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How did the United States of America come to accede to an immunization mandate for children in public schools?
Explain your interest in this question and its connection to your education and experiences.
There has been much controversy surrounding the COVID-19 vaccination, including the question raised about whether or not children will need to be vaccinated for school. This has sparked my interest and has made me want to delve deeper into mandated immunizations for children in public school.
Anti-Vaxxers have always intrigued me. I have never understood their thought process. I thought that this would be a great opportunity to conduct research on the topic of vaccinations and why Anti-Vaxxers feel the way they do.
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Personally, I have family members on both sides of the "mandated immunization" spectrum. Some get vaccinated and believe their children should be vaccinated as well, while others are opposed to all vaccinations and are outraged that their children have to be vaccinated before entering public school. Going forward, I want my conversations on this topic to be based on science and research, as opposed to opinion, which is another reason why I have chosen this topic.
School immunization requirements for measles
This resource will allow me to argue a case on the importance of mandated vaccinations in public schools.
The resource will allow me to explain why anti vaxxers
feel the way they do and the importance of requiring
more strict and thorough guidelines when it comes to
parents opting their children out of mandated school
vaccinations.
This resource will inform me of the history of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, why they are significant, and the role they play with vaccine distribution in the United States.
This resource delves into why it’s unethical to not vaccinate yourself and your child, which will allow me to create an argument for immunizations.
This resource will allow me to discuss the history of immunizations and how mandated vaccinations were initiated in public schools.
This resource will allow me to discuss the importance of vaccinations in our schools today and what can be done moving forward.
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This resource will assist me when writing about the exemptions to the immunization statues, as well as ethical issues of mandated vaccinations.
This resource will assist me when writing about the exemptions to the immunization statues, as well as ethical issues of mandated vaccinations.
This article will assist me in my discussion on why ethical issues arise, as well as what “feeds” anti-vaxxers.
This resource will allow me to argue the pros of mandated immunizations in our schools.
This resource explains the legal aspects of why a vaccination can be mandated, which will allow me to explain why the government has the right to mandate them in schools.
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