The Childhood Vaccination Debate Student’s Name Eng/147 Today’s Date Teacher’s Name The Childhood Vaccination Debate Imagine a disease that begins much like the flu but ends with painful fluid filled pustules covering large portions of one’s body that can rob one’s ability to see‚ eat‚ and breathe. Furthermore‚ according to Berkeley University’s news writer‚ David Koplow (2003) this disease “has caused more deaths than all the world wars combined” (para. 3). Now‚ imagine if one quick vaccination
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is usually a bull’s-eye rash that expands to several inches in diameter before disappearing after a few weeks. In some cases‚ the rash may take a different form or may be absent altogether. Other early symptoms with or without the rash are flu-like feelings of fatigue‚ headache‚ fever‚ sore throat‚ chills or body aches. You may also have vague pains in the joints‚ without swelling. In about half the patients who are not treated‚ this joint pain returns in about six months as painful
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Hadi Abou Chacra Your Quiz Results: Suggested Vaccines The way you answered the quiz suggests you may need the following vaccines: Vaccine | Suggested because... | MMR - Measles-mumps-rubella | Your age indicates that you need this vaccine. You plan to travel internationally. You work with patients in a nursing home‚ doctor’s office‚ hospital‚ or other healthcare setting. | Hepatitis A | You plan to travel internationally. (Note: The vaccine is not needed if you are traveling to Western
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open mind they would realize that this novel has the potential to change their perspective of the world for the better. Within the novel‚ four ideas were brought up that particularly had interested me. The detox phenomenon‚ placebo explanations‚ vaccine scares‚ and the social influences put upon consumers. These all interested me and with some of these ideas I learned countless new concepts. The first idea that captured my attention was the detox phenomenon. The detox phenomenon has to do with the
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Unit 1.3 N.1 The reason that children should be immunised is that the various vaccines that are available to so that our bodies are prepared to fight serious infections that we may come into contact with in the future. There are some diseases that can have a severe lasting damage to the childs health and in some very serious cases can eve resort in death. Due to the high success rate of vaccinations‚ it is now becoming rare for children to get serious diseases‚ like diphtheria‚ polio or tetanus
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Currently there are two types of polio vaccines; inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and oral poliovirus (OPV). Since 2000 the United States has established that only IPV is to be used‚ even though in many parts of the world the OPV is still being used. The IPV‚ inactivated poliovirus vaccine‚ is an injected vaccine. IPV generates serum antibodies to neutralize the virus in the bloodstream before it reaches the CNS. The OPV‚ live attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine‚ develops local mucosal immunity in
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are a great treatment to have because they help parents financially and physically with their children’s health. Clark says that parents might not allow their children to get the flu vaccination because it is different from other vaccinations‚ and they confuses parents: "For example‚ parents generally expect that vaccines will prevent their child from getting a disease” (1). Parents cannot expect the vaccination to work perfectly. Children can still receive a sickness‚ but if they had a vaccination
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Perilous Disease - Swine Flu You might have heard a lot about Swine flu in the past few years but have you ever thought how dangerous this disease can be for you or for your family members? In the last four-five years‚ hospitals have gone through maximum swine flu cases out of which 90% were non-curable. If we keenly observe these cases‚ most of them were not even aware about this disease and its precautions. What is Swine Flu and how it is caused? What is Swine flu? This question has been
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H1N1 Medical Report on Swine Flu Table of Contents: Introduction......................................................................Pg.3 Health Risks: Case Study One.................................................................Pg.4
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Rubella Rubella is a An acute viral disease that causes fever and rash .Symptoms include Rash and fever for two to three days. Rubella is spread by contact with an infected person‚ through coughing and sneezing. Rubella vaccine (contained in MMR vaccine) can prevent this disease. If death occurs‚ it is within few days of onset of symptoms. Cowpox Cowpox is a skin disease caused by a virus known as the cowpox virus. Cowpox is transmitted by touch from infected animals to humans. Cowpox is similar
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