As an intern at the Oregon Health Authority’s office I am required to inform you about the 2016 Health law changes in October. As you may know‚ our laws are changing and vaccinations will be mandated in the state of Oregon. The law that passed on March 1‚ 2014 will be removed and every child must be required to have appropriate vaccinations to attend any school. Without pertinent immunization‚ students will be removed from any public school and will not return until all required immunizations have
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correctly. Vaccines protect people from preventable‚ spreadable diseases by providing immunity to the disease the vaccination is for. However‚ we have read news about the outbreaks of diseases that we thought were gone in the United States‚ like recent measles outbreaks. Why do people choose to take a chance that their child might get a preventable disease? Why do parents take the chance of their own child spreading a preventable disease to other people who do not have immunity? It is scientifically proven
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strong in Britain and the United States. Andrew Wakefield was a gastroenterologist at London’s Royal Free Hospital. In 1998‚ Wakefield published a research paper‚ called the Lancet in a medical journal. The Lancet claimed that the three-in-one measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella (MMR) vaccine was connected with autism and bowel disorders in children (Harrell‚ 2010). Wakefield research involved 12 children who were in the care of Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. No other researcher has been able to duplicate
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the mouth or sprayed into the nose.The first vaccine was invented in the year 1000 and was used to treat smallpox‚ a chinese man crushed up smallpox scabs and snorted it through his nostrils. Vaccines have been used to treat many diseases such as measles‚polio‚ and the flu which have saved many lives. According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ approximately 732‚000
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There are those that believe the MMR vaccine contributes to a diagnosis of autism. According to Laskowski-Jones‚ there was a fraudulent study published in 1998. It swayed many parents to believe that if their child received the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination that child will have a higher chance of being diagnosed with autism (Laskowski-Jones‚ 2015). That study has since been removed from literature; however it did enough damage to affect the number of children vaccinated. There
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“Correlation doesn’t equal causation” Albert Einstein once said “The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” At this point in my life‚ I couldn’t have found that statement to be any truer. I’m an activist‚ an avid one at that. I try to fight evil educating others‚ on what not many people have ever even questioned before; Vaccines. When I tell most people this‚ their first reaction is “oh‚ you’re one of those people” or “I get it
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In Michael Specter “TED” talk “The Danger of Science Denial” I am not sure it is correct to say society has a problem with Science and progress. The problem is our society’s lack of trust in what is said by our government and news media? Or could it be our lack of trust in big money having ability to manipulate scientific findings for their financial benefit. With large amounts of news reports on social media‚ for example Facebook and twitter. Many of these news items appear so real. Who do
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reasons for both sides. This should no longer be a major problem. There should be mandatory vaccines that every American should receive. Vaccinations that are received by children are designed to prevent several major diseases. According to the CDC‚ measles‚ mumps‚ polio‚ and influenza are just a few of the diseases that children are vaccinated for (10 Things You need to Know). There are also a serious
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Vaccines Autism 1 Running head: Vaccines Autism Literature Review: The Hypothesis That Immunization Vaccines Are Linked To The Development Of Autism In Children Joe Bremson North Carolina State University Professor Paul Colby English 101 Section 81 December 9‚ 2010 Vaccines Autism 2 Abstract Four research articles---two research studies and two literature reviews---were compared in this review‚ all of which consider the legitimacy of the hypothesis that immunization vaccines
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How important is to get your child vaccinated? Some parents think that vaccines are not safe but some others think the opposite. There have been some rumors that vaccines will give your child Autism and Seizures. Reality is that vaccines will protect your children to prevent any disease or sickness. Based on my job experience as Medical Assistant and the time I have been treating kids‚ I had never experience a bad reaction to a kid due to vaccines. The president elect Donald Trump said that if
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