I believe everyone should be vaccinated in their life and here is why. Vaccines cause your immune system to produce disease-fighting antibodies without causing the disease itself. Today‚ more than 20 serious human diseases can be prevented by vaccination. For some diseases‚ you need to be vaccinated only once in your life. For other diseases‚ such as measles‚ tetanus‚ and influenza‚ you may need to be vaccinated at regular intervals. Well‚ in the past‚ smallpox killed hundreds of millions of people
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Before I delve into the topic of the socio-ethical controversy of euthanasia we must first understand what bioethics is and why is it important in the legal and socio-environmental world. The reason why bioethics is so important is bioethics is concerned with questions about basic human values such as the rights to life and health‚ and the rightness or wrongness of certain developments in healthcare institutions‚ life technology‚ medicine‚ and the health professions and about society’s responsibility
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Many pirate books popularize the belief that pirates wear eyepatches and make people walk the plank. While some of these beliefs are true‚ many are not what real pirates do. Pirate novels romanticized the idea of pirates by making them seem that pirate booty is always gold and jewels‚ making people walk the plank and that there were no women pirates. Firstly‚ pirate booty is not always gold and jewels. Sometimes‚ pirates don’t even bury their loot. While their earnings can be riches and gold‚ most
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Epigenetics is a new phenomenon that has stunned the world of life sciences‚ proving to have enormous potential in many aspects of biological and medical research. Many academics‚ scientists and doctors‚ have concluded that epigenetics could be the answer: The answer to curing a plethora of modern neurodegenerative diseases. Epigenetic changes are reversible and heritable modifications in phenotype without alteration of the primary nucleotide sequence. Evidences have suggested that epigenetic mechanisms
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Of course‚ even after all that has been learned about torture and its impact on human lives and our reputation around the world‚ there are still those proponents of torture who claim it to be an effective means of obtaining information. In 2014‚ just three years ago‚ the psychologist and architect of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program‚ James Mitchell‚ gave an in-depth interview with the Guardian Newspaper‚ breaking a seven-year long silence on the issue. Mitchell took exception to a newly released
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Pennies were the first coin minted in the U.S ‚the first U.S penny is 223 years old. In recent years‚ there has been a heated debate about money in the United States. Surprisingly‚ it is about the pros and cons of producing and using pennies. In my opinion the penny should no longer be used and produced in America today. Here are some reasons why‚ pennies cost more than it’s worth‚ they are not big money‚ and are so close to worthless. ‘‘ Michael Cooper‚ an eighth grader
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Did you know 8% of all Americans will experience a traumatic event that will cause Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? This disorder‚ also known as PTSD is an anxiety disorder that commonly affects our troops that keep our country free. PTSD is a commonly heard term‚ but do you know what it really is? Most Americans aren’t aware of the severity of this disorder. PTSD causes depression‚ nightmares‚ anxiety‚ and panic attacks. In many instances‚ people have committed suicide due to a traumatic
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Undocumented immigrants is one of todays most talked about topics in politics. It seems like a big controversy. You have two sides of the spectrum on what people agree on when it comes to this topic. The documentary “Wetback” goes in depth to show you all sides of this topic‚ the immigrants’ side‚ the volunteers at the immigrant safe house and the volunteers of the U.S. Border vigilantes group. You have the people that want to help out and understand the hardships that these people face in their
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Legends of untold riches and beauty are popular with people because the possibility of achieving said greatness excites the masses. The lost city of Atlantis is one of the more popular legends‚ and it originated from a few pages in Timaeus and Critias‚ two of the famous “dialogues” written by Greek philosopher Plato in the fourth century B.C. Existing 9‚000 years before his time‚ Plato described Atlantis as a great naval power and utopian island kingdom that mysteriously disappeared into the sea
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Bees are miraculous in their own ways. Humans are intrigued by their social structure and how within a hive each bee has its very own role. There is only one bee‚ the queen‚ within the hive that lays eggs and keeps reproducing. Drone bees‚ or male bees‚ have one purpose and that is to fertilize new queens. Lastly‚ the most essential and largest quantity of bees are the workers. They forage for pollen and nectar‚ contribute to the care of the queen and drones‚ feed larvae‚ protect the hive and perform
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