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The Great Depression of 1929 Vs. The Great Recession of 2008 In America there have been great economic struggles and triumphs. The many great leaders of this country have foraged‚ failed‚ and overcome some very difficult times. Comparing the Great Depression of 1929 and the Great Recession of 2008 has revealed similarities that by learning from our mistakes in 1929 could have prevented the latest recession. I will discuss the causes of the Great Depression and the Great Recession‚ and what policies
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To the general population‚ science seems like a field that consists of facts and certainty. However‚ this could not be further from the truth. The life’s work of a scientist can be taken away in an instant. In a passage from “The Great Influenza‚” John M. Barry expresses that the success of a scientist depends on their capacity to handle challenges. Using ethos‚ extended metaphor‚ and rhetorical questions‚ Barry characterizes science as a path of uncertainty. Barry’s use of ethos begins with a quote
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Haemophilus influenza By Crystal Wade BL 202 A Dr. Kokan 11/10/2012 Haemophilus influenza is a gram negative rod shaped bacterium; it is a member of the pasteurellaceae family. It is aerobic but it can grow as a facultative anaerobe. From 1852 to 1933 H. influenza was thought to be the cause of influenza until its etiology was done and they discovered that it was really bacterial influenza that caused it. H. influenza does cause many other diseases. It states on Wikipedia that “H. influenza
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What is Influenza? An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads world-wide and effects a large amount of the population. Throughout history‚ the influenza virus has mutated and has caused pandemics or global epidemics. Background On March 11‚ 1918‚ a solider in Fort Riley Kans‚ reports the infirmary with symptoms which was a first thought to be the common cold. Within only an hour‚ several soldiers reported to the infirmary with similar symptoms. Fort Riley was a military
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Seminar Topic: “Lessons We Are Learning from Influenza 2013” The seminar was about Influenza. The speakers started off by talking about the widespread influenza outbreak in 47 US states. 47 states reported of widespread flu activity‚ and 9 out of 10 regions in the US had elevated flu activity. The speaker went on to talk about how the Influenza A virus subtype H3N2 predominated this season‚ while the Influenza B strain was causing about 20% of cases. The speakers reported that the available flu
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he lurks silently and patiently awaiting his next victim. He does not discriminate based on race‚ sex‚ or age‚ however; the youngest and eldest usually pay a higher price. This perpetrator who remains faceless is known as the influenza virus. The influenza virus commonly known as the flu is a contagious viral infection that invades its victim’s body via the nose and mouth affecting the respiratory system of the individual. It spreads by respiratory droplets through coughing and sneezing
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Swine influenza alludes to swine flu or the viral disease brought by a contamination created by any of the few sorts of Swine flu infection (SIV) which is normal all through pig populace around the world. This infection is a reassortant which contains the genes of swine‚ avian and human flu infection. The flu infection is a negative sense RNA infection of the family Orthomyxoviridae with 3 genera – Influenza A‚ B and C Influenza A is further sub-typed into 16 particular H sorts and 9 N sorts based
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A commonly contagious disease of the lower respiratory system‚ the Influenza (Flu) Virus‚ is transmitted through airborne- droplet transmission‚ such as coughing‚ sneezing‚ or talking or by also touching infected surface areas. The virus Influenzavirus is made up of eight RNA segments‚ that are found inside the layer of proteins and outer lipid bilayer. The virus has two different protein projections‚ hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) spikes‚ that help distinguish it. The HA spikes is divided
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Vaccination is the most effective methods to fight with influenza. The public health agencies in the UK offering the immunization programme to fight with flu‚ therefore to reduce both the risk of death and serious illness from flu and the pressure on the health and social care service during the winter. People needs to take this vaccine every year‚ and like all other vaccine it is not 100 percentages effective as it could not fight with all variety of influenza viruses. The national health service in the UK
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