Focusing on the public nurse and the rendering of immunizations to the local population sparked my curiosity. I started researching more on this aspect of this public nurse service and will share some of this information. I found it interesting that the public health nurse not only provides vaccinations to children and families protecting them against preventable diseases‚ public nurses are also vital recorders for the research and trends of diseases in the community. As a mother of two young children
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In 2010‚ the study that sparked the anti-vaccine movement was fully retracted from the journal which published it as a result of its author‚ Dr. Andrew Wakefield‚ being found to have a massive conflict of interest‚ amidst other ethical issues. Dr. Wakefield was employed by lawyers suing over alleged vaccine injuries (Novella‚ 2010). For the purpose of money‚ Dr. Wakefield sparked a worldwide debate over the legitimacy of vaccines as a whole‚ and has caused the deaths of thousands by proxy. The misinformed
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Penicillin has greatly impacted the world. If it weren’t for the accidental discovery of this antibiotic‚ the development during the war‚ and its mass production‚ the lives of 82‚000‚000 people may not have had a second chance. That is a grand amount of people’s lives that penicillin accounted for. Penicillin was initially noticed by Ernest Duchesne‚ a medical student in 1896‚ he did not go on to explore it because he didn’t think of it as something that would be influential. Later on in 1928
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#LetThemStay: Thousands gather in cities all over Australia to rally against asylum seekers deported back to Nauru Thousands of protesters gather in cities all over Australia on Wednesday calling on to the Federal Government not to deport 267 asylum seekers back to Nauru. The protest was in response to the High Court ruling allowing almost 300 asylum seekers‚ including 72 children to be sent back to offshore detention at Nauru. ABC reported the demonstrators gathered in Melbourne‚ Adelaide‚ Sydney
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Jawlock‚ also called Tetanus‚ is distinct among diseases that can be prevented by vaccine because it cannot be transferred from person to person. So unlike other diseases it wouldn’t be any benefit to vaccinate a few since each individual must be vaccinated separately since it is not a contagious disease. Tetanus happens when someone gets a dirty wound that contains a bacteria called Clostridium tetani. The spores in this bacteria grow into a strong toxic called tetanospasmin that damages your muscles
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The two articles we are comparing in this discussion are the Baine and Galva articles; both of these articles show a form of support for vaccines and one shows us how much power the government has when it comes down to enforcing medically ordered rules in times of crisis. The Baine article talks more about how parents should not have the power to overrule a doctors decision that a child needs a vaccine; Galva’s article is focused on how the government reacts in times of extreme medical emergencies
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Why is the problem a problem?- If vaccines were to cause autism‚ it would be a huge issue that needed to be addressed. autism is a serious disorder and if society was causing it in children‚ it would be absolutely terrible and needless suffering. For whom is the problem a problem?- Well autism affects the child and their parents the most. A child with autism will suffer throughout their life and have difficulty socially and most likely educationally. Their parents will need to pay for treatments
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The Grape Industry Most grapes come from cultivars of Vitis vinifera‚ the common grapevine; and its cultivation began approximately 6000 to 8000 years ago (B) (This et al.‚ 2006). Grapes can be eaten raw and used for making wine‚ raisins‚ juices‚ jellies‚ vinegars‚ and seed oils (B). The grapevine has played an essential role in history‚ religion‚ and industry worldwide. Archaeological evidence suggests that the first wine production has originated between the Black Sea region and Iran‚ and by the
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Immunizations should be mandatory for people living in the United States because it acts as a sense of safety. According to the article Five important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child‚ “Vaccines are only given to children after a long careful review by scientists‚ doctors‚ and healthcare professionals” (Vaccines.Gov). Vaccines are performed by people working in the healthcare field and these professionals know how to do their job correctly. The healthcare professionals will make sure that a child
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I’m known for medical myth busting that cold weather makes you more likely to catch a cold‚ I ‘m sorry to say that this continues to be a myth; research doe not support this. This latest study‚ published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences‚ researchers showed that cells kept at 37 degrees Celsius were more likely to undergo apoptosis (basically‚ cell suicide) than cells kept at 33 degrees Celsius; apoptosis is a way that we protect ourselves from infection. If the infected cells
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