You wake up early for work and kill your family goodbye. On your daily transit you see a man drop a glass vial in the subway‚ but you think nothing of it. Moments later you become a statistic. A statistic of Bioterrorism. The threat of Bioterrorism‚ long ignored and denied‚ has heightened over the past years and needs to be publicly addressed. Today’s biggest hazards are anthrax and smallpox‚ yet people are left uncertain at what should be done while the government goes undercover to solve the problem
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experimented on a little boy by injecting him with cowpox –something that only milkmaids caught- then with smallpox‚ when the boy didn’t become seriously ill with smallpox he knew that cowpox had made him immune to smallpox thus creating the first vaccination in the world. Secondly was Louis Pasteur‚ who was born in 1822 and died in 1895‚ was a French man that started as a chemist. Even though he was only a chemist he was hired by different companies‚ such as the wine industry‚ to investigate why some
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Describe one (1) reason why the private market for flu vaccinations would produce an inefficient outcome. The private market for flu vaccinations would produce an inefficient outcome because the private sector is excludable and rival. Only those who are able and willing to pay for it will purchase making production very limited while those who cannot
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There are many viruses today that at one time were a deadly disease‚ however because of advances in technology and vaccinations‚ we no longer give them a second thought. Prior to the discovery of a vaccination‚ the United States reported a total of over 50‚000 cases of measles outbreaks each year with 450-500 cases resulting in death. (NCIRD) Since the disbursement of an effective vaccination‚ the measles has been almost eradicated in the United States; however it is still abundant in other countries
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growing the virus in fetal bat cells in culture‚ propagating and isolating‚ and finally inoculating rhesus monkeys with attenuated and dead forms of the virus. Out of desperation for working vaccine‚ after observing one monkey surviving during the vaccination trials‚ one of the researchers injected herself with the tested vaccine given to the surviving chimp. By doing so‚ she skipped the entire clinical trials portion of developing vaccines and had the vaccine fastracked to be mass-produced. While
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Parents who participate in the vaccination method are protecting the present and future generations from viruses and infections that were once considered fatal if contraction occurred (Five Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child). Pro-vaccine parents in the United States are helping to
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As the vast spread of disease worldwide has posed a great seriousness to our lives as well as to our children’s life in today’s age of information and technology. As we know children are more prone to disease. This is in light of the fact that the inbuilt immune system of children is low. Therefore‚ they easily get infected. It is clear that with Science of Medicine and Pharmacy rapidly developed‚ parents do not concern as much as before about common childhood disease for their children. They can
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It got its name because of the sharp high-pitched intake of air that makes a “whooping” sound that follows a fit of coughs. It was originally considered a childhood disease but now it affects those children that are too young to have completed vaccination and those who have slowly lost the immunity to it. This can cause death in infants‚ which is why pregnant women should be vaccinated against it. Whooping cough is caused by the bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. It produces many virulence factors
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Communicable Disease HCS 457 Communicable Disease Chickenpox is one of the many highly communicable diseases. This communicable disease is cause by a virus called varicella-zoster which has a resemblance with the herpes virus. It can be transmitted through close contact with the fluids from the blisters or through air wherein the virus is disseminated by coughing or sneezing. Chickenpox is regarded as highly communicable for individuals who are exposed to the disease for the first time
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country that has biological warfare capability can use anthrax on its warheads to spread anthrax (FAQs1). Since the threat of anthrax has been discovered‚ the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended that all members of the military receive mandatory vaccinations against this disease. However‚
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