Influenza pandemic

The recombinant hepatitis B vaccine is produced from genetically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a yeast. The vaccine is noninfectious, and it contains hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) (Keating & Noble, 2003). The first recombinant hepatitis B vaccine, Recombivax HB, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1983, followed by Engerix-B in 1989 (Hepatitis B Vaccine Safety, n.d.). safety. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is one way that the Centers for Disease…

children. In 2013, a research study conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), discovered in their results of “urine samples from a group of preschool children that the 135 preschool children tested positive for three unwelcome chemicals: chlorpyrifos (99 percent of children), 2,4-D (92 percent) and permethrins (64 percent)” (Pleasant). This information was significant because it clearly indicated that children had levels of the chemicals from pesticides in their body. Even…

A mother walks into a doctor's office holding her two month old son. They enter a small white room where they are greeted by a nurse. She walks the mother through the basic information that the doctor will further explain after the shots are done. The child looks up at the doctor and the nurse who is by his side. The doctor pulls out a long needle and walks over to the child, the child panics, and wiggles around trying to break free. The nurse holds the child down, trying to make him stay still.…

‘Join the Flu Fighters’ is an informative and persuasive leaflet given out to adults across the UK, whose employers have decided to use this service. This means that there is a specific audience to relate to – working adults – so healthy males and females aged 18-60 generally. The background context is relevant for this leaflet as working adults have similar basic desires – to save money and have an easy kind of life. The author of this leaflet seemingly plays on these desires, examples include…

said he decided to tackle the problem when he discovered that few people in the airline industry were actively working on ways to improve the quality of airplane air” (Brown). During flight, many pathogens come on board with the passengers such as: Influenza, Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), Tuberculosis, H1N1(Swine Flu), Meningococcal disease, and Ebola. “Wang referenced two cases of these viruses spreading on a plane, with the H1N1 flu virus spreading it to 17 other travelers and Sars…

In this passage from John M. Barry’s book, The Great Influenza, an account of the 1918 flu epidemic, he writes about scientists and their research. Barry’s purpose is to have his reader question everything so that reality can be found in the end. He utilizes the use of anaphora, imagery, extended metaphor, and rhetorical questions to make the reader reflect in a scientific way. To set the stage, Barry starts off by structuring his first paragraph anaphorically to give the reader two…

1 (part A) The World Health Organisation (WHO) “declared a pandemic of a novel subtype A (H1N1) influenza virus, A (H1N1) pdm09, which originated in swine” (The Australian Immunisation Handbook 2013, p. 245). Based on the “Australian influenza report 2009-5th to the 11th of December (www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-ozflu-2009) there were 37,484 confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1)md09 and 192 pandemic influenza associated deaths reported in Australia. H1N1, pdm09,…

first wave, no one was really worried about it. It was proven not... The pandemic would occur in three waves, affecting so many lives that ... Witucki 2! It is not shocking when the title 1918 influenza pandemic is not commonly heard or known, yet “it would kill more people than any other outbreak of disease in human history. Plague in 1300s killed a far larger proportion of the population ... but in raw numbers influenza killed more than the plague then, more than aids today” (Barry 4). This…

Securitizing a disease on the level of influenza has allowed world governments to put more funding into promoting vaccinations as well as understanding how the disease itself affects their country (Kamradt-Scott, 2012). When the government considered influenza as a security risk, it would allow them to plan for, diagnose, and handle pandemics with a strategic plan. They were able to put more funding into ending the pandemic sooner, hopefully saving a lot of lives, by getting medicines and…

Influenza is a very serious pathogen, causing widespread mortality across the world. The young, the elderly and those who have a comprised immune system are most at risk. Seasonal strains are common and can kill over 50,000 people a year1. Influenza can also produce pandemic strains which spread very quickly and can originate from animals such as birds or swine. An example of this is the 1918 influenza pandemic, strain H1N1 which was identified to have originated in birds and killed between…