Reread the At Issue box at the beginning of the chapter. Then, read the sources on the pages that follow.

As you read each of these sources, you will be asked to respond to a series of questions and complete some simple activities. This work will help you to understand the content and structure of the material you read. When you are finished, you will be prepared to write a cause-and-effect argument in which you take a position on the topic, “Should Vaccination Be Required for All Children?”

SOURCES

Clyde Haberman, “A Discredited Vaccine Study’s Continuing Impact on Public Health”

Janet D. Stemwedel, “Saying No to Vaccines”

Mahesh Vidula, “Individual Rights vs. Public Health: The Vaccination Debate”

Ben Carson, “Vaccinations Are for the Good of the Nation”

Russell Saunders, “Pediatrician: Vaccinate Your Kids—or Get Out of My Office”

Jeffrey Singer, “Vaccination and Free Will”

Jenny McCarthy, “The Gray Area on Vaccines”

“Facts about the Measles” (graphics)