Ever since the invention of the first smallpox vaccine more than two centuries ago‚ there has been plenty of controversy over the morality‚ ethics‚ effectiveness‚ or safety of vaccination and immunization. It has recently been argued whether laws should be introduced that render some or all vaccines obligatory for all children. Parents‚ health care specialists‚ nurses‚ teachers and children themselves all have an important stake in this issue. Parents argue that it is they who should have the ultimate
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fighting diseases is vaccination. According to Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary‚ a vaccine is any suspension containing antigenic molecules derived from a microorganism‚ given to stimulate an immune response to an infectious disease. The 19th century and the 20th century were known for the great achievements of great vaccine scientists such as Louis Pasteur and Edward Jenner. A substantial amount of vaccines prevent illnesses or death caused by infectious diseases for millions of individuals every
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information I have found. Just remember after all‚ everyone wants what is best for his or her child. According to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (March 2008) before vaccines where developed in the United States‚ many children became seriously ill or died. “Every year
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children who are more susceptible to dangerous illnesses. A sudden uproar over the possible effects of vaccinating children has recently surfaced within our nation. Parents are choosing not to have their children vaccinated due to allegations of vaccines being linked to illnesses and diseases‚ such as autism‚ asthma‚ and colds. This in turn is causing bigger problems to arise. Illnesses‚ such as whooping cough and measles‚ have seen an increased number of cases in the past years since this issue
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a positive. By vaccinating children with no life threatening ailments‚ it continues to benefit those in the surrounding community that may not be able to receive the vaccine due to illness‚ such as cancer or any other immunosuppressed disease‚ and/or age. Very young patients who have not been able to receive all their vaccines‚ may be more susceptible to a particular illness. The elderly are also more prone to become ill‚ so if they should come in contact with a child with a contagious disease
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to “Reduce‚ eliminate‚ or maintain elimination of cases of vaccine preventable diseases” (HHS‚ 2016). This paper focuses on the
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Chairman of Poonawalla‚ which is the world’s largest producer of vaccines. It produces more than one billion doses annually through an Indian bio-tech company called Serum Institute of India. The group saw an almost 50% jump in revenues last fiscal year on higher sales of specific vaccines that were used in Africa or were part of India’s immunization system. Most recently‚ it was the Poonawalla Group to launch an injectable polio vaccine‚ made by Dutch subsidiary Bilthoven Biologicals‚ in India. For
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Vaccine’s A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. “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 substitute‚ treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.” (Google’s definition) Vaccines contain a little bit of a disease pathogen that is weak or dead. This little bit of the pathogen
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I believe that having vaccines and getting vaccinated is very important in the United States. Vaccines protect your life from deadly diseases‚ it protects the lives of the people around you from getting a disease from you‚ and it will protect the lives of the future generations to come after you. This is why it is important for everyone in the United States to be properly vaccinated. Every time you are getting a vaccine you are protecting yourself a little more. Vaccines fight off very dangerous
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diseases will not be eradicated in 20 years by vaccines and antibiotics. There are too many diseases to get eradicate. There are also diseases that are very hard to kill or eradicate like different cancers. The diseases can also mutate and evolve to be immune to some vaccines or antibiotics. I think that is I think it is impossible to eradicate all diseases in twenty years because there are just too many diseases and it would take time to make the vaccines and to eradicate the diseases. There are over
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