might be quite low today. But vaccinations are not just for protecting ourselves‚ and are not just for today. They also protect the people around us like some of whom may be unable to get certain vaccines‚ or might have failed to respond to a vaccine‚ or might be susceptible for other reasons. Vaccines also protect our children’s children and their children by keeping diseases that we have almost defeated from making a comeback. It is important to continue immunizing‚ even if cases of diseases are
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Vital Vaccines Ian Henschke‚ author of the article “Why We Should Vaccinate Ourselves and Our Children‚” had a very personal reason to ensure his children are vaccinated. Whenever his first child was born‚ Henschke’s mother revealed to him that he actually had an older brother‚ Bill‚ he had never met. His mother told him the story of Bill as she pulled out a picture of him taking his first steps in the Botanical Gardens‚ which happened to be taken the day before he passed away from Influenza type
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vets give animals shots that may be too much for their weight or too many shots throughout their life. Many people think that over vaccinating will make the animal sick or possibly die. Veterinarians think the animal is too small for the amount of vaccine or that the animal only needs to get vaccinated once when is is a baby. While others believe giving the annual shots in full doses is fine and is needed to prevent the diseases the shots are for. People also think that without the annual shots the
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Vaccines represent one of the great achievements in public health. A turning point in the war against pathogenic infection occurred over 200 years ago when Edward Jenner used cowpox to elicit protective immune responses against a devastating outbreak of smallpox. Since then‚ the use of safe and effective vaccines to prevent infection has become a fundamental aspect of modern medicine. While many vaccination campaigns have been successful‚ the constant emergence‚ and re-emergence‚ of pathogens challenges
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Some of the pros include: Vaccines can save children’s lives‚ the ingredients in vaccines are safe in the amounts used‚ major medical organizations state that vaccines are safe‚ adverse reactions to vaccines are extremely rare‚ vaccines protect the “herd”‚ vaccines save children and their parents time and money‚ vaccines protect future generations‚ vaccines eradicated smallpox and have nearly eradicated other diseases such as polio‚ vaccine-preventable diseases have not disappeared
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the date the vaccine was given‚ serial number‚ and expiration date. Some vaccines such as rabies are required by law and can only be administered by a veterinarian. Owners are unable to determine the freshness and reliability of the vaccine and lastly‚ pets will be missing out on an annual exam‚ where questions can be answered about
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not only for North American but the entire world. The eradication of smallpox was eventually accomplished. The threat of infection from the smallpox virus was finally vanquished thanks to the collective formation of vaccines. This historical event represents the importance of vaccines and that eradication of the dangerous disease is possible. The Smallpox virus was an infectious disease that was spread through the air in close proximity. Due to its contagious nature‚ many people were infected and
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health advances in medical history…a vaccine. A vaccine is a treatment which makes the body stronger against a particular infection. The body fights infection using the immune system‚ which is made up of millions
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Over the centuries vaccines have been extremely important to help stop diseases. Parents should not have the right to prevent their child from getting vaccinated. Vaccinations save lives and if only if a child has a specific disease that will react with the vaccination should parents be able to prevent it. When a child gets a vaccination‚ then the child is basically prevented from getting the disease. In 1796 the English doctor Edward Jenner developed the world’s first vaccination. Although Jenner
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Dealing with childhood pneumonia in developing countries: how can we make a difference? The past few years have seen renewed attention focused on the persistent burden of childhood mortality globally. Of the 10.6 million deaths of children under 5 every year‚ the vast majority occur in a mere 42 countries of the developing world. It is also apparent that despite advances in understanding the pathophysiology and significance of the major causes of child death‚ most of the known killers such as diarrhoeal
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