"Measles outbreak in NYC from one unvaccinated
kid shows just how far the disease can spread"
Just by reading this title, you can already tell where the author stands. He makes it very clear that he believes not vaccination your kids causes problems for everyone. I believe the author's intended audience could be all the young parents who believe that vaccines harm their children. They also could be writing for the other parents who do vaccinate and want them to spread the word on their effectiveness. On this blog, we are able to see the author's credibility by looking at his profile on the website. We are able to see how many blogs and comments he has made, how often, frequent tags, and links to his most recent diaries. Seeing all of this information makes him have high credibility in our eyes.
His claim is that everyone would benefit from every person being vaccinated. He gives a real life example that's happening now to show that it is an issue we are facing currently. He does not give much evidence in that unvaccinated kids are the sole reason for the outbreak. He does believe that's how it was spread, but shares no medical evidence of that with us. Some might view this as vaccines are just the logical and easy way to fix this problem. In my opinion, I believe that more people would chose to vaccinate their children if we showed medical reassurance that it would benefit us all.
He concludes by saying, "This is a fact that is not up for discussion—whether you believe in the relentlessly debunked conspiracy theory that vaccines like the MMR cause autism, or you have joined the rest of the human race in realizing that any drawbacks and side effects to vaccinations are far outweighed by the benefits to society as a whole."
I believe that vaccines can be a good thing, but I do not believe people should be forced to have them.
