There were four different ads for the flu vaccine‚ they all used common advertising techniques. I felt that the two ads that used association didn’t do a good job of persuading me towards getting the flu vaccine. The other two ads did a good job of promoting the flu vaccine. I didn’t like the two ads that used association. The one ad used the slogan "Share Music‚ Not the Flu" The target audience was young adults. I felt this was patronizing‚ because instead of telling it in a factual straightforward
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Keith Jones College Composition 30 November 2011 Flu Shot: The Truth of it The flu shot has been known to save many lives and prevent illnesses‚ but is the flu shot really as reliable as so many people think? Those who oppose the flu shot offer many reasons as to why its use in this day in age should be second guessed. In the United States of America‚ less than one-thousand-one-hundred people die from influenza each year. However‚ the flu shot should not be used in modern medicine and more
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Every year influenza affects thousands of people globally‚ causing them to fall ill‚ and may even lead to death. Each season‚ there are new variations to the vaccine for the flu for that specific year. During flu season‚ there are three different types of viruses that can affect humans; Influenza A‚ B‚ and C. From these three‚ only influenza A and B strains are used in vaccines. The influenza C strain is not used in vaccines because it only causes mild illness and does not lead to epidemics. In my
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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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study was done to understand this bias. A flu epidemic has hit your community. This flu can be fatal for children under the age of three. The probability of a child getting the flu is 1 in 10‚ and 1 in 100 children who get the flu will die from it. This means that‚ statistically speaking‚ 10 out of each 10‚000 children in your community will die. A vaccine for this type of flu has been developed and tested. The vaccine eliminates any chance of getting the flu. The vaccine‚ however‚ has potentially fatal
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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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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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