Michael F Parry‚ Brenda Grant‚ Anthony Iton‚ Patricia D Parry‚ & Diane Baranowsky. (2004). Influenza Vaccination: A Collaborative effort to improve the health of the community. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology‚ 25(11)‚ 929-32. Retrieved November 24‚ 2009‚ from ProQuest Medical Library. Sangeeth K Gnanasekaran‚ Jonathan A Finkelstein‚ Paula Lozano‚ Harold J Farber‚ & et al. (2006). Influenza Vaccination among Children with Asthma in Medicaid Managed Care. Ambulatory Pediatrics‚ 6(1)
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In the excerpt from The Great Influenza‚ author John M. Barry writes about scientists and their research. He uses rhetorical strategies such as imagery and rhetorical questions when he is describing the scientific research that the scientists are doing. By doing this‚ Barry characterizes the scientific research perfectly and the reader is able to understand the life of a scientist more. Barry uses imagery in the excerpt to allow the reader to understand the life of a scientists and how they do
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assertion that agencies should prohibit routine inoculations because of a small possibility of death is flawed. Routine inoculations have saved millions of lives. For example‚ traditional flu shots have protected many individuals from contracting influenza. However‚ in addition to saving many thousands from the virus‚ some individuals contracted the flu from the inoculation. On a societal scale‚ the overall benefit far outweighs the potential for harm. Thus‚ governments allow flu shots to continue
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‘nanopatches for improved vaccines.’ This article is about the development of a patch in lieu of current vaccine methods‚ to improve vaccine delivery. Statistics showed a high incidence of deaths in developing countries from infectious diseases like influenza‚ which are generally considered preventable in the developed world. Mark Kendall‚ a biomedical engineer‚ was shocked that even with specific vaccinations available‚ 2 million people per year were dying – most from developing countries. He was
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Scopes trial. This trial marked the shift of the beliefs of Americans from religion to science. Scientific research has been going on for decades and it has‚ for the most part‚ helped improve our lives‚ but it is a very tough field. In The Great Influenza‚ author John M. Barry used juxtaposition‚ listing‚ and structure to characterize scientific research as a challenging and uncertain field that requires a lot of courage to accept defeat‚ but also have the determination
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Every college students mind‚ body‚ spirit‚ and to be free from illness‚ injury or pain is described as being healthy. Being healthy in college is one of the most important things in a person’s life because it controls the way our bodies function and it also determines how long you will live on this earth. Those responsibilities fall on the student’s lap as they find it difficult to balance it. There are many different methods and routes we can take to become healthy especially by exercising‚ eating
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More than twenty years ago‚ youth violence reached an all-time high and America lost faith in its youth. Legislators across the United States responded to the crime spike by lowering the minimum age to be tried as an adult. Rehabilitation in juvenile facilities was no longer a valid option for violent offenders. Locking up these vicious criminals was the only reasonable alternative. However‚ harsher laws do not lower the crime rate‚ sending these children to prison does nothing to benefit society
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A threat to Human society is the next pandemic. What will this Pandemic bring? How will the Human society prepare‚ or eventually do to prevent the Pandemic. The Gardeners from Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Year of the Flood” are a group of eco-subversives that prepare for a Pandemic. The Gardeners use different religions to make up their beliefs. In both “ The Year of The Flood” and the article by David Shenk “ How to Survive the Avian Flu‚ Smallpox‚ or Plague” tell the reader to grow food‚ stock
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Assignment 1: Biology Article Marquis C. Saddler Professor Nolan SCI115 February 26‚ 2013 The title of this article is‚ “How Hard Would It Be for Avian Flu to Spread?” In this article two teams of scientist genetically altered a deadly flu virus (H5N1) to make it more contagious. The two teams consisted of scientist from Erasmus Medical Center‚ in the Netherlands‚ and the other at the University of Wisconsin (McNeil & Grady‚ 2012). Some argued that the research should have never
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The 2009 H1N1 influenza (flu) was first detected in California‚ in the United States in April 2009‚ according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC‚ 2010). By mid-April the same year‚ two other patients 130 miles apart were identified to have the virus. This raised concern that the virus was rapidly spreading and posing a major threat to the human population. The same cases were also reported in Canada and Mexico. On April 25‚ 2009‚ the director general of World health Organization
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