As a kid all I cared about was playing with the latest toys and being truly mischievous, although those habits soon changed around the first time I ever learned about medicine. Around my tenth birthday, I went to receive an injection at a local clinic in my home town I was so frightened of needles and at the time I acutely hated doctors as a result of that. When the doctor was about to administrate the shot he said, “Look the other way, it will hurt less.” In that act of kindness I knew that doctor cared about his patients and that they do not just inject one for fun they do it to help you. After the shot had been carried out I asked the doctor what that syringe contained. He went on to tell me that in the shot there was a vaccine, “Vaccines contain a miniscule amount of the disease or germ so that your body can kill it. In doing that your body will know what to fight off if that ever enters your body in the future. Also, fun fact: vaccine actually means smallpox of the cow.” Although it was not the first time I had ever gotten an injection that one doctor visit made me want to have a future in that type of career. From that moment on, I was so eager to learn about medicine and what it would be like to create a vaccine on my own so that I can also help people.
A vaccine is a product used to greatly create antibodies, which also provide immunity against one or more diseases. The agent of the diseases is used to manufacture the vaccine, or it can be a synthetic substitute, in other words a fake copy that looks a great deal like the disease. It acts as the illness without inducing the disease.
Diseases have always plagued the world. The first working vaccine was created to combat a plague known as smallpox. As early as AD 572 there...
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...obczyk E., and D. Weaver. "From Refrigerator to Arm: Issues in Vaccination Delivery."
Vaccine 32 (2014): 2389-393. Print.
This journal talks more about vaccines in general the reason why I chose the pages that I did was because it referred to the eradication of smallpox and the percentage of people not getting sick after they have taken the vaccine. I see it as a reliable sours because it is published and on the library catalog.
Bonnem, Shirley. "History of Smallpox." History of Vaccines RSS. The College of Physicians of
Philadelphia, n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2014
This book is specifically based on smallpox it covers a wide range info about small pox, I manly focused on the first few pages because it discussed the inoculation process. This book seems like a credible source because it was referred to me by a librarian and it is a book published in grate Brittan.
Through the rise of technological advances in medicine, the vaccine has changed the world for the greater good of the human race. Making a great triumph and virtually eliminating an array of life-threatening diseases, from smallpox to diphtheria, thus adding approximately thirty years to many humans’ life spans. Although, a new complication has arisen, possibly linking neurological digression with this rise of new vaccines. Such a digression has forced parents to exempt their children from receiving vaccinations and brought forth mental anguish affecting the minds of many.
After watching The Vaccine War, the main concerns of vaccines are public safety, the aftermath of injecting harmful chemicals into ones’ body and the parents that choose not to vaccinate their children. In the beginning of the documentary, a mother, Jennifer Margulis, states she felt like it was not needed for her newborn child to be vaccinated for a sexual transmitted disease. She feels like the ingredients are scary for a young child to take in with an immature immune system. The other issue is a massive outbreak of disease that could have been prevented. The Center of Disease Control is carefully watching the town that Ms. Margulis lives, Ashland, Oregon, because it’s the least vaccinated places in America due to parents opting out of vaccines.
The article’s information is presented with the goal of informing a reader on vaccines. The evidence is statistical and unbiased, showing data on both side effects and disease prevention, providing rates of death and serious illness from both sides. This evidence is sourced from a variety of medical organizations and seems reliable, logical, and easily understood, no language that would inspire an emotional response is used. The validity of studies is not mentioned in the article, but it does encourage readers to investigate further to help make a decision. The article allows a reader to analyze the presented evidence and come to their own
Atkinson, William. Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. Washington: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1996.
“Vaccinations are causing a major upsurge in childhood diseases, adult maladies, and even deadly ailments such as Gulf War Syndrome and Lou Gehrig’s disease” (Blaylock). Every now and then an individual’s doctor calls telling them about the latest vaccine they should receive. The person immediately schedules a time to come in and get it done. But do they even give a second thought about it? Have they ever thought that maybe they do not need another vaccination? Many people have not taken the time to seriously think about the process of immunization. The truth is, there are many dangers that the average person should be unaware of. Rarely do vaccines actually accomplish what the public has been told. In fact, a lot of vaccines contain harmful substances that have been linked to disorders such as autism. The lack of education and dishonesty from doctors are putting people in danger of health problems without even realizing. Many parents feel obligated for their children to get vaccinated because of school, not knowing they have the alternative option of refusing immunization.
From watching the documentary and listening to Brad Brigg discussion on Vaccination in Arkansas, as a future pharmacist, I have a role in playing in my community. I can recommend vaccinations to patients who come to my pharmacist who are either immunocompromised or might have people living with them who are. Also, getting more educated about vaccinations will make me more equipped to create awarenessness about the importance of vaccinations and be able to answer any questions my patients might have so they would be able to make informed decisions about vaccinations to protect themselves and the members of their families. I learnt that other health care professionals also have a r...
Vaccines have been used to prevent diseases for centuries, and have saved countless lives of children and adults. The smallpox vaccine was invented as early as 1796, and since then the use of vaccines has continued to protect us from countless life threatening diseases such as polio, measles, and pertussis. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2010) assures that vaccines are extensively tested by scientist to make sure they are effective and safe, and must receive the approval of the Food and Drug Administration before being used. “Perhaps the greatest success story in public health is the reduction of infectious diseases due to the use of vaccines” (CDC, 2010). Routine immunization has eliminated smallpox from the globe and led to the near removal of wild polio virus. Vaccines have reduced some preventable infectious diseases to an all-time low, and now few people experience the devastating effects of measles, pertussis, and other illnesses.
Vaccinations began approximately 1000 C.E. beginning with the Chinese inoculating for smallpox. Vaccinations became widely practiced throughout the globe. More vaccinations were invented to prevent multiple diseases such as smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, and typhoid. These vaccines have greatly reduced the burden of the diseases. Today this practice causes controversy because many view it as unnecessary and harmful. Without the practice of vaccinations, the prevented diseases will return with a lasting impact.
Vaccines are a training for your body helping it to learn how to fight disease without actually having the symptoms. Antibodies are created in response to a disease
Protection). A Vaccine is an injection given to children and adults. These injections help prevent
Mahler, Halfdan. “Smallpox and its Eradication.” 2008. Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response. 4 Nov. 2014
Illness has been a major part of humankind’s lives almost since the beginning of time. Throughout history, illnesses caused fatal epidemics that caused deaths between young and old, and brought fear upon all for the absence of a cure. Having an illness throughout most of history was considered an inevitable death sentence, as the majority of causes of death (Offit). Vaccinations have been experimented in China and Turkey in the 15th century, with methods such as inhaling or rubbing grounded up smallpox scabs against open cuts (Clem). Then in 1700s, the first form of modern vaccination was invented by Edward Jenner with the cowpox virus acting against smallpox, giving immunity against it (Offit).
The history of differentiating between diseases and vaccinating them is a practice that has been used for more millennia than you can count on two fingers. In 900 BC, a Persian physician named Rhazes was the first to publish a written account attempting to distinguish between measles and smallpox (successful or not is a whole other matter). It takes about 2500 years before any more development in the field of vaccination. In 1661, Chinese Emperor Kiang wrote a letter that stated that he fully supports inoculation, which is the introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate the production of antibodies. Then in 1676, English doctor Thomas Sydenham publishes ‘Medical observations on the history and cure of acute diseases’ which successfully distinguishes measles from smallpox while in great detail. The report also stated details about Scarlet Fever which was big at the time. In 1678, a Boston newspaper published America’s first medical work, Thomas Thatcher’ pamphlet: A Brief Rule to Guide the Common People of New England how to order themselves and theirs in the Small Pocks, or Measles. Once again, Thomas Sydenham discovers a medical breakthrough in 1684 by concluding that the common health practices, not available to the poor, were more harmful than good in mild smallpox cases. Sydenham’s discovery would be the last big medical innovatio...
Immunisation or vaccination is a very effective and safe form of medicine used to prevent severe diseases occurring from viruses and other infectious organisms and increase the amount of protective antibodies. It is given by drops in the mouth or injecting a person with a dead or modified disease-causing agent, in order for the person to become immune to that disease.