Ravneet Kaur: Vaccinations necessary to protect kids
The debate between getting your child immunized for school has been going on recently. Students should be immunized for their safety and the safety of other students. Diseases like the chicken pox, measles, mumps and many others can be prevented simply by a vaccine. However, some of these diseases do not exist today in America, but can surely come back – like the measles outbreak that began in Disneyland. Not getting vaccines put babies in danger because they are most vulnerable to infectious diseases.
A vaccine is simply dead or weakened pathogens that won’t harm our bodies. These pathogens make antibodies against the disease so our body can recognize it and kill it. If students are not getting immunized before starting school, they could be passing diseases on to other students, and those students will be passing them to others. This could lead to an increased rate of deaths, depending on the disease. Let’s vaccinate our kids to prevent such harmful diseases from spreading.
Ravneet Kaur, Ceres
This story was originally published May 18, 2015 at 6:30 PM with the headline "Ravneet Kaur: Vaccinations necessary to protect kids."