Cheryl Jones (2011‚ pp. 8-9) in The Australian‚ wrote an article titled ‘nanopatches for improved vaccines.’ This article is about the development of a patch in lieu of current vaccine methods‚ to improve vaccine delivery. Statistics showed a high incidence of deaths in developing countries from infectious diseases like influenza‚ which are generally considered preventable in the developed world. Mark Kendall‚ a biomedical engineer‚ was shocked that even with specific vaccinations available
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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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three out of five people to give vaccinations or nasal spray to because of the limited resource. My choice‚ after having done the research‚ would be: 1. Bogey Phlegmenstein – the 50 year-old pharmacist for the vaccine. 2. Helen Hornblower – the 72 year-old grandmother for the vaccine‚ and 3. Lars Loogenkugel – the 19 year-old college student for the nasal mist flu shot. I choose Lars for the nasal mist flu shot. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention‚ nasal spray
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Is there a vaccine for idiocy? Analysis task James Drew of the Caboolture Shire Herald (April 12‚ 2013) forms a convincing argument in favour of vaccines. With an informal approach he amasses evidence‚ statistics‚ personal experiences and humour to persuade the reader. Drew provides a comical introduction‚ using phrases such as “if there was a shot to immunise against haters of vaccines I’d cop a jab of that elixir right now.” Drew uses humour as a tool to persuade the readers‚ which is extremely
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THE POLIO VACCINE Amber Metoxen In 1952‚ The Polio epidemic happened‚ each of the 48 states at the time had rampant cases of Polio. The un-curable disease had taken over America. Poliomyelitis is an infectious viral disease that attacks the nerve cells and sometimes the central nervous system; it is caused by the destruction of nerve cells in the spinal cord. Polio often causes muscle wasting‚ paralysis‚ and even death.1 In surveys of what Americans feared most‚ Polio came in second to the
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child access to the MMR vaccine‚ the lack of which happened to be the root cause in the case leaving three infants deceased? This paper will aim to justify that it is ethically not permissible for a guardian to refuse the MMR vaccine for their child‚ as it not only poses a risk for the child alone but also for all susceptible children in the community. This justification will be reinforced using two ethical theories that nullify the refusal of administration of the vaccine by a guardian‚ the first
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She concluded that the overall effectiveness of the HPV vaccine was high. Professor Lynette Denny says that parents should take their children for the HPV vaccine because it makes them so much less likely to develop cervical cancer and the other HPV related cancers. She stressed the fact that it increases boys herd immunity (an indirect form of protection from
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cervical cancer‚ 70% of which are caused by the sexually transmitted disease‚ HPV (Lee 1). How can we solve this overwhelming problem? Miraculously‚ the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer (Ballaro 1). Some believe that the newly approved vaccine should be widely spread as a means of eliminating this deadly disease‚ while others think it was solely generated for a pharmaceutical firm rather than to promote public health (Otis 1). Human Papillomavirus
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I would like to inform you that Chris will not be attending the next week of school. Chris has been showing signs of a fever and yesterday he had blisters all over his face‚ turns out he has chickenpox. But this isn’t the chickenpox we grew up with‚ this is a new‚ stronger strain known as breakthrough varicella. It is just as contagious as the chickenpox we experienced when we were children and it has the strength to overcome our children’s vaccinations. Over the past years many parents have decided
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There are cases of children whose vaccines have caused serious‚ even sometimes fatal‚ affects. All vaccines carry a risk of a life threatening allergic reaction in one per million children. Seizures coma‚ low consciousness‚
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