Họ và tên: Bùi Tú Hoàng

During 2000-2016, measles vaccination prevented an estimated 20 million deaths of

children worldwide. And yet, some people still suspect the effectiveness of
vaccination for children to prevent common childhood illnesses, which can threaten
the lives of their children and community. In my opinion, immunization must be
mandatory and it is esential that governments have policies to support this.
The most important benefit of Immunization is it can save your child’s life. On
grounds of safe and effective vaccines, some diseases that once injured or killed
thousands of children, have been eliminated completely and others are close to
extinction. For example, Polio was once America’s most-feared disease, causing
death and paralysis across the country, but today, thanks to vaccination, there are no
reports of polio in the United States.
Immunization not only protects children from common disease but also save our
future generations. Vaccines have reduced and eliminated many diseases that killed
or severely disabled people just a few generations ago. For instance, smallpox
vaccination eradicated that disease worldwide and children don’t have to get
smallpox shots any more. By vaccinating children against rubella, the risk that
pregnant women will pass this virus on to their fetus or newborn has been
dramatically decreased. If we continue vaccinating now, and vaccinating
completely, some diseases of today will no longer be around to harm their children
in the future.
These benefits have shown vaccination for children should be a compulsory and an
obligation of parents. To accomplish it effectively, the government should have
policies to subsidize for basic vaccines, notify parents of immunizations needed,
and improve emergency treatment of anaphylactic reactions after injection. I believe
that in the future common diseases will no longer be a danger to children thanks to
compulsory vaccination.