Many countries are implementing vaccination as a mandatory prophylaxis measure to avoid the transmission of diseases among the population. I think this is a positive initiative, as vaccines have fully eradicated pathologies and they increased children’s life expectancy as well.
The main reason why I considered vaccines to represent a positive development is because, since they were developed, many human health-related conditions have been extinguished. This is because vaccines boost the immunological system, which is the one responsible for antibody production. In other words, antibodies are the proteins that protect the body against dangerous pathogens. For instance, smallpox was considered a human-fatal condition in the 15th century, when the last pandemic was documented, causing roughly 300 million deaths at that moment; however, after the vaccine introduction, the virus became extinct in just 20 years, as the CDC reported in 2020.
The second reason why mandatory vaccination is fruitful in preventing disease’s spreading is that it allows children to live longer. That is to say, infectious diseases are very harmful to humans at early ages, as their organism’s functions are not completely developed, and their defenses cannot deal with bacteria and viruses. For example, around 12% of toddlers at the beginning of the 1900s died because of parotiditis; nowadays, 100% of the infantile population live until adulthood, and the reason is the advent of immunization.
To conclude, promoting a mandatory vaccination scheme for the population is a clear positive development as it helps with the eradication of transmittable conditions that can be lethal for humans, leading to a greater life expectancy among children.