Hi I'm jul, from Vietnam and I'm new to this forum. I have an argumentative essay and a little bit confused doing this. I hope I could get some comments about my writing soon.  
  
Thanks in advance  
  
## controversy around the statement:

  
***"Parents should be free to decide whether or not to vaccine their babies"***  
  
Throughout history, Vaccine has been proven to be the most effective way to protect humans from infectious diseases. However, Vaccines still have some side effects that make parents worry. There's a statement says that "parents should be free to decide whether or not vaccine their babies". I personally think that parents should vaccinate their babies.  
  
First of all, Vaccination can improve immunity against particular preventable diseases and keep people healthy. Vaccines have saved many people's lives from fatal diseases such as measles, whooping cough, leukemia, rabies and so on. According to WHO, every year Immunization prevents 2-3 million of deaths around the world which are included up to 26 vaccine-preventable diseases. Furthermore, Vaccination also saves your life after being exposed to the disease like rabies.  
  
Secondly, Vaccination plays a major role in protecting the community. The WHO always aim to a herd community which describes how a population is protected from a disease after vaccination. When large populations are vaccinated, the germ(virus) can hardly be transmitted to each other. As a result, the unvaccinated ones can be protected. Take the 1989 measles outbreak occurred in the US as an example, this epidemic is considered to be the worst measles outbreak in the history of the US. It was estimated that 3,201 deaths in Texas and 1,434 were pre-schooled in Houston. The outbreak led to the intensified surveillance, door-to-door vaccination in high-risk communities, emergency department vaccination clinics, and lowering of the recommended age for vaccination to 6 months during outbreaks, with revaccination at 15 months. By the end of the year, there were 41 deaths nationwide. If the populations of unvaccinated increases because their parents don't allow their children to be vaccinated, the vaccine-preventable diseases can come back and become an epidemic in no time. These can kill infants who are too young to vaccinate, older adults and people taking medication with weakened immunity.  
  
However, some parents chose not to vaccinate their children due to vaccine side effects and the autism accusation. It is true that Vaccine has slight side effects such as fever, allergy, sore arm and fainting which are normal reactions of our bodies to attack the virus. Therefore, it can build up immunity against the diseases. Today many vaccines have been lessened the side effects of immunizations. The great benefits of vaccines definitely outweigh the side effects of it. If parents can accept the fatal risk of being unvaccinated, they have no reasons to fear those mild effects. For the accusation that the autism caused by vaccination, scientists have not discovered the reasons for autism yet. Some people claimed that it is because of the chemicals of vaccine to the children. However, there is no scientific link between vaccine and autism. Parents who didn't allow their children vaccinated shows that they are just uneducated, misinformed to the preconceived reasons.  
  
In conclusion, there is still controversy around the statement that parents should be free to decide to vaccine their babies. People can hardly live healthy without vaccination. People health are related to others. To protect oneself as well as the community, parents should vaccinate their babies.  
  
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