Chickenpox

To me, life begins at validity and not at conception. I am a Christian and a science student and I support abortion. My support for abortion stems out of many reasons which include individual’s right, especially women’s moral right. In addition, it preserves the woman’s life in case the woman’s life is in jeopardy. Also, abortion prevents severely malformed babies from being born and suffer. Abortion is vital for gender equality and population control. Abortion helps science to research…

Vaccines: Why Society Needs Them Diseases such as the measles, polio, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and whooping cough can all be prevented by getting a vaccine. This list of diseases above are only a couple of the illnesses that can be vaccinated against. The medical field has come a long way with keeping society healthy. The first vaccine ever invented was for rabies in 1885, since then the medical field has came up with different vaccines for almost every disease out there. Vaccines took a hit…

In 1954 there were 38476 cases of reported polio in the United States in the same year a mass trial of the polio vaccine began with over 1.3 million children participating in the trial (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 2016). Six years later the vaccine was licensed for use and then five years after that the reported cases had dropped to only 72 (Post-Polio Health International, 2008). The first ever vaccination is often attributed to Edward Jenner in 1796 when he noticed that if…

We have all heard claims regarding the dangers associated with vaccinations. We have also heard numerous cases of people, specifically children, dying from illnesses that could have easily been prevented through vaccination. Whether we agree with the premise of vaccinations or we passionately oppose becomes irrelevant when we begin to consider whether the government has the right to mandate vaccinations. This week I read multiple articles discussing the recent decision to end personal belief…

Measles, polio, yellow fever, varicella (chickenpox) and rabies. These are only exemplifications of diseases prevented by invented vaccinations (“Centers For Disease Control and Prevention”). Vaccinations have ceased the spread of multiple diseases and have saved countless lives over the course of history. Every person should be governmentally required to receive vaccinations in childhood and, in adulthood, give them to their children because of the potential that an unvaccinated child could…

“These include cytomegalovirus, rubella, chickenpox and toxoplasmosis.” (Low birthweight. 2014) · Problems with the placenta. The placenta is the major factor contributing to babies’ weight since the nutrients received are provided through the placenta connected by the umbilical cord. “The placenta…

While more studies continue to prove that there is no link between autism and vaccinations, many anti-vaccination followers still find themselves with support. In 2011, The Huffington Post published an article written by one of the most vocal anti-vaccination supporters, David Kirby. While Kirby states in his article deciding not to have a child vaccinated is “unwise and dangerous”, he continues to fuel the skepticism that allows parents to forego vaccinations (Kirby para 3). His article…

Smallpox Smallpox is/was the most serious threat to human health throughout the world. The point of this paper is to educate and inform the reader facts and information about Small Pox. Smallpox is a contagious disease that is caused by the Variola virus. Smallpox is transmitted through person to person by face to face contact, direct contact with contaminated fluids and objects, and rarely, through the air. (NIH.) Smallpox is a very serious illness caused by a virus called the…

The main character of this book is Christopher Columbus. Without his discoveries of the New World, the Columbian Exchange would not have occurred. The world would look very different than what it looks like now. The world population would be considerably smaller than what it is now. We would not have the animals and plants that came from the Old World if it was not for the Columbian exchange. Likewise, the Old World would not have the crops that increased their population if it was not for the…

The New World “[did not] have the pathogens associated with the Old World’s dense populations of humans and … chickens, cattle, black rats, and Aedes egypti mosquitoes. Among these germs were those that carried smallpox, measles, chickenpox, influenza, malaria, and yellow fever.” Smallpox was one of the many diseases that killed a large number of Native Americans. According to the author, “the first recorded pandemic of [smallpox] in British North America detonated among the Algonquin…