3 Argumentation Framework Chart Devan Glaviano Wilmington University Introduction to Critical Thinking/PHI

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Argumentation Framework Chart

Devan Glaviano

Wilmington University

Introduction to Critical Thinking/PHI 100

Dana Hanf

April 8, 2024

Issue:

Should employers require vaccines for employees in cases of public health emergencies?

Position:

In cases of public health emergencies, employers should be allowed to require vaccinations for employees to protect the health and safety of the workplace.

Premise 1

During crises, compulsory immunizations in the workforce ensure that employees can be protected from infectious diseases, thereby building health among them.

Premise 1

Evidence:

An investigation done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that individuals having a history of vaccination against COVID-19 were less likely to contract the disease or suffer from severe symptoms such as death or prostration (Mandavilli, A., & Rabin, R. C. (2021)). This study proves vaccine effectiveness in spaces with high likelihoods of disease transmission, which plays a direct role in maintaining a safer workplace for employees.

Premise 2

The implementation of anti-vaccination stimuli in workplaces assists on this point. It reduces situations in which outbreaks may occur, unleashing business interruptions and finally damaging the economic interests we care for.

Premise 2

Evidence:

Infection of the workplace was also disastrous to the business, leading to company closures, loss of productivity, and increased health spending, according to the SHRM (Smith, A., Nagele-Piazza, N. (2021)). Enforcement of vaccine mandates plays an essential role in the company’s continuity of operations by ensuring an immunized workforce, hence mitigating the occurrence of workforce disruptions. Therefore, work operations can run smoothly, and the company can avoid the economic losses associated with business interruption.

Premise 3

Business closures or large-scale lay-offs as a way to safeguard workers during public health emergencies can be substituted with vaccination mandates, which are the ethical option.

Premise 3 Evidence

The recent tendency of many companies to close and lay off people, both employees and a broader economy (O’Brien, G. (2021) can be really devastating. Vaccination programs prescribe preventive measures that are necessary for the continuity of company operations and to safeguard the community from harmful disruptions. This approach puts employees` interests first and fights for people to keep the economy safe during the crisis, thus making it a more ethical way out for society to go through.

Conclusion

Industrially required inoculations for employees in emergency times are grounds for the reasoning the main statement Premise 1 focuses on vaccines’ preventive qualities whereby employees are safeguarded, Premise 2 centers on businesses’ cost-effectiveness, and Premise 3 raises moral issues that recommend vaccination policies as opposed to other drastic norms. By means of employers taking the initiative of mandating both the health of the public and the economic well-being, employer-mandated vaccinations are proven to be an essential approach to effective public health crisis navigation.