Homework blog post 1: childhood vaccinations

A personal oppinion that I feel very strong about is the manner of childhood vaccinations, and how parents choose not to vaccinate their children. In today's world we live more comfortable than we did even 60 years ago. With the world at our fingertips, and technology advancing every nano second, it can be agreed that life has less worries now than it did before. I believe parents who choose nt to vaccinate their children do not have the right to risk their childs safety and other childrens safety. In America's 48 out of 50 states their is a law stating parents have the right to with hod their children from vaccination, and they still have the right to place their children in public school. This is called the exemption law and it alows parents to provide a "valid" reason as to why they are not vaccinating their child. Now just thinking about it worries me because their could be a child running around elementary school without a measels vaccine, that kid could bite another child and they could both end up getting sick. Now I do feel that parents should decide their childrens fate, this is a free country. I disagree with the 48 states however basically saying they could let their children go to PUBLIC school as long as they have a "note." I believe if you are willing to make the decision to withold vaccines, you should be wiling to homeschool them too. The connections people make between vaccines and autism are both rediculous, and unresearched. It is purely coincidental that a child who gets a vaccine (like most children do), begins an onset of autism. Autism does not just form, you are born with it and it can be controlled if noticed in the early stages. Here is a link to a website for specificaly why you should vaccinate your children: http://www.whyichoose.org/notvaccinating.html it is a good reference and explains why it is a benefit for your child and their health. Why withold your children from being as healthy as possible? To get a better understanding of why some people choose not to I read a few sites and this one was by far the most informative: http://www.livescience.com/8948-myths-fuel-dangerous-decisions-vaccinate-children.html I believe it is an all around safe and effective way of ensuring your childs health by vaccinating your children. Below is another website that is a great example of women who choose not to vaccinate their children: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/aug/24/more-parents-not-vaccinating-kids/ One mother says her children are close to five and have never been to the doctors in their life. Why shouldnt we take advantage of what is right in front of us? modern medicine can cue disease and make us healthy when were sick, and most importantly prevent us from getting sick.