three out of five people to give vaccinations or nasal spray to because of the limited resource. My choice‚ after having done the research‚ would be: 1. Bogey Phlegmenstein – the 50 year-old pharmacist for the vaccine. 2. Helen Hornblower – the 72 year-old grandmother for the vaccine‚ and 3. Lars Loogenkugel – the 19 year-old college student for the nasal mist flu shot. I choose Lars for the nasal mist flu shot. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention‚ nasal spray
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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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Vaccines‚ they have a huge impact on our lives today. Several generations have grown up with vaccines. Vaccines may seem like a very positive and helpful tool‚ but don’t always judge a book by its cover. However some people have negative effects that include skin burns‚ seizures deaths‚ mild fevers‚ over distributing and autism. Skin Burns A burn is a type of injury to the skin‚ or other tissues‚ caused by heat‚ cold‚ electricity‚ chemicals‚ friction‚ or radiation. Sounds painful? It is‚ and
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Money for Vaccines . Vaccines are very expensive but worth it for health. Once Vaccines are discovered there crucial to public health. (Gale) Vaccines have helped the world not get many diseases but there’s a lot of effort put into it. Vaccines cost lots of money‚ is it worth how much money we put in to it? Are vaccines worth it? Vaccines are crucial to public health. If we didn’t have vaccines the world would not be the same. “With the arrival of vaccines‚ numerous infectious diseases that struck
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The MMR vaccine is used to prevent Measles‚ Rubella and mumps. These desieses first had separate vaccines available before they were intergrated into one vaccine. The vaccine for measles has been around since 1963. Vaccines for Mumps and Rubella have been around since 1967 and 1969‚ respectively. The three vaccines became intergrated into one in 1971. The first MMR vaccine jab is given to a baby usually at 12-15 months old and the booster injection is given to the baby at usually at 4-6 years old
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Vaccines – A Modern Safety Net (second draft) Seeing that milkmaids‚ who dealt with cows on a daily basis‚ did not contract the rampant‚ and fatal smallpox disease‚ Edward Jenner set out to understand how this could be. Out of scientific curiosity‚ he took some fluid from a cowpox blister and inserted it into an eight-year-old little boy. He then exposed the little boy to the small pox disease a few days later. By exposing the little boy to a less fatal strain of the virus‚ the boy did not contract
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Flu Vaccine-2004-2005 Vaccine Shortage I. Overview Americans have faced flu vaccine shortage on multiple occasions. The demand for the vaccine outstripped supply when problems developing a new strain and safety and quality control issues delayed the vaccine delivery. In 2004-2005‚ two companies produced all the flu vaccine for the United States. Aventis and Chiron hoped to provide 100 million doses for the 2004-2005 flu seasons‚ but liked in recent years Americans have faced flu vaccine shortages
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“Vaccines are the most cost-effective healthcare interventions there are. A dollar spent on a childhood vaccination not only helps save a life‚ but greatly reduces spending on future healthcare” (Ezekiel Emanuel). Immunizations have revolutionized the world of science ever since they were first discovered. They now are fundamental to people’s survival. The first hope to a vaccine was created by Edward Jenner in 1796. Edward Jenner was the first to give a chance to those living with viral infectious
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get a vaccine for many reasons‚ the top three reasons are to prevent diseases and new diseases for getting into your body‚ keep your body healthy and lastly vaccines are safe and effective. Vaccines are here to make sure we don’t get the flu or any other disease. Vaccines could be a matter of life or death without them millions of people would be either very sick or dead. Vaccines help keep us healthy and strong. It also keeps us awake and out of harm’s way. The reason why I say vaccines are safe
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Re: Why does the Vaccine/autism controversy live on? From Discover magazine‚ June 2009 The purpose of this article is to reveal the reason that the vaccine/autism controversy still lives on and the importance of understanding this controversy. Since the early 1990’s the incidence of autism has dramatically increased‚ Researchers claimed an epidemic of autism. Some publications showed evidence that mercury and thimerosal in vaccines might cause autism. However‚ the opponents of this controversy
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