Reaction To Pd 996

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Reaction Paper Presidential Decree No. 996 PROVIDING FOR COMPULSORY BASIC IMMUNIZATION FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN BELOW EIGHT YEARS OF AGE I believe that children are our future. This is a famous line mostly said by adults and also used in some songs that it almost sounds cliché already. And yet, the message is very inspiring and full of hope. And I too do believe that children are our future. They are important. That is why teaching them and keeping them safe is important as well. In this world today, it is quite hard to say that a person is actually safe. Aside from terrorism and other forms of violence, there are lots of microorganisms that can be inhaled or touch or acquired in some way that if we are not prepared and knowledgeable would be very detrimental to us...especially to our dear children of this nation. Thankfully, this has been long realized and so efforts were made to protect them. Thus, immunizations and vaccines were born. Immunization, as WHO defines, “is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine.” These vaccines stimulate our immune system to shield us against subsequent diseases. Immunization is a proven tool for managing and eliminating life-threatening infectious diseases. And so, our government also adopted the idea and made a step towards this. And so, Presidential Decree No. 996 was created. P.D. 996, entitled as “Providing for compulsory basic immunization for infants and children below eight years of age,” mainly talks about the immunization of children against certain communicable diseases such as Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Poliomyelitis, Measles, and Rubella. The law also stated certain responsibilities that must be fulfilled by certain individuals or institutions. Aside from that, the law also affects the nursing
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