The Swine Flu is a serious infection that has been known to kill people over the world. In the United States alone we‚ have had our fair cases and scares from this infection. The first report of the swine flu in the United States was in 2009. It is no surprise that ever since then Americans have been afraid because the swine flu has the same symptoms as the original flu. This will be explained what these symptoms are in a moment. What I will also inform everyone about is how long is has been a problem
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A vaccine is a man-made‚ biological preparation that provides active immunity to a certain disease. Ever since the inception of vaccines their use has been surrounded by controversy. A lot of issues arise from whether or not building up a natural immunity to a disease is better than a vaccination. Many people were afraid‚ and some still are‚ that by getting the vaccination‚ the recipient will actually get the disease they are trying to prevent because of what is in the vaccine. However‚ the most
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In recent years‚ the anti-vaccine movement has focused on the idea that vaccines can be connected to the neurological disorder that is autism (Vaccines & Autism). On average in today’s society‚ 1 out of 4 parents believes vaccines can cause autism in otherwise healthy children (Olson‚ Samantha). The whole idea of vaccinations causing autism began when a gastroenterologist from the United Kingdom named Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a study in The Lancet (a general medical journal) in 1998. In his
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The benefits of vaccines The modern medicine really made a significant contribution to our society. Vaccines can prevent a disease from occurring in the first place‚ rather than attempt to cure it after the fact. The invention of the vaccines prevents people from being infected. There are three benefits of vaccines‚ prevent the diseases in the childhood‚ protect the community and much cheaper than getting the treatment. First of all‚ the inventions of vaccines can prevent some diseases in the childhood
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Spanish Flu The Spanish Flu‚ also known as the 1918 Flu Pandemic‚ continued for almost a year starting in March of 1918 and lasted until January 1919. This flu had a major impact on millions of people worldwide. About one third of the world population‚ 500 million people‚ were infected. It is until this day that historians still do not know the exact number of victims that died‚ but is estimated to be about 20-50 million people. The 1918 Flu Pandemic was a deadly disease that attacked many people
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Debate Over MMR Vaccine Enraged victims of the MMR Vaccine fight for the government to release evidences on the MMR Vaccination and how it is connected to Autism. While a lot of children are getting their regular vaccinations‚ there are some parents who avoid getting their child vaccinated‚ in fear of the regression of their child’s health. Vaccinations were developed to improve the health of children; however‚ the benefits of the vaccinations‚ like the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination
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deadly virus that spreads to people via bite from an infected animal. The first vaccine for rabies was invented in 1885 by Louis Pasteur and was first used on Joseph Meister‚ a nine year old boy‚ on July 6th of 1885. -The vaccination for Rabies was made in 1885. -It was discovered and made by a french biologist‚ Louis Pasteur in Marnes-la-Coquette‚ France. -This vaccine came about after biologists created the smallpox vaccine through artificially generating a weaker version of the disease. This inspired
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advanced compared to twenty years ago. More vaccines are given today than in the past. Due to the fact that they’re more vaccines given today and with higher doses‚ many people‚ especially parents question if vaccinating their child is even safe. Others‚ on the other hand‚ believed that vaccines should be mandatory to be given to a child. There’s a variety of types of vaccines out there that doctors believe children should have‚ but should all vaccines be given out. Should parents have a say in what
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Hello Flu Clinic Team‚ UCC will be relocating The Flu Clinic to Conference Rooms B14-B15. Unfortunately‚ in the last couple of weeks‚ during rainy days "water leaked" into the modular building from different areas‚ which made it unsafe to see patients. Jerry and his team are working on repairing the building to make it safe for next year. For now‚ we will need to relocate our Flu Clinic to basement area. The Flu Clinic will open Tuesday‚ January 24‚ 2017 and will close its operations on March
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vaccinations that are supported by research statistics as well as the different symptoms that have been reported for each available vaccine. What is a vaccine? Vaccines have been defined as the development of depleted or killed microscopic organisms and once given that energizes antibody formulations. ("Vaccine‚" 2010) 23 various types of immunizations exist today. Vaccines have been reported to cause reactions that have gone under-reported and certain public health officials have been tracked to
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