Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children? One in six children in the US have a learning disability‚ could this be caused by vaccines required for children? (Larry D. Cook) In 1962 John F. Kennedy allowed the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to support mass immunization. The first live bacterial vaccine was created by Louis Pasteur in 1879. (Immunize.org) Having a fear of a needle is normal‚ but the high pitched crying isn’t normal this causes brain damage. Ted Koren stated developmental
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The measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella (MMR) vaccine is used to immunize children against diseases that can cause major disabilities and fatal illnesses. In 1994‚ the vaccine was mandated for all school children and since then a spike has been seen in the diagnosis of autism. Many of those diagnosis falls within a few months of the MMR vaccine and in 1998‚ Andrew Wakefield published a study indicating a relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism (Rudy‚ 2009). Intense media coverage followed and many
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The Vaccine Controversy Janira Sanchez Intro to Biology Professor Martin July 22‚ 2010 The Vaccine Controversy The vaccine controversy is the dispute over the morality‚ ethics‚ effectiveness‚ and /or safety of vaccinations. The medical and scientific evidence is that the benefits of preventing suffering and death from infectious diseases outweigh rare adverse effects of immunization. Since vaccination began in the late 18th century‚ opponents have claimed that vaccines do not
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History of Vaccines The history of vaccines begins with the long history of infectious diseases in humans. Smallpox was the first recorded infectious disease that spread worldwide. Edward Jenner was the first to start the fight against the disease and set precedents for vaccines. He used cowpox materials to create immunity to smallpox in 1796‚ and his methods underwent modifications over the following 200 years‚ which eventually resulted in the eradication of smallpox. Louis Pasteur’s 1885 rabies
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Medical biotechnology is the use of Livni cells and cell materials to produce pharmaceuticals to prevent diseases. Vaccines are the best defense we as humans have agains diseases. Like any other medical products theyvhavebtheir side effects. Vaccines occur when a less harmful ‚inactive form of that pathogen is injected into th human body so that the body may be able to gain acquired immunity. So thatbwhwn the body is attacked with the same virus it is able to fight t off. Onfections are then most
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childhood illnesses were prevented between 1994 and 2014 due to vaccinations” (“Should Any Vaccines”). Although a number of vaccinations are required for children entering the public school system‚ no federal law exists for students entering school; instead‚ it is the individual state’s decision to require vaccines (“Should Any Vaccines”). The idea of mandatory vaccinations infuriates some people because they feel vaccines should be a personal choice‚ however‚ government involvement in the public’s health
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A vaccine is a biological preparation intended to improve an individual’s immunity to a specific illness or disease. Most vaccines are composed of weakened or killed forms of an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism. A typically safe version of the pathogen‚ which is unable to cause the disease‚ is then produced by the altered or inactivated state. Once the vaccine is administered into the blood stream‚ the agent is recognized as a foreign body‚ which then triggers the process of
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A seven week old baby‚ Colin Durkin‚ died of exposure to pertussis or “whooping cough.” Young infants‚ including Colin‚ are not able to get vaccines that can protect them from harmful diseases until the age of 2 months. A young 2 year-old girl‚ Lois‚ died of Diphtheria after not being vaccinated (Hardman). Two year old Gianna‚ from Sioux Falls‚ died from the flu virus. “We’d like to tell other families to take the flu seriously.” “It may look like the common cold at first‚ but flu viruses can
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INTRODUCTION It is estimated that about three Percent of the world’s population carries the hepatitis virus. Viruses reproduce with the help of the host cell‚ they don’t contain ribosomes‚ cytoplasm and membrane-surrounded organelles. Hepatitis is caused by infected blood‚ similar to the HIV virus. There are at least six different hepatitis viruses: A‚ B‚ C‚ D‚ E‚ F. However‚ I am going to focus mainly on the most common types (A‚ B and C). Type C is the riskiest virus. It leads to liver cirrhosis
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especially the MMR vaccine. Many parents concur with Ms. McCarthy‚ linking the vaccinations to the time their child started developing symptoms of autism. Early on‚ questions were raised about the mercury in the vaccinations. Since then‚ the mercury has been taken out of the vaccines but autism still continues to rise. In her interview with Time magazine‚ Ms. McCarthy stated "We don’t believe it’s only the mercury. Aluminum and other toxins also play a role. The viruses in the vaccines could be causing
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