In this article, David Ropeik explained that there are many strategies being considered and implemented by society for the elimination of the individual’s perilous behavior, which is mostly responsible for causing disturbance in the entire community. It could be understood in a way that society used to pass laws or a set of rules for controlling the behaviors that are deemed to be risky for a normal and peaceful flow of regular activities.
The examples of such measures are outnumbered, including banning drunk driving, not smoking in public places, and not leaving home while suffering from severe illness (Ropeik). The author supports this assumption in his paper and shows the readers a clear output of unfollowing the rules.
The higher costs that society uses to pay off parent’s failure to vaccinate. The unwillingness and failure of parents to vaccinate their children also resulted in the building and resurfacing of severe vaccine-preventable diseases. In some examples of countries where measles outbreaks are a big problem, vaccination was not preferred at all. France was recorded in the World Health Organization’s documents as having 7,000 cases of measles infection. Turkey, Spain, Macedonia, Serbia, Germany, Belgium, and Romania were also considered highly infected countries in regard to measles (Arciuolo). England and Wales recorded only 334 cases in the year 2011, compared to 33 cases in 2010. The US also recorded 56 cases at the same time.
Local bodies had arguments that the number of infected individuals is small, so the consequences of diseases would be huge with the agonizing of patients. The local health facilities have spent almost $800,000 for the treatment of only seven infected persons while the state is spending more than that for the treatment, quarantine, track down, and complete ending of it. The infected, as well as the local communities, have also been given awareness about the disease so that it can be treated wisely and as soon as possible.
Irrespective of all the above consequences and repercussions, there are some people who raised an argument that vaccines are the major cause of autism and other related health problems. On the other side, there are scientific claims that could refute these arguments and claims. This kind of discussion on the national scale helped to raise awareness among individuals. Also, they are used in affluent communities like Marin County and Sandiego, Colombia, to prevent the disease through vaccinations rather than treatment (Stevens). Individuals face the worst and most horrible deaths as well as sickness after exposure to communities where infectious illness is predominant.
According to my understanding and after analyzing the paper, I don’t agree with the author of restricting the infected individuals to restrict them in their houses. This measure is not essential or required to prevent the disease from spreading. The problem will get worse with these conditions as people will not come forward for the treatment and will only be known by the officials in the worst conditions. There should be new ways to start awareness programs as they are the only source for the elimination of the disease. People should know that vaccination is a cheaper way to eliminate the disease and will save hundreds of thousands of dollars for the government. Vaccines are successful in eliminating or ending diseases, and the best example is polio. It has almost ended in all over the worst except in a few areas. The doctors and physicians should also work to give lessons to the people who prevent vaccines. The number of deaths will be decreased by these programs as well as these strategies will help in preventing other diseases as well.
Work Cited
Ropeik, David. Not being vaccinated is not acceptable. Los Angeles Times (July 24, 2011)
Stevens, Megan, Abigail Ruminski, and Patrick Goodpaster. “Vaccination Disease Prevention.” (2017).
Arciuolo, Robert J., et al. “Effectiveness of Measles Vaccination and Immune Globulin Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in an Outbreak Setting—New York City, 2013.” Clinical Infectious Diseases 65.11 (2017): 1843-1847.
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