According to the CDC‚ production and distribution of the flu vaccine are a private sector venture. Accordingly‚ the government has little or no control over the production and distribution of the flu vaccine. The government at the federal and state levels advise the manufacturers and distributors of the vaccine to make the vaccine available to all providers within a reasonable timeframe. The influenza virus mutates from year to year; therefore‚ the vaccine must be updated every year to meet up with
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article Topic:H1N1 Summary H1N1 is a swine flu which was outbreak all over the world in 2009 and 2010.Molloy and Grove both discuss the action that government take to solve this crisis‚ but have very different views about its value. While Grove is positive about the effort that government did‚ Molloy is highly skeptical. He argues that H1N1 is not as serious as we expect and government has overreacted the consequence of the swine flu. By contrast‚ Grove is in support of the
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Fool Proof Ways to Beat the Flu Every year the season rolls around for the aches‚ pains‚ sniffles‚ and sneezes. Every person is looking for sure fire ways to help them reduce their risk of catching the bug. Well in the following essay I am going to supply some relatively easy tips to follow that will help reduce your chances of catching the flu. The first tip is going to be something that every person should be doing no matter what time of year it is. Wash your hands. According to the Mayo Clinic
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marketing strategies is an effective way to increase awareness. An example of public health and how the public health system works would be the 2009 outbreak of Swine Flu‚ now known as the H1N1 Virus. The Swine Flu was the one of the largest epidemics to hit the United States‚ with an astonishing death toll of 49‚000 people in a single flu season. Scientists alongside health care researchers worked effortlessly to understand and form a counterpart for the virus. Through studying its patterns they
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Yersinia pestis 4. By how much was the world population reduced during the Plague pandemic? About 450 million to between 350 and 375 million. 5. What year (within the past 100 years) did the world experience a flu pandemic? 1918 6. What are 3 symptoms of chikungunya fever? Fever‚ vomiting‚ nausea‚ head ache‚ and joint pain. 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s disease? Borrelia 8. What is ‘erythema migrans
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Flu Vaccine-2004-2005 Vaccine Shortage I. Overview Americans have faced flu vaccine shortage on multiple occasions. The demand for the vaccine outstripped supply when problems developing a new strain and safety and quality control issues delayed the vaccine delivery. In 2004-2005‚ two companies produced all the flu vaccine for the United States. Aventis and Chiron hoped to provide 100 million doses for the 2004-2005 flu seasons‚ but liked in recent years Americans have faced flu vaccine shortages
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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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hazards? Their immune systems and detoxifying organs are still developing and are not fully capable of responding to environmental toxins. 4. What are some reasons for the potential spread of avian influenza? 5. What was the 2009 swine flu outbreak caused by and how was it spread? 6. Environmental risk transition is most likely to be characterized by what? Changes in environmental risks that happen as a consequence of economic development in the less developed regions of the
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