country and honor. However‚ the destruction and horrors that soon followed their actions made their reasons seem hollow. In comparison to World War 2‚ the situation for soldiers in World War 1 was much more grave because of chemical warfare‚ the influenza pandemic of 1918‚ and trench warfare. To begin with‚ chemical warfare aided in making the horrors of World War 1. Chemical Weapons can have varying effects on it’s victims as each weapon has a different goal. For example‚ one of the less lethal
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different than those of previous years but it quickly became apparent to health officials that this strain was unusual when it began to attack many young adults and healthy individuals. Additionally this influenza outbreak struck hardest in the summer and fall months as opposed to traditional influenza virus’ striking in the winter months. As the virus traveled to the eastern states‚ public health officials in Philadelphia issued a public bulletin‚ warning citizens about the disease in July of 1918.
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The process of a flu vaccine Have you ever gotten a flu shot before? The moment you walk in the doctor’s office and sit on the table. Just waiting for the doctor to come in makes you have even more anxiety. Then the doctor comes thru the door with the tiniest needle‚ that needle has a vaccine that will be injected into your arm to help kill off the flu virus. I’ve always wondered why we needed to get vaccines for different kinds of illnesses. I’ve also wondered what it takes to make a flu vaccine
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Influenza is a serious infection that can lead to hospitalization‚ and in some cases it can result in death. This specific infection can affect people differently. Anyone regardless of how healthy they are can get the influenza infection. Flu vaccines cause antibodies to develop in the body after getting the vaccine‚ the antibodies provide protection against that specific infection. Each year‚ scientists find the three to four types of flu that they think will be the most dangerous next year. Those
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DEFINITIONS OF RISK Brian A. Burt‚ BDS‚ MPH‚ PhD Correpondence: Dr. Brian A. Burt Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health University of Michigan 109 Observatory Street Ann Arbor‚ MI 48109-2029 Phone: 734-764-5478 Fax: 734-764-3192 E-mail: bburt@umich.edu Reprints will not be available. 2 Abstract: Risk-related terms such as risk factor‚ modifiable risk factor‚ demographic risk factor‚ risk indicator‚ determinant‚ and risk marker are often not well defined in the literature. This short
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Ball. The advertisement clamed that “During the last epidemic of influenza many thousand carbolic smoke balls were sold as preventatives against this disease‚ and in no ascertained case was the disease contracted by those using the carbolic smoke ball”.2 The advertisement went on to inform the reader that the Carbolic Smoke Ball company offered “£100 pound reward will be paid to any person who contracts the increasing epidemic influenza‚ colds or any disease caused by taking cold‚ after having used
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patients in a nursing home‚ doctor’s office‚ hospital‚ or other healthcare setting. | Seasonal Flu (Influenza) | Influenza vaccine is recommended for all adolescents and adults. The vaccine may be given as soon as it is available and throughout the influenza season. (Note: Adults older than 49 years of age‚ pregnant women‚ and anyone with chronic medical conditions should not receive the influenza nasal spray vaccine.) | Meningococcal | You plan to travel internationally. You need this vaccine
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(2010) by Brian Molloy and the article “Hindsight is easy” (2010) by Erica Grove‚ they both discuss the way WHO response to the outbreak of H1N1 influenza and they present different perspectives on how the money was spent on and how the resource was distributed. Molloy is neutral about the WHO’s response of H1N1 influenza outbreak‚ while Molloy is highly skeptical. First‚ Molloy argues that WHO send everyone into a panic about H1N1‚ but it is not the threat people
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Carbolic Smoke Ball‚" issued an advertisement in which they offered to pay 100l. to any person who contracted the influenza after having used one of their smoke balls in a specified manner and for a specified period. The plaintiff on the faith of the advertisement bought one of the balls‚ and used it in the manner and for the period specified‚ but nevertheless contracted the influenza:-Held‚ affirming the decision of Hawkins‚ J.‚ that the above facts established a contract by the defendants to pay
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Students Learn to… Notes/Points to Cover Examples 1. How are priority issues for Australia’s health identified? measuring health status role of epidemiology measures of epidemiology (mortality‚ infant mortality‚ morbidity‚ life expectancy) critique the use of epidemiology to describe health status by considering questions such as: what can epidemiology tell us? who uses these measures? do they measure everything about health status? use tables and graphs from health reports to analyse current
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