Biological Weapons: Smallpox Used as a Weapon? Joshua Walker SCHOOL Biological Weapons: Smallpox Used as a Weapon? In the last decade‚ members of various governmental anti-terrorism agencies and the department of homeland security in the United States have discussed the significant possibility that the Smallpox virus will reemerge as an act of bioterrorism by enemies of the United States. Major concern of this virus initially developed after the terrorist attacks employed
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History of Vaccines The history of vaccines begins with the long history of infectious diseases in humans. Smallpox was the first recorded infectious disease that spread worldwide. Edward Jenner was the first to start the fight against the disease and set precedents for vaccines. He used cowpox materials to create immunity to smallpox in 1796‚ and his methods underwent modifications over the following 200 years‚ which eventually resulted in the eradication of smallpox. Louis Pasteur’s 1885 rabies
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childhood illnesses were prevented between 1994 and 2014 due to vaccinations” (“Should Any Vaccines”). Although a number of vaccinations are required for children entering the public school system‚ no federal law exists for students entering school; instead‚ it is the individual state’s decision to require vaccines (“Should Any Vaccines”). The idea of mandatory vaccinations infuriates some people because they feel vaccines should be a personal choice‚ however‚ government involvement in the public’s health
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Ethical Issues That Arise In Jenner’s Vaccination Against Smallpox In Edward Jenner’s Vaccination Against Smallpox‚ the way Jenner experiments on the people in his village questions whether or not his actions were ethical. Jenner’s work on the people in his community addresses many health risks due to the smallpox disease‚ his work may have had both purpose and justification‚ but the way Jenner carried out his experiments were very dangerous and harmful to his community. Jenner put many people’s
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The Vaccine Controversy Janira Sanchez Intro to Biology Professor Martin July 22‚ 2010 The Vaccine Controversy The vaccine controversy is the dispute over the morality‚ ethics‚ effectiveness‚ and /or safety of vaccinations. The medical and scientific evidence is that the benefits of preventing suffering and death from infectious diseases outweigh rare adverse effects of immunization. Since vaccination began in the late 18th century‚ opponents have claimed that vaccines do not
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Vaccines are mixtures made to grant immunity to diseases. They usually have the disease in them either dead or weakened. Vaccines are widely known to be the best way to protect you from a disease. There has been some diseases that were completely wiped out‚ for example smallpox‚ just from everyone getting a vaccine. They work by triggering the immune system to attack the virus in the vaccine so the body can recognize it and know to attack it when infected with the real virus. Vaccines were invented
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from smallpox. The “Center for Disease Control (CDC) Strategic National Stockpile” houses these drugs along with medical supplies and additional medications for any health emergency that may ariseIn 1796‚ Edward Jenner was the first person that established the smallpox vaccine that was successful in the development of the smallpox vaccinationThe smallpox vaccination is known as vaccinia (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/231773-overview). Vaccina is a live virus that is similar to smallpox. Vaccina
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much of the country. So. At this point‚ in 1959‚ Czechoslovakia was a communist state with a centrally planned economy. Smallpox‚ an extremely infectious human - borne disease‚ had infected 50 million people worldwide by 1959‚ however‚ in Czechoslovakia‚ the disease had been eradicated in 1924. Topic #1: Implementing intensified smallpox vaccination programs The smallpox vaccine was invented in 1798 by Edward Jenner‚ and it offers protection from the disease for 3 - 5 years from the
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the islands‚ Columbus brought back saplings of the plants and animals with him. This sparked new global trading known as the Columbian Exchange. Smallpox‚ corn‚ and horses all had a big impact on the world after being spread through the Columbian Exchange. Smallpox was the deadliest disease that was brought from the Old World to the New World. Smallpox
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A vaccine is defined as “a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases‚ prepared from the causative agent of a disease‚ its products‚ or a synthetic substitute‚ treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease” (“The Definition of Vaccine”). In simpler terms‚ a vaccine is an injection of a dead or weakened bacteria or virus that helps the human body produce an immunity to the said bacteria or virus. Vaccines‚ though proved
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