Due today 5 homework 100 words each.

Respond to 100 words minimum.

The number of children that die each year from vaccines does not compare to the number of lives saved by vaccines each year. The CDC estimated that 732,000 children’s lives in the United States were saved and 322 million childhood illnesses were prevented from the years of 1994-2014 (ProCon, 2015). These vaccinations create benefits whether it is saving lives or helping the economy.  Children that are vaccinated are 90-99% effective, the possibility in becoming infected does not necessarily mean it will become life threatening (ProCon, 2015).  Meaning that 1 in 20,000 get an allergic reaction, but it is even higher odds that a child would actually die from the vaccine. Therefore with 322 million being saved each year, the pros definitely outweigh the cons.

 Adverse actions to vaccines are so rare because the ingredients given in the vaccines are in such low doses that it is not harmful to the body. According to ProCon a severe allergic reactions only occurs in one per several hundred thousand to one per million vaccinations. Showing once again that the likely hood of this happening is extremely low. All states now require vaccinations for any children attending public schools. I completely agree with this, because the outcome of unvaccinated children spreading diseases is far more deadly than being vaccinated in the first place.  Especially with people working in such small spaces, and kids not being as sanitary as adults disease would spread like wildfire.

            When I have children they will definitely be vaccinated. I always was as a child, along with everyone else in my family. Not that it does not happen but I personally have never heard of anyone having a serious reaction to a vaccine before. Therefore I will stick to believing that the pros do outweigh the cons.  Especially after being in the military and always being up to date on my vaccines I will do the same for my children. With how many kids lives are saved each year, and how much it makes a difference on children’s health I support vaccination in children.

ProCon.org. (2015, February 6). Vaccines ProCon.org. Retrieved from http://vaccines.procon.org/