• Question: Why should vaccinations NOT be mandatory?

    Asked by anon-231002 to Tom, Steven, Jessica, Clio, Bruno Silvester on 20 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Clio Andreae

      Clio Andreae answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      I think they should be mandatory as it provides what’s known as herd protection. We wouldn’t have eradicated small pox if we didn’t vaccinate. Why risk getting horrible diseases like measles by not taking a vaccine?

    • Photo: Bruno Silvester Lopes

      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      Vaccinations should be made mandatory to prevent diseases…they are the magic bullets by which the body can protect us by generating an immune response against the harmful pathogen.

    • Photo: Jessica Mitchell

      Jessica Mitchell answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      I personally think they should be mandatory but I can see why some people don’t agree with this. People may want to make their own choices rather than be forced into having vaccines however vaccines are cheap, safe and easy ways of preventing really awful diseases.

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