Flu is an acute infectious disease. It is most often observed in the autumn-winter period. A special kind of viruses that transmits through airborne droplets can induce it. Influenza is a dangerous disease. It can lead to serious consequences in the case of improper treatment. That is why medicine has developed many ways to prevent the flu. And the most effective of them is vaccination. In the modern world‚ flu vaccines become available. Still‚ there are concerns about the quality of these vaccines
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and yet effectiveness of the vaccine is variable due to multiple strains of the Influenza virus and the difficulty in predicting the strains for vaccine production. The question I researched in this experiment is whether or not there is a significant correlation between the degree of match between the strains of Influenza and the vaccine (measured as the percentage of matching amino acids of the flu virus and its vaccine)‚ and the overall effectiveness of the vaccine. I used the U.S. Center for Disease
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Lethal Injection: A study of influenza vaccines Every fall season we hear the question; did you get your flu shot yet? It is supposed to protect you from that nasty flu virus that circulates our communities during the fall and winter months. But‚ did you know that in 2011 the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Adverse Event Reporting Systems Website (AERS) reported 51 deaths caused by the flu vaccine in the United States (U.S.) (CDC‚2012). According to National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC)‚ as of
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The Flu Vaccine Administration Task Force In the wake of the 2004-2005 flu vaccine shortage‚ we are convening a federal task force to develop a strategy plan for addressing the issues presented in this case. What are the key problems or issues that has caused such shortage? 2. What are the market and non-market forces contributing to the previous shortages? 3. What are the social values the Federal government should protect? State government should protect? Are there alternatives
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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? The CDC
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by the same person (Huston). “A vaccine is a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases‚ prepared from the causative agent of a disease‚ its products‚ or a synthetic substitution‚ treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease” (Vaccine+definition - Google Search). In the United States‚ vaccines date back as far as 1712; however‚ China‚ Africa‚ and Turkey have documented the use of vaccines since 1000 A.D. (Huston). Since
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2004-2005 U.S. Influenza Vaccine Shortage Influenza‚ or the flu‚ causes approximately 36‚000 deaths and 200‚000 hospitalizations annually in the United States and costs the American economy between $11 and $18 billion each year (General Accounting Office 2001b‚ page 1). The primary method for preventing influenza is the flu vaccine‚ which is generally available in a variety of settings including clinics‚ hospitals‚ schools‚ workplaces‚ and other convenient locations. The vaccine is typically distributed
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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 dead viruses are put in flu vaccines. While the flu vaccine can protect you from what scientists think will be the worst and most common flu types‚ it doesn’t protect you from all of them
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Vaccines are are very controversial in today’s society‚ and are argued about frequently. Some people choose to receive them‚ and some people do not‚ depending on their perspective. The flu vaccination has proven to be beneficial to society‚ but there are things that cause people to not want them due to common misconceptions; people may be more willing to receive shots if they know how vaccines work‚ how they were and are now made‚ and their effects on not only the body but society as a whole. Misconceptions
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positive for the flu. Of the people who tested positive for the flu 200(Y) patients had no insurance and had not received the flu vaccine. The hospital is still trying to collect $10‚000 (Z) from those hospital bills. The purpose of this program is to allow uninsured members of the community to receive the flu vaccine at no cost to them. If uninsured members of the community were able to receive the flu vaccine at no cost then this would reduce the amount of patients seen during flu season as well
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