Which vaccinations should be mandatory

[bowerbird]

Okay I know there are people who are very anti-vaccination but I want to do a poll seeing if they are against all or just some

 

[Mr.Dand4Life]

I think all vaccinations should be compulsory and free.

 

[Manc Skipper]

....and HPV too for all at 12yo.

 

[Bodi]

No vaccines should be mandatory... I find the whole concept unconstitutional, invasive and ridiculous.

 

[Whoppletraps]

The government definately shouldn't force people to get them.

 

[A.Pearce]

All of the diseases that have been nearly eradicated that are communicable. Do you really want your child to get polio or whooping cough because some other parent's kid didn't get vaccinated.

In my opinion, NOT requiring vaccinations is an infringement on peoples' rights if those people get deadly deadly diseases because of a lack of vaccination.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

I don't have enough information to choose one over the other.

 

[bowerbird]

I don't have enough information to choose one over the other.

I left it open so you can choose as many as you want

 

[spud_meister]

All of the diseases that have been nearly eradicated that are communicable. Do you really want your child to get polio or whooping cough because some other parent's kid didn't get vaccinated.

If you don't want that happening, get your kid vaccinated.

 

[HonestJoe]

If you don't want that happening, get your kid vaccinated.

No individual vaccination is 100% guaranteed to prevent infection. Mass vaccinations work on the basis of herd immunity to prevent wide spread outbreaks in the event of a few people getting infected. There is also the issue of individuals who can't be vaccinated due to pre-existing medical conditions or being too young.

Even if you and your family are personally immune, an outbreak of a debilitating and/or life-threatening illness affecting 75%, 25%, even just 10% of the population would have a major negative impact on you, via the financial, social and practical impact it would have on the region/nation as a whole.

 

[Spartacus FPV]

I voted none, but am pro-vaccinations. Give me all I can get, I don't care if there's a 1% chance of death/illness/whatever given the millions saved.

 

[ksu_aviator]

I think all vaccinations should be compulsory and free.

Well, then, I'd be dead. Because, like a lot of people, I will die if I take a vaccination that is incubated in an egg.

 

[Temporal]

No medical procedure should be mandatory, as that is unconstitutional. You should always be free to refuse.

 

[Risky Thicket]

I once saw a guy with Bubonic Plague. I was glad to have been vaccinated at the time. If you travel much at all it is a good idea to be vaccinated. I'm certain I would have refused the Swine Flu vaccine as I would have refused the Asian Bird Flu vaccine. With the economy going to hell and food becoming an issue in the near future for more of the world typhus vaccine and a few others wouldn't be a bad idea. But mandatory? I have mixed feelings.

 

[Bodi]

All of the diseases that have been nearly eradicated that are communicable. Do you really want your child to get polio or whooping cough because some other parent's kid didn't get vaccinated.

In my opinion, NOT requiring vaccinations is an infringement on peoples' rights if those people get deadly deadly diseases because of a lack of vaccination.

Specifically which "right" in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being infringed upon or violated when one person gets sick from another that was not vaccinated?

...and why not simply get your child vaccinated so that you can prevent that from happening.

 

[Antiderivative]

I think our current policy is acceptable. Its mandatory if you enroll or your child enrolls into a public school to get vaccinated against communicable diseases such as polio and measles. There are exceptions, such as having a compromised immune system, allergic to the vaccinations, religious beliefs, and even strongly held beliefs.

While I am not a fan of coercive government, people also do not have the right to go around, spreading their easily preventable communicable diseases. As one study points out, communities that are not getting properly vaccinated have seen recent outbreaks of easily preventable diseases, resulting in unnecessary deaths and billions of dollars wasted.

For instance, although nationwide measles vaccination rates appeared high enough to ensure national herd immunity, disproportionately low vaccination rates among blacks and Hispanics resulted in measles outbreaks in several large urban areas, most notably Los Angeles [15].
Religious communities — particularly Christian Science, Amish, and Mennonite communities — have been the source of many preventable disease outbreaks in recent years. Diseases from polio [16] to measles [17] to rubella [18] have resurfaced with increasing frequency in the United States due to herd immunity being lost in such religious ghettos. This comes at a tremendous cost to society, for “vaccine-preventable diseases impose $10 billion worth of healthcare costs and over 30,000 otherwise avoidable deaths in America each year” [19].

Mandatory School Vaccinations: The Role of Tort Law

Unless your child has compromised immune system or is allergic to common vaccinations, I don't know why a parent wouldn't vaccinate them. In my opinion, that borders on child neglect.

 

[ksu_aviator]

I think our current policy is acceptable. Its mandatory if you enroll or your child enrolls into a public school to get vaccinated against communicable diseases such as polio and measles. There are exceptions, such as having a compromised immune system, allergic to the vaccinations, religious beliefs, and even strongly held beliefs.

While I am not a fan of coercive government, people also do not have the right to go around, spreading their easily preventable communicable diseases. As one study points out, communities that are not getting properly vaccinated have seen recent outbreaks of easily preventable diseases, resulting in unnecessary deaths and billions of dollars wasted.


Mandatory School Vaccinations: The Role of Tort Law

Unless your child has compromised immune system or is allergic to common vaccinations, I don't know why a parent wouldn't vaccinate them. In my opinion, that borders on child neglect.

Fortunately for us your opinion on how to raise our children is not relevant.

 

[Bodi]

I think our current policy is acceptable. Its mandatory if you enroll or your child enrolls into a public school to get vaccinated against communicable diseases such as polio and measles. There are exceptions, such as having a compromised immune system, allergic to the vaccinations, religious beliefs, and even strongly held beliefs.

While I am not a fan of coercive government, people also do not have the right to go around, spreading their easily preventable communicable diseases. As one study points out, communities that are not getting properly vaccinated have seen recent outbreaks of easily preventable diseases, resulting in unnecessary deaths and billions of dollars wasted.


Mandatory School Vaccinations: The Role of Tort Law

Unless your child has compromised immune system or is allergic to common vaccinations, I don't know why a parent wouldn't vaccinate them. In my opinion, that borders on child neglect.

But it is not neglect. Not neglect at all. Not neglect in the slightest. In fact... it doesn't border on neglect either.

 

[bowerbird]

Well, then, I'd be dead. Because, like a lot of people, I will die if I take a vaccination that is incubated in an egg.

And most are not made from eggs - only flu vaccine,MMR and yellow fever I think. Even MMR there is some indication that people allergic to eggs will not react to MMR

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/should-not-vacc.htm

 

[bowerbird]

But it is not neglect. Not neglect at all. Not neglect in the slightest. In fact... it doesn't border on neglect either.

In the current Australian environment of high immunisation
rates, does refusal of vaccination pose risks to either the
individual or the community? In the case of tetanus, the risk
is limited to the individual, as the disease is not transmissible.
The risk to the individual is highlighted by the US
experience, where, with very high immunisation rates, 15
reported cases of childhood tetanus occurred between 1992
and 2000.15 Children unvaccinated because of their parents’
beliefs accounted for 9/11 cases in school-aged children,15
although objecting families represent only 0.6% of families
with children attending school in the US.16 For other
transmissible vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles,
pertussis and poliomyelitis, the risk goes beyond the individual.
In Colorado, schools with a higher percentage of
objectors were more likely to have a pertussis outbreak, and
at least 11% of vaccinated children in measles outbreaks
acquired measles from contact with an unvaccinated child of
objecting parents. In addition, there was a 22-fold (measles)
and sixfold (pertussis) increased risk for the individual
unvaccinated child.16 Similarly, in Germany, almost all cases
of Hib meningitis occur in unvaccinated children of objecting
parents.17 In closed communities of vaccination objectors,
such as certain religious groups, very high levels of
morbidity from diseases not present in the general community
can occur, such as in polio outbreaks in the Netherlands.
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http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_04_170203/mci10747_fm.pdf

Considering that Tetanus is often fatal - I am glad it is your kids not mine running that risk!!

 

[Bodi]

http://www. Considering that Tetanu...[/QUOTE] And yet, it still is not neglect...

 

[A.Pearce]

Specifically which "right" in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being infringed upon or violated when one person gets sick from another that was not vaccinated?

...and why not simply get your child vaccinated so that you can prevent that from happening.

Well, if a vaccination doesn't hurt you but getting sick can hurt others, then you should get the vaccination. Also, some people, such as those with weak immune systems, can't get vaccinations and so your child may not be able to get one. If you have enough people in an area vaccinated, you have something called "herd immunity" to keep that relatively small percentage who haven't been vaccinated from getting it. (or the chances are virtually zero, rather) Look it up if you don't believe me.

 

[A.Pearce]

Fortunately for us your opinion on how to raise our children is not relevant.

You didn't even read his post, did you? :roll:

 

[bowerbird]

Well, if a vaccination doesn't hurt you but getting sick can hurt others, then you should get the vaccination. Also, some people, such as those with weak immune systems, can't get vaccinations and so your child may not be able to get one. If you have enough people in an area vaccinated, you have something called "herd immunity" to keep that relatively small percentage who haven't been vaccinated from getting it. (or the chances are virtually zero, rather) Look it up if you don't believe me.

Herd immunity will not protect you against Tetanus which is an infectious but not contagious disease. If you are unvaccinated you are at risk end of story

 

[Jryan]

Sorry to say this, but this thread is a "Spew out what Fox News told you too." They have been pushing this anti-vaccination mandatory thing for a while.