Vaccinations help prevent diseases as well as essentially eliminating certain diseases all together from society. Dr. Edward Jenner is accredited for the smallpox vaccination as Louis Pasteur is for the rabies vaccine. Doctors and scientists like these men paved the way for the research and development of vaccines we use today. However‚ there has been a growing concern among new parents that vaccinations cause more harm than good. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines a vaccine as
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Mandatory Vaccinations: An Ongoing Debate The potential side effects of vaccinations are considerably low compared to the potential risk of outbreak among the population if not vaccinated. Therefore‚ for the safety of the population immunizations should be mandatory for all children and adults. It has been proven that the safety and effectiveness of immunization and vaccines protect children and adults from infectious diseases. Ever since vaccines for diseases like diphtheria and measles were introduced
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Making Arguments: The Negative Side to Vaccines Vaccination began as an experimental life-saving medical tool. While it started off with some value‚ today it has become the possible cause of death and disability among children. Currently we see vaccination being talked about on the news‚ there are also articles on this topic‚ a simple search on the Web and people can find a variety of stories and negative experiences children have had with vaccines. My mom works for Chiropractors which
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Others have questioned the need to increase influenza vaccination rates among HCWs‚ claiming that HCWs should simply avoid patient contact when ill. Unfortunately‚ although HCWs say that they will stay home when sick‚ in reality‚ many HCWs routinely come to work with symptoms of influenza-like illness.32‚46‚47 In addition‚ people may shed influenza virus during the 24 hours before the onset of clinical illness48 or in the absence of clinical symptoms‚49 which enables HCWs to transmit the virus to
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On average‚ “3 million children’s lives are saved every year by vaccination‚ and 2 million die every year from vaccine-preventable illnesses” (Raff). When parents bring their children in for vaccines‚ most doctors inform them that all vaccines carry a very rare risk of a life-threatening allergic reaction and that most side effects wear off within a few days. A vaccination is not one-hundred percent effective in preventing a disease. Diseases‚ such as tetanus‚ cannot
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sore throat which occure about one out of six people nausea in one out of seven people diarrhea in one out of ten people and serious problems can occcure blood in the urine or stool‚ pneumonia‚ and inflimation of the stomach or intestines. Now the pros for getting vaccinated is that it is generally safe the vaccine has been tested on many children and most have not caught a variant of the illness. It also protects comunitys from catching the illness themselves thus lowering the likelihood of a spread
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In conclusion vaccinations are for the greater good even though some people do not see it that way. They are meant to protect the population of the world. They are produced in order to help us survive in times when disease and illness break out. The ideas that vaccinations do not help get rid of diseases‚ herd immunity‚ and the fact that people would rather take their chances of contracting the disease instead of saving themselves a ton of money are all close minded ideas. In fact according to May
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doing my research on this topic‚ I came across a very moving article by a mother who had been anti-vaccination but after doing some intense research and collecting real science‚ switched over to the pro-vaccination side of the debate. During her research‚ she stumbled upon statistics such as: Pertussis killed an estimated 200‚752 people annually pre-vaccination era‚ but only 13‚506 annually post-vaccination era. That is a
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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time periods. The two stories both have their pros and cons of the society that is being portrayed in the text. The pros of the societies in the stories are found more in “The Voter” than in “Tribal Scars”. This mainly has to do with the fact that the society in Achebe’s story was based in a more recent time which allowed for the society to be more far and democratic and this would be the most noticeable pro throughout the stories. Another pro for “The Voter” would be that almost all of the
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