Immunity

climate they have. The climate and natural resources determine how the civilization developed. The Europeans geography controlled their agriculture giving them abundant crops, the ability to domesticate animals to increase productive development, immunity to deadly germs as a result of their exposure to their animals, and the ability to make steel which then led to decimation to other civilizations. Geographic location has a big effect on a civilations development and plant-lives ability to…

The Silk Road from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. served an extremely important role for the economics of Asia and Europe because it connected empires from the east to the west. While the trade first created for the purpose of trading between Romans Empires and Han Dynasty. Over time, the Silk Road expanded from trading purpose to the spreading of cultures, religions, technology, and as well as epidemic diseases such as the Bubonic Plague. However, goods, and merchants were still traveled along the…

should be required for kids because it helps to not spread diseases, prevent kids from getting ill, and can save lives. Many diseases can spread quickly when people don’t get the proper vaccinations. For example, ProCon.org/Vaccines states, “Herd immunity means that when a "critical portion" of a population is vaccinated against a contagious disease it is unlikely that an outbreak of the disease will occur so most members of the community will be protected.” This explains how we all need to…

Would Happen If We Stopped Vaccinations,” 2014). Thanks to many years of immunization, the incidence for diseases such as polio, measles, and tetanus has been rare. The importance of these childhood vaccinations is to help protect against and provide immunity against major infectious diseases. Childhood immunization begins at birth and continues until the age of 18. As of now, there are 69 doses of 16 essential vaccines that…

drugs developed in part from the exploitation of traditional knowledge. Allergan operates on such terms. However, recently it has transferred its most valuable patent back to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. The Government grants Native Tribes sovereign immunity, this protects the tribes from certain federal rulings. One of the systems rendered ineffective against the Native Americans under protection is…

“...Jenner, knew nothing about germs, he knew plenty about smallpox and inoculation. As a boy of eight, in 1757, Jenner endured what he called the worst experience of his life - a smallpox inoculation… Luckily, Jenner lived and gained a lifelong immunity to smallpox. The experience had another unforeseen effect; when he grew up, Jenner became a doctor, remembering his childhood brush with smallpox, dedicated himself to finding some way to cure this dread disease” (Nardo 29). Due to his…

vaccinations, a tangible disincentive is created for those who opt-out of vaccinations, thus creating the desire to be vaccinated, if only to avoid paying yet another tax. In doing so, more people are choosing to be vaccinated and thus improving herd immunity, which is a greater good. Anti-vaccination…

History has taught us a lot about the importance of vaccinations and what they can accomplish over the years. Medical researchers have invented vaccinations to prevent the occurrence of once fatal diseases, which has gradually faded away each generation until it was announced gone. Unfortunately, the vaccine preventable diseases that were once eliminated from the population are starting to resurface in scattered incidences. One reason for the easy occurrence of once eliminated diseases has to do…

The world is extremely unequal, not because of race, but because of geography. Few of the main ingredients of inequality are agriculture which affects the kind of animals and specialists a civilization has, domesticated animals that can extremely benefit a nation, germs which can kill off an entire population, and steel which is the strongest man made metal. Without certain geography, civilizations would not be able to benefit from those aspects. These factors or lack thereof can lead to one…

to make the decision if they should be vaccinated or not. We need stricter guidelines in place to protect these children whose parents make this egregious mistake. I also feel vaccinating our population is important to the entire human race. Herd immunity is nothing to joke about. If enough of our population is vaccinated we are able to protect those who are unable to be vaccinated. When we refuse to inoculate our children, we start putting our whole race in danger. By allowing these diseases to…