Pros of Vaccination Essay

The Ethics of Mandatory Vaccination The year is 1902, and the state of Massachusetts has just suffered from a smallpox epidemic. Hoping to curb the spread of the disease, the state implements a mandatory vaccination policy, fining those who refuse to take the vaccine. Henning Jacobson refuses the vaccine, claiming that vaccines have hurt him in the past, and sues his state. Losing the case, he then appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States. However, the Supreme Court upheld the…

Bubonic Plague in the Modern World Modern Countries Affected by the Plague In the world today, plague still exists, but it’s not as common as it was in the past. According to the World Health Organization,”In 2013, there were 783 cases reported worldwide, including 126 deaths.” Plague still occurs in parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Most cases of the plague do occur in Africa, though. The countries where there are the most cases of plague are Peru, Madagascar, and the…

Pest Control Service/Bed-bugs-treatment Have you ever heard the phrase, “Don’t let the bed bugs bite?” I remember hearing it as a youngster when my mother would tuck me in for the night. Growing up in my generation (30’s+) many don’t even know that bed bugs are in fact a real nuisance pest. Bed Bug History Bed bugs have lived with humans since ancient times. They are mentioned in plays pre-dating 335 B.C. Fossilized bedbugs have been found during excavations of ancient Egypt. Pliny,…

Abstract Smallpox is a highly infectious disease caused by the Variola virus. This report explores the taxonomic classification, “life cycle”, and mechanism of replication of this pathogen, as well as discusses the virulence and treatment options for an infected human host. This member of the Orthopoxvirus genus is extremely virulent, and has a fatality rate of nearly 30%. While this virus only attacks a human host, similar members of the Voxviridae family produce similar infections in animals.…

In life today, the young receive help from a variety of sources, including adults, but the same cannot be said for the young in the novel All Good Children. First of all, the adults in New Middletown decide to vaccinate the young instead of helping the young resolve their problems. They also insult the young people, and see them as a problem.Furthermore, the adults don’t respect the young’s needs or wants and expect the young to conform to their needs and wants.. For these reasons, the adults in…

spreading of AIDS. Some people may think that mandatory testing is an invasion of privacy, but there are ways to work around that. Mandatory testing would also help people that had it not spread it and get medical treatment quickly. In our views the pros just outweighed the cons in every…

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is a non-fiction novel about the origin of Ebola and its effects on people and the outbreak of Ebola in a monkey house. Preston also goes into details about the symptoms of Ebola and the different strains of Ebola,which are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Sudan. Preston really informs about the dangers of Ebola and what it can do to the human body and what must be done to prevent the virus from spreading around the world and causing an…

measles had been eliminated; last year’s numbers are the highest since 2000. III. I am a member of the healthcare community and see first-hand how viruses and diseases may be avoided if appropriate prevention measures are taken (i.e. vaccination and appropriate vaccination timelines). IV. Thesis: I hope to convince you of the necessity to get vaccinated for measles so that we can minimize the…

Should Children under the Age of Two be Administered Vaccination Cocktails? I say no. Their tiny little bodies are adjusting to life and developing their own immunities naturally. I am not against vaccinations. However, I am against giving infants a vaccination cocktail. A vaccination cocktail is a combination of diseases and chemicals administered all in one dose. Since there is absolutely no way of testing infants on the reactions to these cocktails, I would say do not do give it to your…

Many different health issues, continuously, occur throughout a person’s lifespan. In this essay, examples of some health issues, and their definitions, throughout a lifespan will be given. Infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood are the seven stages of age groups. By the concluding paragraph of this essay, knowledge will have been gained about the certain issues in health across a person’s lifespan. First of all, infancy,…