In January 2014, 102 measles cases linked to an outbreak at Disneyland were reported in 14 states. The outbreak alarmed the CDC, which declared the disease eliminated in the U.S. in the year 2000. Many health officials have tied the outbreak to the rising number of unvaccinated children under the age of 12. Proponents of a mandate argue that vaccines are necessary in order to insure herd immunity against preventable diseases. Herd immunity protects people who are unable to get vaccines due to their age or health condition. Opponents of a mandate believe the government should not be able to decide which vaccines their children should receive. Some opponents also believe there is a link between vaccinations and autism and vaccinating their children will have destructive consequences on their early childhood development.
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@92RSHM93yrs3Y
No and Yes, only the parent should let there child have an vax, but only if the disease is deadly, no government should mandate anything on the people
@5BMX4XT3yrs3Y
Yes but only for the 13 deadly contagious diseases as identified by US Dept of Health
@8Q6C4Y44yrs4Y
No, unless the disease is very deadly and it is a national emergency
@8QTTV5B4yrs4Y
No, freedom is a big part of America. Besides some children can't be vaccinated due to unhealthy reactions to the vaccine. I am a firm supporter that vaccines work, but it's ultimately the parents choice. Education that teaches vaccines are good should be given to all people to reduce the amount of people who are anti-vax.
@8W6YXD44yrs4Y
Absolutely not. It takes years for a vaccine to be complete and perfected. It would be horrible to put unknown things into a child that has been made in under a year
@8XXPPX43yrs3Y
only if all long term and short term effects were studied
@63ZXW6N4yrs4Y
Yes, but exempt those who may have negative reactions.
@773QT3N3yrs3Y
Yes, but only with thoroughly tested FDA approved, non mRNA Vaccines
@8CN7P7L4yrs4Y
No, the Goverment should not force what you can do with your body
@8CQ85DK5yrs5Y
Yes aside from religious beliefs and medical conditions.
@riddlecongress5yrs5Y
No. We are a country built on Freedom and Freedom of choice. Religious exemptions are here to stay. However, I do support public health requirements for infectious diseases such as measles, black death, and other eradicated deadly diseases.
@8QPG4TW4yrs4Y
No, but fund public ad campaigns about the risks and benefits instead, and also hold parents criminally liable if their children transfers diseases to others.
@8GMPK8G4yrs4Y
No, if the child isn't vaccinated that's there choice.
@8HBPCKZ4yrs4Y
No, and make vaccine drug companies liable for injury from vaccines again.
@8HL5YXT4yrs4Y
voluntary, not mandatory
@8HL5YXT4yrs4Y
it depends upon the parents and the child has a right to his or her own body
@8KH79S24yrs4Y
I think it should be the choice of the parent/s.
@8LCC7N74yrs4Y
Yes but they should pay for it first.
@8PRKY7Q4yrs4Y
No, the government doesn’t need to tell me what vaccines I need to have. It should people’s choice not governments choice.
@8R7N6V44yrs4Y
The government requiring anything is dangerous.
@8WDX77R3yrs3Y
Yes , like influenza and measles...etc. except for covid- 19.
@8WC3QKP3yrs3Y
No, people/parents should decide for themselves and children how they feel about the disease.
@8WSHGPX3yrs3Y
Not if the child can't get vaccinated for medical reasons.
@8X3LCNH3yrs3Y
Allow the parents to decide what is right for their children and families. Provide comprehensive materials and studies that are unbiased for them to review and make their own decision. Require only certain vaccinations when death rates or damage rate from illness (in healthy individuals) is above a certain rate and vaccines have been proven to drastically reduce the "spread" of the virus. Vaccines should not be forced on healthy individuals when the death rate is very low and when they don't reduce the spread. If you can still pass the virus after being vaccinated, it's not effective.
@8XBX2P53yrs3Y
No, it is a violation of your Constitutional rights.
@rightandbased3yrs3Y
Yes, but only for diseases with very exceptionally high mortality and hospitalization rates, with exemptions for those with religious objections.
@8ZH59GG3yrs3Y
No, it's up to the parents to decide what's right for there children.
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