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Gracie Wood

Mrs. Jackie Burr Instructor

English 2020, Section 2

11 February 2019

Vaccines Against the World:

Dear parents who don’t vaccinate their children,

In today's world people are assuming that vaccines are causing autism, cancer and many

other diseases. Without any knowledge of actually knowing how they work or what they do.

Often people tend to assume. It is the nature of man just to assume the worst. Without having

facts or research to back it up. Many sciences and medical professional have been trying to

research this exact topic. Are vaccines good or bad. Do they really cause all these problems or

are the helping save peoples lives. According to Ted Talk on “ Why I Changed My Mind On

Vaccination” by Danielle Stringer, she states that vaccines are in fact a life saver. She was

against vaccines until she decided that she needed evidence to back up her thoughts on vaccines.

That's when she realized that she was way wrong. Vaccines aren't as bad as everything say or

thinks. That vaccines are actually amazing. It has a more horrible outcome if you don't get

vaccines. SHe told us a story of a 5 week old baby she was taking care of in her nursing years.

She shared that this baby could have lived if only the mother had him vaccinated. But instead he

past away at 8 weeks old because he didn't get any vaccines.

The problem with being stubborn to not vaccinate, is that it could potentially affect those

around you. To not vaccinate your children gives way for diseases to be spread and cause other

children to suffer the consequences. All children entering school are required to be vaccinated
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against measles, mumps, and rubella, however, there are several ways around these vaccinations.

Despite the reasoning for not vaccinating your children, whether it be religious or philosophical

issues, it’s bound to affect those around you. There’s got to be a law. It can be especially

frustrating when you are forced to cancel plans because the kid that is homeschooled parents

refuse to vaccinate him and you end up having to cancel that vacation you had planned for six

months. Having other people get affected by your poor decisions to not vaccinate your children

is terrible. No one should have to suffer and that means your child shouldn't have to. Vaccines

are there to help and save lives. They aren't there to not be used or to hurt more than the disease.

Vaccines are the solutions to the enemy of infectious diseases. ​“Imagine the action of a vaccine

not just in terms of how it affects a single body, but also in terms of how it affects the collective

​ n Immunity. As a world we are one all together.

body of a community.” —​ Eula Biss, author of O

Each of us can affect everyone else.

Why would you even risk having your child die from a disease when they have some

vaccine to help prevent it. Even though vaccines aren't perfect. Nothing in this world is perfect

expectly in healthcare. We need to address the vaccine world differently. We need everyone to

know that just because one parent is consider about one vaccines doesn't mean that all are the

same. Everyone needs to look at the risks and the benefits of immunisations. The outcome is that

the benefits are far more better than the risks. There Is no comparison when saving the lives of

some many people. As parents you need to be able to see the good and the bad side. Then you

need to be able to pick what one is better. Obviously it is going to be the good side because

vaccines have better leads. Then not vaccinate your child. For an example the outbreak of melas

in Disneyland. Think of all those people who wish they went back and got the vaccines. Who
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wish that they didn't make that one decision not to have their child receive this vaccine. But

because of that one decision are sitting day and night in and out of hospitals watching their child

fight for their life because they didn't receive one shot. It is heartbreaking. No one should have to

go through that and feel the guilt that these parents do.

The power that vaccines have are far greater than the so called risks. Taking that change

not to get your kids vaccinated means you need to be ready to have all these diseases latching on

to your kids. Because They don't have a vaccine that can fight it off. Why even take that risk of

not getting vaccinated. When in reality vaccines are not the enemy here. They are the angel.

They are made to help and fight and save you. Unlike these diseases who are here for one thing

only to make you sick. Vaccines are a lifesaver. They are not designed to kill and cause all these

horrible things like everyone say so. There is no facts proven that vaccines cause autism so there

for that is not true. These vaccines shouldn't be fighting against the world they should be fighting

against all these horrible diseases. But instead of saving people from these killing disease. They

choose not to have them and instead they are speaking thousand and thousand of dollars are

medical care when if they got their vaccines that could have prevented all of this from taking

place. One simple decision can cost you your life and your kids life.

These things designed to help save you and your kid really do work. They really do

change people's lives. They really help the world wide outbreak of disease. The more people

who stop trusting the process the more people who are dying and becoming ill. But this all could

be prevented if the world stop saying how horrible these things are. Because in reality they are

saving millions every single day from an outbreak. So parents as your are wrapping up this letter
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I encourage you to think long and hard about your decision of having your children receive

immunizations.

- Sincerely, Gracie Wood

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Works Cited:

Cherif, Honar, et al. “Adjuvanted Influenza a ( H1N1) 2009 Vaccine in Patients with

Hematological Diseases: Good Safety and Immunogenicity Even in Chemotherapy-Treated

Patients.” ​European Journal of Haematology,​ vol. 90, no. 5, May 2013, pp. 413–419.

EBSCOhost,​ doi:10.1111/ejh.12094.

Sullivan, Brian. “Those Who Refuse Vaccinations Can Cause Outbreaks: Should They Have to

Pay for It?” ​ABA Journal,​ June 2015, p. 1. ​EBSCOhost​,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=102924483&site=ehost-live.

Ward, Jeremy K., et al. “‘I Don’t Know If I’m Making the Right Decision’: French Mothers and

HPV Vaccination in a Context of Controversy.” ​Health, Risk & Society,​ vol. 19, no. 1/2, Feb.

2017, pp. 38–57. ​EBSCOhost​, doi:10.1080/13698575.2017.1299856.

Ted Talk: Stringer, Danielle, “ Why I Changed My Mind On Vaccines” Ted Talk Grand Canyon

University. ​https://youtu.be/tL-zwrxVcHw