Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 which was the first antibiotic that fights bacteria. During the 1900’s pneumonia was one of the leading killers in America prior to the discovery of penicillin. Penicillin is important as it prevents previous life-threatening infections like pneumonia‚ blood infection‚ meningitis‚ and strep throat. In addition‚ because of penicillin‚ several amputations‚ and deaths (due to infection) during the second world war decreased. Many people have benefited
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Sierra Neill Professor Rivera English 1A March 14‚ 2017 The Various Viewpoints on Vaccines During the decades before vaccines were invented people died from diseases that spread throughout the land. These common diseases‚ at the time‚ would wipe out thousands of people. Once the vaccines came around‚ during the late 1700s‚ it helped build peoples immune system‚ and the rate of deaths dropped tremendously. Now‚ in 2017 more vaccines have been created to further benefit people from
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Explain the difference between passive and active immunity. Please list two examples of each. What are the advantages of active immunizing agents? Answer: 1/ Explain the difference between passive and active immunity. Please list two examples of each. Active immunity occurs when a person develops a permanent immunity to a disease‚ while passive immunity occurs when a person develops a short-term immunity‚ both active and passive immunity can be natural or artificial. Artificial active
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Personally‚ I’m going to have to say no. The painting does a very horrendous job at depicting the relationship between the Wampanoag Indians and the Pilgrims during the First Thanksgiving. The painting is very simplistic. In other words‚ it fails to recognize the crucial details of what actually led up to the First Thanksgiving‚ and what occurred afterward as a result of the Peace treaty between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. There’s a lot more to the story of Thanksgiving. The painting
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I am writing to express my concerns about the number of people who are not being vaccinated in our state. In Pennsylvania‚ we have one of the worst vaccination/immunization rates in the United States with only 87% of the people being vaccinated 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
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Hawaiian settlements have generally believed to have been made in the 3rd century they brought lots of farm animals with them including chickens‚ pigs and sheep‚ and other plants and animals. Once they landed on the Hawaiian shores they immediately started to move in‚ the men went hunting while the women stayed behind and found a reasonable place to set up camp. After a while the Polynesians came up with a name for the little cluster of Islands they had found‚ they named it Hawaii. Not long after
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Rationale: This segment are the next most likely to be highly engaged in interactive media‚ particularly social media. They are also independent enough to interpret information about healthcare issues and make a decision to take up the influenza vaccination. 4.2 Strategy 4.2.1 Overall Strategy In order to educate our target public about the importance of the influenza vaccine‚ the team has chosen to highlight an individual’s susceptibility to the influenza virus. The campaign will integrate both
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The chances of your child getting a case of measles or chickenpox or whooping cough might be quite low today. But vaccinations are not just for protecting ourselves‚ and are not just for today. They also protect the people around us like some of whom may be unable to get certain vaccines‚ or might have failed to respond to a vaccine‚ or might be susceptible for other reasons. Vaccines also protect our children’s children and their children by keeping diseases that we have almost defeated from making
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The Iberian powers were able to establish and maintain colonial empires in the Americas for so long based on luck. There was no way to foresee the outcome of each conquest. There were a few times that the battles could have gone either way. It is commonly argued that the Iberians were able to colonize easily because they were “civilized men” while the natives were “barbarians”. (Restall 132) The real culprits were military prowess‚ strategic thinking‚ Iberian disease‚ and lack of a unified community
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Everyone has experienced sickness at some point in their lives But luckily‚ there is a way to prevent contracting some of the deadliest diseases: Vaccines. Most people have received vaccinations against many different diseases in their lifetime‚ and have not thought much about their safety. Recently‚ however‚ a great deal of controversy arose over the safety and benefits of vaccines. As a result‚ some parents have made the decision to not immunize their children. I believe we should require children
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