vaccination nation

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Talks of vaccinations have become more prominent this past week. This is mostly due to the recent measles outbreak in the United States. The issue has been discussed by the top politicians in the country including governor Chris Christie, senator Rand Paul, and even the president. With all these talks, the Ohio State University recently put out finding of their  analysis of the factors leading to a parents choice on whether to vaccinate their child or not. The results were very interesting to me. They found that based on a 2009 study, 43 percent of republicans and independents were willing to get vaccinated while 64 percent of democrats were willing. Though there was obviously a correlation between party affiliation and willingness, the thing that really interested me was that they also found that of those asked, 60 percent who had confidence in the government were willing while 32 percent who lacked faith were willing. I think that it should be legally required for parents to have their children get vaccinated, but all the statistics show that vaccinations only help people. Studies have shown that vaccinations alone save nearly 6 million lives each year. It definitely is something that people should have the ability to question, but the results really can't be denied.