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Mandatory Vaccination- First Draft Essay

Oscar L Perez Torres

Chamberlain University

ENGL147N-10149

Professor Chimere Parker

February 6, 2022

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Mandatory Vaccination

Mandatory vaccination has become a common and familiar term as the world is

increasingly being exposed to various diseases. Professionals in the medical field have been

compelled to encourage members of public to get vaccinated against a specific or a number of

diseases. The overall purpose of vaccination is to increase the rate of antibodies production in the

body directly boosting immunity levels against a causative agent of a disease. Many people

having understood this reality has remained supportive of the mandatory vaccination. However,

there are other people who feel that bodies have a natural way of fighting diseases and that

vaccines should not be mandatory not ignoring massive deaths that occurs even after vaccination.

All the same, a majority of governments across the world including US have a firm stand on

mandatory vaccination like against diseases like polio, tetanus, pertussis, influenza, measles,

mumps, rubella, hepatitis A and B and HPV. Taking a neutral ground, it is important to review

the issue in an all-rounded perspective to have a clear understanding whether mandatory

vaccination is necessary or not. This is through reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of

mandatory vaccination not only in America but globally.

Mandatory vaccination was introduced in the first place with sole intention of saving

lives something that the practice has proven to have assisted in achieving. In an article by

Morganstein, et al., (2017) the world has a long history of vaccines with some of them being

made mandatory. This is after realizing the invention of some infectious diseases whose outbreak

could spread very fast, affect many people, and cause massive damage through deaths and even

paralyzing some. Massive medical and scientific research proved, whenever a new bacteria is

developed, it affects the body intensely since the body develops immunity towards causative

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agents it is familiar with. To save people in the case of a contagious disease outbreak, it is critical

to develop and inject people with an antidote that would help the body develop ample immune

system against the said causative agent (Morganstein, et al., 2017). Further, the research noted

that immediately people would get vaccinated against an outbreak, the rate of infection would go

down and eventually get forgotten. Hence, making mandatory vaccinations has historically

beared desirable results by boosting immune levels against death and harm causing agents to the

point of saving life and this means mandatory vaccines overall goals and purpose is ethical and

professional and should be supported by all.

Mandatory vaccinations are important because they help in maintaining order and control

in the health sector and overall federal economy. In research by Tahamtan, et al., (2017) the

healthcare sector is one of the most important sectors in any country and determines the quality

of public health the citizens would have. The industry is aware of some stubborn causative

agents that easily attack the body and how costly it is to treat the diseases such causative agents

cause. For instance, polio is one of the most challenging diseases to treat and its effects are

irreversible. Mandatory vaccinations have hence been put in place by the government and

implemented through the ministry of health to ensure that citizens are protected from some

dominant and stubborn disease causing bacterias and viruses that can compel them to seek

medical attention more often, lead to physical, emotional, and psychological health deterioration,

and eventually interfere with their ability to engage in economic activities (Tahamtan, et al.,

2017). With mandatory vaccinations, people are empowered to naturally fight germs and disease-

causing agents thereby making only a few would me seeking medical attention and majority

contributing positively to the economy.

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Through mandatory vaccinations, the most vulnerable in the society that are easily

affected by any disease-causing agent are protected. According to Savulescu, (2021); there are a

lot of people who are born with a weak body system and others the weaknesses develop in the

course of existence. Such people are easily exposed to disease causing agents and their

vulnerability makes them easy targets. It is important to note that every person in the society is

an eligible carrier of bacteria and viruses that causes diseases and other infections. It is the level

of immune system in the body that determines the late at which one can contract a disease.

Mandatory vaccinations increase levels of immune ability, and this makes the body to

automatically kill disease causing agents hence lowering the rate of carriers. By so doing, the

vulnerable in the society are protected by easy spread and contraction.

Mandatory vaccinations since their introduction and the manner in which they are

emphasized as well as implemented have remained a major source of division among members

of the society. The division is realized as a result of poor communication and lack of

understanding the content which makes the vaccines and why they have to be made mandatory

(Gualano, et al., 2019). A lot of people have been of the feeling that bodies are structured in a

way they can fight diseases without any form of external support. As a matter of reality, there are

beliefs that many of the diseases that keep on affecting people are as a result of mandatory

vaccinations that people have been vaccinated since their childhood. The more reason is that

once something new is introduced into the body it compromises the original working of the

body. Hence, the body has to constantly get injected with chemicals to boost and maintain its

survival (Gualano, et al., 2019). Hence, many tends to belief that vaccines should be a personal

choice that people should make without the government through the ministry of health forcing

people to get vaccinated.

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There are a lot of vaccines that have negatively affected the vaccinated people to the

point of causing death instead of saving people from the same death. this is an argument raised

by Tahamtan, et al., (2017); where it is states that in the history of the world, scientists and

medics are also never sure about the vaccines they introduce and encourage people to get

injected with. There have been people who have succumbed to the same ailment that they have

been vaccinated against thereby proving that vaccination is not overall protection and could also

act as a hindrance against bodies fighting against germs and diseases. In other cases, there are

people with major conditions like heart conditions such that when they get injected, the

chemicals in the vaccines makes the situation worse triggering the death of the person. This is a

major concern because even in the recent case of COVID-19, there are a relatively high number

of people that succumbed as a result of the corona virus. Making vaccines mandatory wipes out

reasons and chances for medical professionals to take citizens through tests to determine whether

their bodies can withstand the chemicals in the vaccine or not thereby placing lives at a greater

risk (Tahamtan, et al., 2017). This is enough proof that vaccination should not be made

mandatory since it is not guarantee that it will result into intended goals and objectives.

Constitutionally, people have been granted freedom to make informed choices of what

they want to do and avoid what they do not want. The constitution mandates parents to make

decisions on behalf of their children who have not attained the legal age of 18 years. Mandatory

vaccinations outrightly takes away the human rights mandated under the constitution since the

government makes orders that all people must comply with without questioning (Vrdelja,

Učakar, & Kraigher, 2020). It is for this reason that many people have been against the idea

feeling that the government should be a respecter of the constitution by allowing people to make

personal choices of whether to get vaccinated or not. All the government should do is enlighten

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citizens using all means possible and provide proof of vaccines and leave the decision solely to

the citizens.

Vaccination is one of the best mediations for the greater good of the planet, to save lives

and increase well-being. It's just that perfect water, considered a fundamental freedom, works

better. However, antibody uptake has decreased in some countries, and it is believed that this is

largely due to misinformed concerns about the welfare of vaccination (Tahamtan, et al., 2017).

Whenever antibodies control disease, caregivers are less likely to notice the detrimental effects

of immunization and directly prevent intolerable infection. Losing nervousness or doubts about

vaccinations can easily dispel worries about the actual illness. As immunization rates fall, we

begin to see a resurgence of intolerable infections.

On the other hand, demonstrator’s hostile to the blockade protested the blockade that had

just been lifted a few hours earlier. The fact is that whatever the government does, it will be met

with resistance. The coronavirus restrictions in particular have sparked contention around the

world, and mandatory vaccination is over. Whatever has been achieved in their body is not

treated in the same way, even though scholastics and others hypothetically think it's just a

limitation, people have that kind of emotional response (Tahamtan, et al., 2017). The necessary

vaccinations can be counterproductive. Some have longer-standing concerns, such as whether an

effective program could raise doubts about future missions. Mandatory contingency plans are

counterproductive.

Whenever people have fear-inspired ideas, or have skepticism or misunderstanding, they

only increase their prospects. Vrdelja, Učakar, & Kraigher (2020) assert that to the political

environment, parties taking advantage of vaccination resistance and realizing that it can be a

method of winning votes from certain sections of the population. People can see more gatherings

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and will often be on the right, posting such messages about their political mandate and saying

they need to end mandatory vaccination. It is horror, and once it happens, they have no choice

but to take it as an approach.

In conclusion, mandatory vaccinations have been applied on people since time in

memorial and a high percentage is aware of the benefits associated with the vaccines and some

have suffered negative effects thereby getting exposed to risks involved. It is a fact that there are

valid reasons that makes some vaccines mandatory since there are living evidence of victims of

people who avoided some mandatory vaccines like polio among others. However, people have

constitutional rights to make their own interfered with decisions in regards to vaccinations. A lot

of accurate information should be shared so that people can understand what makes up these

vaccines, how they work in the body, and how their absence would mean to the body and life in

general. It is from such understanding that people should be allowed to make informed decisions

on whether or not to get vaccinated because by allowing freedom, people will have the chance to

be more careful and attentive to diseases and how best to keep themselves safe. This is the only

way the feeling of reprimand would be gotten ridden off and people would voluntarily go for

vaccinations. The higher the understanding of the entire vaccination context the government

would create; the greater the rate of supporters and positive attitude towards vaccines.

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References

Gualano, M. R., Olivero, E., Voglino, G., Corezzi, M., Rossello, P., Vicentini, C., ... & Siliquini,

R. (2019). Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards compulsory vaccination: a

systematic review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 15(4), 918-931.

Morganstein, J. C., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Donato, D., & Holloway, H. C. (2017).

Pandemics: health care emergencies. Textbook of disaster psychiatry, 270-284.

Savulescu, J. (2021). Good reasons to vaccinate: mandatory or payment for risk?. Journal of

Medical Ethics, 47(2), 78-85.

Tahamtan, A., Charostad, J., Hoseini Shokouh, S. J., & Barati, M. (2017). An overview of

history, evolution, and manufacturing of various generations of vaccines. Journal of

Archives in Military Medicine, 5(3).

Vrdelja, M., Učakar, V., & Kraigher, A. (2020). From mandatory to voluntary vaccination:

intention to vaccinate in the case of policy changes. Public health, 180, 57-63.