workers made the flu shot available to everyone people started to worry about what the government was really trying to do. Many thought it was made to help fight the flu‚ but is that really what the government is trying to do? The flu shot carries high levels of mercury: the chemical element with the atomic number 80‚ a heavy silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature. Mercury is used in streetlights and fluorescent bulbs and it’s also one of the ingredients in the shot. The flu shot is a scam
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HADM 5132 Managerial epidemiology Review of the article Understanding of swine flu Submitted by Review of the Article UNDERSTANDING OF SWINE FLU In the first section of the article author Henry I miller discuss about the extent and impact of swine flu which is epidemic. It is originated in Mexico and spreads rapidly too many countries and parts of us. The epidemiology of such disease outbreak is like a jigsaw puzzle. Within short period of time many number of cases reported in many countries
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Influenza viruses are constantly changing. This is why they emphasize getting your yearly flu shot. An interesting feature of the influenza virion is its tendency to “drift and shift” ("How the Flu Virus Can Change: “Drift” and “Shift”." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.). Pathologists coined this phrase when they discovered an antigenic drift in the DNA of an influenza strain. These changes are usually not big enough to affect our immune system’s ability to identify a certain strain. Over
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about the importance of getting vaccines. Many serious diseases such as influenza and shingles can be prevented by a vaccine. By getting a vaccine you are protecting you‚ your family‚ coworkers‚ and everyone. This is because if you get a vaccine for the disease you cannot get it‚ and most importantly cannot spread it. When you get a vaccine you protect everyone and help to get rid of the disease. So many diseases or even deaths‚ can be prevented thanks to vaccines. Chicken pox is a disease that
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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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use of vaccines. Back then‚ vaccinations were considered a miracle whereas today they have caused a lot of controversy and are seen by some as a curse. Some people think vaccines are beneficial and necessary to prevent deaths. Others think vaccines are the worst possible thing to put into someone’s body. Among parents/people’s biggest fears is the possible link between vaccines and other dangerous side effects or developmental problems. Additionally‚ while the adjuvants used in vaccines may improve
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A vaccine is defined as “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 substitute‚ treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease” (“The Definition of Vaccine”). In simpler terms‚ a vaccine is an injection of a dead or weakened bacteria or virus that helps the human body produce an immunity to the said bacteria or virus. Vaccines‚ though proved
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The reoccurrence of flu that happens to me can be associated to be been psychological (behavior) and also social (environment). The contributing factor mostly behavioral because each time somebody around me has a flu my mind begins to accept it and then my behavior will be that I also have a cold and thereafter am down with flu. Now let’s analyse how the flu contributes to my behaviour‚ the symptoms of the flu begins to make me depressed‚ it begins to play with my mind which in turn gives me the
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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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