Civic education VAX OR NO-VAX? 7 CLASS WORK Follow the instructions. Split up into two groups. Prepare for a debate about the following motion: Vaccines are fundamental to the health of human beings. Prepare your strategy, start from a logical introduction, gather reliable sources, prepare well-reasoned points supported by motivations and evidence, work on counterarguments. Listen to your opponents and choose your words carefully. You can use statistics, a rhetorical question, or a provocation to support your thesis. Be respectful. Useful expressions: As far as I am concerned Taking into account I see your point, but I think I m afraid I can t quite agree with your point I m afraid you ve misunderstood our point If you would allow me to add a comment here If you don t mind, I d like to take issue with what you just said I d like to focus on two points that the other side has failed to address I want to draw your attention to an important point that our opponents have not addressed yet To sum it up, here are our main points Our opponents have claimed that Let me summarise our position in this debate Here are some suggestions. FOR Herd immunity (we contribute to our common good) To avoid pandemics (historical facts going back to first vaccines) To eliminate serious infections (smallpox, tetanus, polio, mumps, hepatitis B) To prevent common diseases (flu, chickenpox) To prevent serious harm or even death caused by some illnesses/infections Cancer prevention (cervix) high efficacy Safe travelling (vaccines that can protect our health in the countries where we encounter infections that are unknown to our organism malaria) AGAINST 72 BODY AND MIND Connection between autism, brain damage, and vaccines due to some toxic ingredients (for example mercury) and MMR type vaccines Immunity issue unvaccinated children aged 1-5 years had an average number of 3.3 infectious diseases in the past year, compared to 4.2 in vaccinated children It may be dangerous for pregnant and breastfeeding women and severely ill people cannot be vaccinated Some of the vaccines have been withdrawn (COVID-19) Compulsory vaccines are against our right to freedom Poor efficacy (flu vaccine, 30-60% of efficacy) Controversial clinical trials (poor parts of the world)