Writing Assignment #1: Supply and Demand "Fears of Widespread Flu Raise Demand for Vaccine in Isles" 16 February 2013 Last month‚ the Star-Advertiser reported a sudden increase in demand for flu vaccines after documented widespread of illness and recent deaths from the influenza virus. Flu season typically begins in October and continues through mid-May of the following year. Currently‚ many suppliers are running low on the strain of influenza for the 2012 – 2013 Season. Economics is
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impacting Idahoans every year. The United States experiences a seasonal influenza incidence each year. This recurrent period is known as “flu season”. Most commonly‚ flu does not cause serious health issues‚ however‚ serious complications can and do occur. The young‚ elderly‚ and patients with multiple chronic medical issues are at highest risk for severe flu complications. There are 3 types of influenza - A‚ B‚ and C. “Influenza A causes local epidemics and worldwide pandemics‚ influenza B does
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capacity of seasonal influenza vaccines‚ including supporting manufacturers as they invest in processes to stabilize and increase their production capacity and improving guidance about the approval process at the Food and Drug Administration”. The Government can put in place policies and measures where every schools‚ business places and random health clinic be given vaccines to vaccinate every member willingly or
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and at a low cost for the public to receive the flu vaccine? Should we single out just the population at risk‚ infants and people with chronic diseases? Should health care businesses mandate healthcare workers receive the vaccine or wear a mask when at work? The answer is all of these. As a healthcare community‚ we need to find out the reasons why people do not receive the flu vaccine. One reason could be fear of getting the flu from the vaccine‚ another could be cost. Again‚ we cannot educate
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type of world may one day be possible if vaccinations were completely mandatory. Vaccines should be completely mandatory because people who willingly decline vaccines are a danger to public health‚ dangerous diseases are still present‚ and it is possible to wipe out preventable diseases with 100% vaccination. The people who willingly decline vaccines are not only a danger to themselves but to public health. Vaccines work by their recipients gaining immunity to a virus through their body defeating
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question can be clearly stated as “which vaccine is more effective for preventing getting the flu”. In this case‚ the problem being researched about is the flu the possible solutions to this problem which the use of vaccines is being analyzed. The null hypothesis of this experiment states that there is no effective vaccine for preventing getting the flu while the alternative hypothesis states that there is an effective vaccine for preventing getting the flu. The results obtained from such an experiment
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It’s Worth a Shot From the time vaccines have been introduced to this point in medical history there has been controversy over the morality‚ ethics‚ effectiveness‚ and safety of receiving vaccines. (Singer.) However‚ the overall effect of vaccines benefits not only the individuals who receive them‚ but the general population as well. Vaccines are a safe and effective method used to prevent a variety of diseases‚ and not getting such vaccinations can put not only the individual‚ but the general population
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can‚ or treating it if you have it. This pandemic is avoidable through a simple vaccine that can be taken as a shot or as a nasal spray. Overall I find the H1N1 virus to be interesting and a puzzle that the doctors and scientists of today have to figure out. The swine flu‚ also known as H1N1 Virus‚ is a common virus that has been plaguing the human population on and off since the early 1900’s. Each year during flu season‚ people become sick with these flu’s that cause respiratory illness. Scientists
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The Spanish Flu is an utter‚ complete mystery‚ scientists had no idea where it originated. Nevertheless‚ by September‚ 1918‚ this Spanish flu obliterated most of the known world‚ wiping out even Eskimo villages in the far north‚ thousands of miles away from the rest of the infected. During the outbreak‚ authorities lost track of the casualties; the numbers were overwhelming. By the time the disease burned out‚ the estimated death toll rose around fifty-million people. This 1918 influenza outbreak
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diseases will not be eradicated in 20 years by vaccines and antibiotics. There are too many diseases to get eradicate. There are also diseases that are very hard to kill or eradicate like different cancers. The diseases can also mutate and evolve to be immune to some vaccines or antibiotics. I think that is I think it is impossible to eradicate all diseases in twenty years because there are just too many diseases and it would take time to make the vaccines and to eradicate the diseases. There are over
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