Influenza viruses are constantly changing. This is why they emphasize getting your yearly flu shot. An interesting feature of the influenza virion is its tendency to “drift and shift” ("How the Flu Virus Can Change: “Drift” and “Shift”." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.). Pathologists coined this phrase when they discovered an antigenic drift in the DNA of an influenza strain. These changes are usually not big enough to affect our immune system’s ability to identify a certain strain. Over
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going to persuade you to get a Flu vaccination. I recently got a job working at Walgreens Pharmacy. Every day that I work I see people coming in to pick up their prescriptions that don’t look like the feel very great‚ with a tissue in one hand and their money in the other. No one wants to be sick‚ it’s not fun and it makes you feel like crap and you get absolutely nothing done. So it would only make sense if everyone was taking the precautionary measure in getting a flu shot. People should be lining
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The Flu Vaccine and Its Unfavorable Effects The CDC and FDA say the influenza vaccine (flu vaccine) is safe to take‚ but it has been proven to be very life threatening. There are thousands of people that has been affected by the flu vaccine. Consequently‚ due to the many negative effects‚ thousands of cases have been reported to the CDC and the FDA each year‚ that has been covered up or denied. However‚ in the June report in 2014‚ by the Department of Justice‚ there were 120 cases of vaccine injuries
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Even though as a class we were only advertising the flu vaccine on campus‚ it still helped get the word out about the new vaccine to try to keep the community healthy. Due to all college students sharing several things such as lecture halls‚ computers and dorms it enables us to spread the viruses more quickly. It is important to get ahead of the seasonal flu and get your flu vaccine as soon as possible. In their study‚ the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) found that‚ “‘Flue season’
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The reoccurrence of flu that happens to me can be associated to be been psychological (behavior) and also social (environment). The contributing factor mostly behavioral because each time somebody around me has a flu my mind begins to accept it and then my behavior will be that I also have a cold and thereafter am down with flu. Now let’s analyse how the flu contributes to my behaviour‚ the symptoms of the flu begins to make me depressed‚ it begins to play with my mind which in turn gives me the
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percentage of matching amino acids of the flu virus and its vaccine)‚ and the overall effectiveness of the vaccine. I used the U.S. Center for Disease Control website to find the most common flu strains sub typed during each season between 2001 and 2013‚ and the vaccines that were used in those seasons. Next‚ using the BLAST algorithm from the National Center for Biotechnology Information website‚ I determined the percentage of the amino acids that matched between the flu viruses and the vaccines. This represents
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to represent a SWOT analysis for a WestJet Airlines Ltd. “SWOT is an acronym describing an organization’s appraisal of its internal Strengths and Weaknesses and its external Opportunities and Threats.” These factors will determine the success or failure of any company. This WestJet SWOT analysis is done at the level of the entire organization and is a useful tool for understanding‚ decision-making and achieving company’s corporate goals and objectives
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back to 2012. Starting back in 2012 there were many factors that really impacted the KFC business in China. One significant problem was the bad publicity brought upon by the bird flu epidemic‚ which started back in December 2012. After the terrible epidemic of the poultry problem‚ there was new news of the avian flu‚ which subsequently brought KFC into a deeper financial crisis. Over the year 2013 the U.S. System sales declined 4% in China. Along with a 13% decline in same-store sales in China
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Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Have you ever considered injecting yourself with a virus? Yes‚ purposefully. Well‚ if you’ve ever received a vaccine‚ then the answer‚ quite simply‚ is yes. Vaccines‚ in fact‚ are shots which inject the patient with a small dose of virus particles. These particles help the body build a natural immunity to the disease or virus. Who would have thought that the best way to prevent you from getting sick is actually exposing yourself!? But there’s more to vaccines than meet
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the cooler weather we turn our concerns to the up and coming flu season. Staying well throughout the winter can be challenging. When fall hits we all start thinking about getting our flu shot to avoid catching the flu. People are not the only ones at risk for getting the flu. As it is for people‚ the flu is extremely contagious among dogs as well. For dogs the flu symptoms are similar to our own and also similar to kennel cough. The flu lasts anywhere from two to five weeks. There are typically no
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