Anthrax

used materials of the cowpox to create immunity from the smallpox (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 2015). This continued with Louis Pasteur’s rabies vaccine in 1885, and continued with more vaccines to immunize against diphtheria, tetanus, anthrax, cholera, plague, typhoid, tuberculosis, and more in the 1930’s (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 2015). Vaccines develop immunity by imitating and infection; it does not cause illness, but symptoms can occur due to the immune system…

On December 11th, 1843 Robert Koch was born. He was just a simple baby but, little did his parents know he would discover and study many things involving modern bacteriology. By the time he was five he already taught himself to read, even though he was a mere mining engineer’s son. He used the newspaper to aid his learning. Taking after his father, he had a strong urge to travel. During high school he showed a lot of interest in biology. He went to the University of Göttingen to study medicine…

time of the day or the year. President George W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 on November 25, 2002. It was created by the Department of Homeland Security and was introduced after the attacks on 9/11 and the mailing of anthrax spores. The anthrax spores were mailed to United States…

prescribe antibiotics to those people who do not need them. This can cause antibiotic resistance by bacteria which can cause serious problems in society. If an antibiotics resistance happens for the “only drug approved by the FDA” in the case of Anthrax, that could be extremely harmful for society as a whole and create national unrest and unhappiness. The rule-utilitarian would stick to this rule and try his hardest to try and get Mrs. Kelsey to not buy ciprofloxacin online by explaining the…

When one remembers the Cold War, a picture of whole nations paralyzed in fear come to mind. This fear was caused by one thing: nuclear weapons. However, if the matter is studied more thoroughly, it would be discovered that nuclear weapons should not have been the only concern of those warring nations. Use of biological weapons may have seemed like child’s play compared to the looming threat of total nuclear war, but it had more precedence during the era than one would expect. Although biological…

The Germ Theory of Disease which is, specific diseases are caused by specific microorganisms, changed the medical field completely. It battled the Spontaneous Generation theory that dominated the medical thought as the cause of disease. The theory originated through the work of many different physicians and would eventually change and improve the medical and public health systems. The Germ theory of disease came about around the mid 1800’s. The work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch would…

lives forever. No one had anticipated Sarin gas being on those trains. Who had committed such a despicable act? It would not be long before police officials would figure out who. While Aum Shinrikyo also attempted attacks with botulin toxin and anthrax spores, they have an extensive history with the use of sarin gas. Aum Shinrikyo facilities were raided by law enforcement where high-end chemical producing equipment was seized, cult members drove a converted truck into…

Contrary to Hick’s thesis; pain and suffering are not needed for moral development or to complete one’s “soul-making” process therefore Hick’s argument for soul-making is untenable and should be rejected. The soul-making theodicy is as follows; the idea that God has only allowed the existence of evil into the world so that people are allowed to learn from these evils in order for us to develop our moral character; to learn and further understand values. As an end result of this moral development…

The Army of God There is no one true definition of terrorism. However, one common characteristic used in most definitions is the use of violence or intimidation to achieve some type of goal. Terrorist groups exist all over the world. However, when most people think of terrorism, they think of it occurring in Middle Eastern countries. The reality of it is that there are several terrorist organizations that are a lot closer to home. The Army of God is a terrorist organization that first appeared…

received the first dose of the infected anthrax vaccine which contained micro-organisms harmful toward human beings. This vaccine basically ruined her life, and gave her “Gulf War Syndrome.” With this traumatic event, the military didn’t own up to this at all, and I don’t even think she receives disability from it. Therefore this really raises concern toward these companies and how responsible they can be, since the military could get away with the infected anthrax vaccines. In another article I…