Here comes the big question: should people be allowed to reduce preventative care more, especially when the decision can affect others? Our personal choices really matter. We all have the right to make decisions about how to take care of our bodies and that of our children. Must parents often refuse to give their kids preventive care such as vaccines? Most times it is due to experience and their beliefs. They have all right to accept preventive care for their children, and being forced to accept it is a violation of their right.
When it comes to preventive care, our personal choice does not affect it because it is very important that preventive care is not just for you and your household but also for people surrounding you. When it comes to vaccinations, it goes beyond personal protection; it has to do with community. For the World Health Organization to demand a particular vaccine be given is for our own good. If a large number are protected from a particular disease, it will be very hard for the disease to spread. I don’t support the idea of parents rejecting giving toddlers vaccines, knowing fully well that their immune system can’t fight some diseases in most cases due to ignorance and the loss of the baby.
If we keep refusing preventive care, that means we don’t want to be safe. Sicknesses that we have once controlled will come back. Vaccines are very important, especially for toddlers because they can’t fight disease. In some communities that neglect vaccination, some illnesses have reappeared again. That is why I said earlier when it comes to preventive care, there is nothing like personal choice because that choice is capable of putting others at risk.
Earlier this year I was among the people that were moving from schools, churches and houses to administer vaccines for measles. Some certain parents refused, and their kids didn’t get the vaccines. Most of the decline was because of fear and belief in developing countries when it comes to preventive care. There are limits to parent choice, knowing full well that the choice can cause harm. The main purpose for these preventative measures is to reduce the spread of illness.
Sometimes when parents refuse this preventive care, I fully understand them because the world is becoming evil, which makes it very hard for parents to trust some vaccines. In my own thought it will be nice if the government can build trust and educate or inform parents why it is necessary to give kids vaccines. When it comes to kids, they can’t make decisions; they depend on their parents. One thing is certain: if a child is left unprotected and the child becomes ill, it will not only affect the child's health but also the health of others around the child. For me, the government and other health care have every right to step in when a child is unprotected.
It is not just about rules or rights; it is about protecting ourselves and people around us. Most times it is not about forcing people to conform but to help them realize that some choices, more especially when it comes to health, are not about our personal choices, but we should look out for other people.
This is my entry on the weekly prompts #hivelearners #hl-w215e3 topic: prevention is better.
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