory vaccination were 35-times more likely to contract measles than vaccinated persons; in developing countries where these viruses are still endemic, the risk would be considerably higher. Those who wish to opt-out of vaccination (often on behalf of their children, who have no say in the matter) are classic free riders, hoping to benefit from the more responsible behaviour of the rest of society. Unfortunately, irresponsible behaviour soon spreads and diseases which were once under control become endemic again; this can be seen with outbreaks of measles in parts of London where childhood vaccination rates have dropped sharply in recent years, resulting in unnecessary suffering and some deaths or permanent disabilities.

No because…

Many people have sincerely-held religious beliefs regarding vaccines in general. These individuals believe that God created the human body as a temple, and that the body should not be destroyed by injecting a virus into the body. By making vaccination compulsory, people’s freedom to choose is curtailed and that is an infringement on human rights. In any case, it doesn’t matter if a few people choose not to be vaccinated, as if the large majority of the population is protected from a disease, there will be too few carriers for it to become endemic, so the risk to those opting-out is very small.

Vaccination protects citizens and the state from the negative economic effects of diseases. Product…

Yes because…

Vaccination protects citizens and the state from the negative economic effects of diseases. Productivity rates remain high and less money is earmarked for social and health transfers because people are healthier. The developing world would benefit enormously from effective and compulsory vaccines against killer diseases such as AIDS and malaria, but irrational opposition to vaccination in developed countries makes it less likely that government resources and the attention of pharmaceutical companies will be targeted towards these goals.

No because…

Researches show that alternative approaches towards diseases such as better nutrition, homeopathy, etc. give very positive results. Healthier populations would not need vaccines to fight a disease. High profits that are now reserved only for the pharmaceutical industry would be spread to other areas of the economy, such as agriculture and the service sector, and more people would gain.

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Alpha Beta
7 years ago

No, because your body does not belong to the state.

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