Why Vaccinate Your Child?

     The debate as to whether or not it is safe to vaccinate your child rises more heavily throughout the years.  But why is it so important that people understand what vaccinations are doing for your child? To put it into simple terms, they can save your child's life.  Now if that phrase isn't enough to steer a parent in the right direction, I don't know what is. Vaccinations have proven to eliminate past deadly diseases and prevent a child from undergoing serious illness.  They are safe and effective and are reviewed by professional physicians. Yes, an injection of a needle is sometimes very uncomfortable and can result in a sore arm or redness, but they are a quick and efficient way to build up your immune system.  Immunization also protects others around you.  Some people unfortunately cannot receive vaccinations such as infants or children due to weak immune systems, so they rely on the public to be vaccinated in order to create a safer environment for them to thrive in.  Vaccinations can save your family money and time as well.  They are often at no cost for low-income families and are much less then the cost and time spent in a hospital trying to treat the illness you could have prevented.  A final reason is that vaccines protect future generations to come.  Past diseases that have killed or severely disabled effected patients no longer have that amount of impact on today's generation.  If we continue to vaccinate our children, the future will hold a very high number of healthy individuals.

     The article I based this argument on has much value to my research project because it helps support my opinion on vaccinations.  I believe it is extremely important that parents vaccinate their children because it will help create a safer, healthier environment for the human race to enjoy their lives in.

Reference:

APA:
Five Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child. (n.d.). Retrieved January
        23, 2016, from http://www.vaccines.gov/more_info/features/five-
        important-reasons-to-vaccinate-your-child.html
MLA:

"Five Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child." Five Important Reasons
        to Vaccinate Your Child. Vaccines.gov. Web. 23 Jan. 2016.