VACCINATION POLICIES IN THE ARIZONA SCHOOL

SYSTEM

ENG101PRESENTED BY: EMERALD

WILLOUGHBY

ADDRESSING THE ISSUE Problem: The rate of unvaccinated children in the Arizona

school system is increasing each year, due to the generous amount of exemptions and lax policy reinforcement

“Nearly one in every three kindergarteners who enrolled last year without measles vaccinations were missing exemption forms required by state law.”

Stance: I believe that the children should be required to get all vaccinations before they attend to ensure the safety of their health and the others around them

Reason: I choose this topic because of my major, early childhood education, because researching this could help to be educated in for my future career

EXEMPTIONS AND THE LICENSING PROCESS

The current vaccination policy includes three exemptions:MedicalPersonalReligious

The FDA, Food and Drug Administration, and the CDC, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention play a crucial role in the licensing of a vaccine

Each vaccine has been proven to be 90%-99% effective

FDA Approval Process

CDC Approval Process Creation of Vaccine

SOLUTION: INCREASING OUR VACCINATION RATES IN SCHOOLS

The solution should be very clear. The Arizona school system should make vaccination mandatory, allowing only medical exemptions

Beneficial to students health and safety

Mississippi and Virginia have the highest vaccination rate throughout the school systems due to their strict vaccination policy

99.7% vaccination rate Policy prevented any outbreaks within schools

WHY PARENTS DISAGREE WITH VACCINATIONS

30% of parents don’t believe that vaccinations should be mandatory because it acts against their freedom of choice

Hazardous side affects Could be linked to Autism,

ADHD, ADD Natural Immunity is a better

alternative than injecting various components into our children's body

CONCLUSION

Vaccinations are a necessary factor in life to prevent harmful diseases and better prepare for the generations to come

“It's not just about your kids," he said, "it's about your social contract, it's about your community."

WORKS CITEDVaccinating Kids Must Be A Priority. (2011, October 5). Arizona Republic .

Reason To Vaccinate. 2 February 2001. 26 April 2015Fehr-Snyder, K. (2012, September 12). Immunization-exemption

rates on rise among Arizona schoolchildren. Retrieved from azcentral.com: immunization-exemptions-rising-schoolchildren-prog.html

Vaccines, Blood, and Biologics. 02 November 2010. 26 April 2015.