1918 Influenza Pandemic: In 1918‚ a highly contagious and deadly strain of the influenza spread. It killed more than half a million Americans. Although much work was being done to improve public health‚ there were not any tools useful in combating the influenza spread. The origin of the flu remains unknown. The virus arrived at the battlefields in France and the U.S. military camps before reaching the urban population. It is historically significant as it killed many people and it spread rapidly
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Don’t believe everything on the internet is true‚ our parents tell us – then why do they believe that vaccines cause autism? Andrew Wakefield published the article that said vaccines cause autism in the medical journal the lancet in 1998‚ and refused to correct it until 11 years later‚ despite 14 worldwide studies. Obviously‚ Andrew Wakefield is just one example of people’s egos getting in the way of recognizing their faults‚ even when data proves otherwise. The need for self-esteem causes writers
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In 2010 PBS aired a one hour Frontline documentary about the vaccine war in the United States. This documentary pitted scientists and parents against each other‚ scientist’s back up their claims with scientific evidence while the parent’s arguments are solely based on opinion. The parents introduced throughout the film who were against vaccines made claims that the vaccines given to children in today’s world are the cause of many issues‚ like the rise in autism‚ ADHD‚ and learning disabilities. These
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Edward Jenner Edward Jenner‚ ultimately‚ developed and introduced the world’s first vaccine—the smallpox vaccine‚ which allowed for the eradication of the smallpox virus from the entire world. The remarkable Jenner was born on May 17‚ 1749 in Berkeley‚ Glouchestershire‚ England as the eighth child among nine (Allen 47). At the very young age of five‚ he became an orphan and lived with and was taken care of by an older brother (Jenner 1). Nevertheless‚ he would grow up to be an incredibly famous
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FIRST FEW VACCINES Vaccination is a simple‚ safe and effective way of protecting babies and children against diseases. The risks from having these diseases are far greater than the risk of any minor side effects from vaccination. When your child is given a vaccine‚ their body responds by making antibodies‚ the same as if they had caught the disease but without getting sick. Then their body produces antibodies to destroy the vaccine and these stay in your child’s body and protect them against the
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Childhood Vaccinations According to Barbara Loe Fisher‚ since 1990‚ around fourteen thousand reports of hospitalizations‚ injuries‚ and deaths following vaccination are made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting Systems (VAERS)‚ but‚ it is estimated that the actual number of vaccine-related health problems occurring in the U.S. every year can be more than one million. (“Parents Should Be Allowed to Opt Out of Vaccinating Their Children”‚ 536.) Barbara Loe Fisher and Steven P. Shelov both
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THE POLIO VACCINE Amber Metoxen In 1952‚ The Polio epidemic happened‚ each of the 48 states at the time had rampant cases of Polio. The un-curable disease had taken over America. Poliomyelitis is an infectious viral disease that attacks the nerve cells and sometimes the central nervous system; it is caused by the destruction of nerve cells in the spinal cord. Polio often causes muscle wasting‚ paralysis‚ and even death.1 In surveys of what Americans feared most‚ Polio came in second to the
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vaccinations have been used to treat disease and viruses from as early as 1000 AD when the ancient Chinese‚ African and Turkish first started using inoculated technique. Edward Jenner‚ an English physician and scientist‚ created the first smallpox vaccine using a similar disease‚ cowpox‚ which infects cows‚ and is credited for being the influence for the practice of vaccination in the present. For over 200 years Jenner’s innovation was used and updated; as a result‚ the smallpox disease was eradicated
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Section One: Jenny McCarthy (301 words) One of the main characters‚ Jenny McCarthy‚ is a celebrity and anti-vaccine activist in Paul A. Offit’s book that can be directly connected to the field of public health. This character serves to describe the kind of social and behavioral activities involved in the influencing of public hysteria surrounding the anti-vaccine movement. Jenny McCarthy‚ a well-known Chicago native‚ was born on November 1‚ 1972. She attended college to study nursing at Southern
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The Truth about the HPV Vaccine Melody Tripp EN 200A College Composition Craig CasterlineWarner Pacific College October 7‚ 2014 Abstract Being a parent of a preteen is a hard adventure all by itself. When you go into a pediatric office for an 11-year-well-child-checkup‚ there are many vaccinations that are now required for children entering middle schools. One of the vaccinations in this series is optional. This vaccination is to protect our children against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
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