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First Quarter Project in English 2
Name: Ian Zaki B. Leaño Date: October 25, 2022

Section: 8-Ilang Ilang Teacher: Joyce C. Marquez
Chosen Topic: Should vaccination be required for students to attend public schools?
The Necessary Need for Needles
As the world’s wounds slowly heal, more and more schools are transitioning into face-to-
face learning. The question is, are students safe there? I mean, students and teachers alike are
constantly exposed and vulnerable to covid infection. Even with precautions, it’s still dangerous
as the threat of a mass breakout looms over. The government is making vaccination a requirement
to attend public schools. Schools should require vaccination as an added layer of protection.
Though, with this statement, comes the question of free will and autonomy. Some people are very
opposed to this idea, bringing up the ethics of it. Should the government be able to control what
you put into your body? Is your freedom ignored and spat on?
Let’s dismantle this argument point by point. First, “Should the government be able to
control what you put into your body?”. Short answer, it depends. Every person needs and deserves
freedom, and every person has a responsibility to themselves and the people around them. This
requirement might seem like violates your freedom, your right to choose, but even if it did, that’s
a small price to pay to potentially you’re your or someone else’s life. Plus, the Philippine
government already has plans to distribute COVID vaccinations throughout the country for free,
so really, what’s stopping you?
“What if I’m allergic?” or “What if the vaccine affects me negatively?”. These are both
valid and legitimate fears to have. But fear not, maybe if one understands how the vaccine works,
those fears may be alleviated. The COVID vaccine works like most other vaccines, it injects a
weakened or harmless version of the virus into your body to trigger an immune response. In the
future, when your body encounters this fiend again, it’ll have the experience and the proper
antibodies it got from the previous ‘practice’ it had. It’s possible one might react to the vaccine
not as intended. but even so, allergies to the vaccine and negative reactions are uncommon and
mild. Studies show that around 92% of the vaccine side-effects are considered “mild”. We have to
also consider the fact that the Corona Virus has already taken millions of lives all around the globe.
Getting vaccinated would not only benefit you but everyone around you. So really, what’s stopping
you?
According to Robert J. Krakow, a US injury attorney, “If vaccines are so important and
their risk so outweighed by their benefit, then the government should rely on that argument and
persuade people to get vaccines”. Even though the vaccine has shown to be effective, some of the
population harbor great distrust or even hatred towards vaccines, claiming that they can cause
autism, or that the government is trying to microchip them. These are both outrageous claims
without any proof to back it up. Nothing more than conspiracy theories. These beliefs are caused
and spread by misinformation, especially on social media. Do your own research, know what fact
is and what is phony, find reliable sources. Finding reliable and accessible information helps put
trust in people. If it’s so beneficial, then what’s actually stopping you?
Don’t blame those who here, these vaccines are still new, it’s normal to fear the unknown.
But in a school environment where social interaction is almost always guaranteed, we have to be
careful. I hope you understand that these children have families to come home to, friends to interact
with. If one were to get sick without symptoms it could cause multiple people to also get sick. Be
pro-vax, help us reach a state of herd immunity, where a large portion of the population is immune,
and virus spread becomes unlikely. Nothing’s stopping you now, really.
It’s hard to know what is safe or who to trust in this day and age. It’s scary, nerve-wracking
even. But please, getting vaccinated is the best thing you can do to help rid the monster that plagues
our society. Schools are bustling with people in close proximity, it’s a catastrophe waiting to
happen unless our bodies get equipped with the tools they need to fight back. Help yourself, help
the world, for the chance that we might once more live not in fear of the microscopic. You might
think it intrudes on your freedom of choice, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022, September 16). Understanding how COVID-
19 vaccines work. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/how-they-
work.html#:~:text=Viral%20vector%20COVID%2D19%20vaccines%20are%20given%20in%2
0a%20muscle,is%20called%20a%20spike%20protein.
Anne McMillan (2021, March 19). Mandatory vaccination: legal, justified, effective?. Retrieved
October 25, 2022, from https://www.ibanet.org/article/70E1F93E-A23B-4F1A-A596-
AEEF84750241.
BBC News (March 8). Covid vaccines not linked to deaths, major US study finds. Retrieved
October 25, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60653946.
WebMD (2022, February 3). What is herd immunity? Retrieved October 25, 2022, from
https://www.webmd.com/lung/what-is-herd-immunity#1.

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Name: Ian Zaki B. Leaño Date: October 25, 2022

The Necessary Need for Needles

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