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    Rebuttal BCOM/275 Article Rebutal The flu shot. Should you or shouldn’t you get one? That is a very common question to ask as flu season quickly approaches. The Mayo Clinic offers an article on their website stating that the best way to avoid the flu is primarily by means of vaccination. Does this mean one cannot avoid the flu if they don’t receive the immunization? What happens to the people who cannot afford the shot‚ or those who cannot access the places to receive one?

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    Should people get Influenza Virus Vaccine? Introduction In winter‚ many people get caught by a flu. To prevent this‚ there is a flu vaccine‚ which has to be inoculated every year. There are many different opinions about this topic and this investigation will amplify some positive as well as negative effects of flu vaccine. Biological Background A flu (or biological name: influenza virus) is caused by the Influenza virus. There are three different types of this virus: Influenza-A-Virus‚ Influenza-B-Virus

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    INFLUENZA ASSIGNMENT Part I 1. At the turn of the century‚ the United States encountered one of the most deadly pandemics the world has ever known - the Spanish flu. The flu‚ caused by H1N1 virus‚ claimed the lives of 675‚000 Americans during World War I. About forty years later‚ in 1957‚ another pandemics caused by H2N2 killed approximately 70‚000 Americans. The virus‚ which contained genes from human and avian influenza‚ was firstly identified in China then quickly spread to other parts of

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    Vaccines are substance that is usually injected into a person or animal to protect them from any disease. There are many diseases that can make a person very sick‚ disabled‚ or even kill you. Sometimes vaccines are called immunization‚ needles‚ or shots. It also‚ contains a little bit of a germ that is weak or dead but it is not a germ that makes a person sick (Public Health Agency of Canada‚ 2015). Having these germs inside of your body makes your body defense system build antibodies to fight off

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    Influenza vaccination should be mandatory for healthcare workers. The vaccine can reduce the number of transmission of the flu to their coworkers and the patients who are in their care. All health care workers should want to provide the safest care for their patients and “first do no harm‚ a principle that should apply to everyone in hospitals and health care organizations. “ First do no harm‚ is a guiding fundamental truth that the patient’s well-being is the primary consideration‚ with that being

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    year-old man whom we will call Mr. Simpson. Years of getting the flu with complications has left Mr. Simpson’s lungs very weak and unable to take another year of the flu. In fact another year of the flu will likely kill him. He does not want the flu shot because he sincerely believes that the actual flu shot will give him the flu. With further research‚ the doctor and the family find that Mr. Simpson will accept an immune boosting shot only. If the physician lies to Mr. Simpson about the injection

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    this letter is my final report on the barriers to flu vaccinations. I have called it THE BARRIERS FOR PUBLIC NOT RECEIVING VACCINATIONS FOR INFLUENZA AND SIMILAR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. It represents both qualitative and quantitative data and analysis of my research that I performed with your funding. As you know‚ vaccinations rates in the population are way below what they should be‚ with less than half the population vaccinated with the simple flu vaccine. Thousands

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    Describe one (1) reason why the private market for flu vaccinations would produce an inefficient outcome. The private market for flu vaccinations would produce an inefficient outcome because the private sector is excludable and rival. Only those who are able and willing to pay for it will purchase making production very limited while those

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    the Elderly: High Importance in Receiving Influenza Vaccine The flu‚ or influenza‚ is a virus that hits the United States every year in the late fall and winter‚ and we can’t seem to break away from it. I will be discussing the controversy of parents not knowing what types of vaccine to give their children‚ what age to do it at‚ if they should even get the shot‚ and the side effects that go along with it. All my life I got the flu vaccine because my parents believed in it greatly. In the past couple

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    1. The state of California recently considered passing a tax on the services of doctors in that state in order to raise revenue to pay for universal health coverage for California residents. Suppose the average open heart surgery costs $100‚000‚ and at that price 23‚339 surgeries are performed each year. Fully explain what the most likely outcome would be in this market if a tax on surgeries is implemented. Use a graph if it will help. 2. Price Changes and Responses by Consumers | Price

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