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Vaccines
Vaccines
Mrs. Acof
English 12
4/24/15
Topic: Vaccines
I.
Introduction to Vaccines
A. Never in human history has something that has saved so many
lives been so
controversial.
B. Some believe that vaccines aren't safe. Now we must ask the
questions: do vaccines
implementation.
C. The average survey taker somewhat agrees that vaccines are safe
for everyone,
mandatory.
(Mooney).
C. Vaccines are dangerous for young children and should not be used
on them.
D. Thesis
1. Vaccines are safe.
2. They help those who can't take them.
3. They help prevent millions of cases of infectious diseases.
IV.
amounts("Vaccines" CDC).
Multiple scientific studies have found no evidence of these
ingredients causing
autism ("Vaccines" CDC).
1998 study finding autism link was fraudulent and researcher had
medical license
revoked (Mooney).
Benefits of Vaccines
A. Vaccines help protect people that can't take them.
B. People who are immuno-compromised can't take vaccines.
i. These people can be more easily infected and are put at
deadly
diseases (Szabo).
B. Vaccines have eradicated many deadly diseases from the U.S., such
as Smallpox and
Polio (Szabo).
i. Since 1994, vaccines have prevented an estimated 322 million
cases of
infection (Szabo).
ii. Vaccines have saved the lives of an estimated 732,000
children (Szabo).
C. Vaccines have greatly improved our overall health (Szabo).
D. Therefore, vaccines should continue to be used to further benefit
the health of our
society.
VII. Conclusion
A. Vaccines are safe, efective, and life-saving.
B. Vaccines have been instrumental in creating today's modern
medicine.
C. The anti-vaccine movement threatens to derail centuries of medical
advancement,
something we as a society cannot aford to lose.
Works Cited
Craven McGinty, Jo. "How Anti-Vaccination Trends Vex Herd Immunity". Wall
Street Journal
Szabo, Liz. "CDC: Vaccines Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives". USA Today
Online. 24 Apr.
"Vaccines do not Cause Autism". CDC. 17 Mar. 2015. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.