Vaccines Work, By Maki Naro s Cartoon, And Vaccines

One of the biggest controversies in an everyday American life, is the role of the US government and how involved it should be in our everyday lives. Currently, one of these hot button issues is vaccination. Vaccines have been one of the biggest public health campaigns since the early 1900’s. However, currently vaccines are under fire from naysayers and the questions that Americans are asking are, â€Å"Are vaccines safe?† and â€Å"Do I really need to get one?† In Maki Naro’s cartoon, ‘Vaccines Work, Here Are the Facts’ Naro uses rhetorical devices such as story telling, logos, and ethos in his cartoon to successfully show the audience that vaccines work and are safe to use. The first rhetorical device used in the cartoon is story telling. Naro shows the story of Edward Jenner, an English scientist, who used milkmaids to test and show the world that if a person is exposed to ‘A’ then ‘B’ will happen. Naro helps to dep ict to the reader that scientists have been experimenting and creating ways to vaccinate people since the late 1700’s. Naro uses the device of story telling to show the reader that because these ideas have been around for so many years, that they are safe to use and trust. The author wants to prove to the audience that the idea of vaccination did not just pop into someone’s head just to make money. Rather, to show that humans have been experimenting with the idea of vaccination for hundreds of years. Miller 2 Naro’s goal in using this device is to show that vaccines