Influenza vaccine

manager at Walgreens. Anderson said the Walgreens pharmacy typically gives out the most flu shots a year among the local pharmacies, having given out about 1,300 in two months. The debate on the necessity of the seasonal flu vaccine has been an ongoing argument since the vaccine became widely available to the United States in 1945. Many are skeptical about the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness. “It’s just a ploy from Big Pharma to take our money and poison us,” said Bill Gorman, who…

The Debate About the Flu Vaccine When the flu season kicks off many health care professionals recommend the seasonal flu vaccine for their patients. Everywhere we look we are often reminded about that flu season is upon us. Family members are talking about it, your doctor’s office even your pharmacy is advertising the flu vaccine. My job makes it assessable for employees to receive the flu vaccine with weekend clinics and also a drive through clinic for employees and patients. The questions…

Do influenza vaccinations and other vaccinations always do good? In my case, the flu shot killed one of my great grandmothers that I loved dearly on December 6, 2010. It was a very difficult time, plus finding out that the flu shot is what triggered it made it even harder. It was a very fast painful death and if she didn’t get the flu shot that year she would probably still be alive today. My grandma had a disease that was very uncommon and it was very devastating. My grandma, Hazel, was 88…

for employers in the healthcare field and an increase in employees can receive a vaccination as a condition of employment. Increasing the several of states is request the vaccine for healthcare workers. However, even repulsive about these requirements is growing. Wisconsin lawmaker has proposed a law to ban mandatory flu vaccine in that state. According to the Associated Press article, the representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt has written a bill that would ban discrimination, employers decline…

Vaccines are one of the greatest scientific achievements in public health. The first successful vaccine was introduced in 1796 for the treatment of smallpox. This vaccine was extremely effective that the illness has been eradicated. Vaccines prevent millions of deaths annually and have a well established record of keeping people free from certain diseases. Measles, mumps, tetanus and other life threatening illnesses have been reduced by more than 95% (Meadows 1). Despite all the success and…

refers to a spread of a highly infectious disease usually worldwide, while on the other hand; epidemics are much more contained and can permanently damage a city. Two of the most well known, and most deadly viruses that are around today are the Influenza and Ebola viruses. Both of these viruses have proven over time that they are not to be fooled around with, and often times have sent strong nations scrambling for survival. In Emily St. John Mandel’s science fiction novel Station Eleven, she…

Influenza Vaccination The Centers for Disease Control effectively advertises for promoting the influenza vaccination. By creating multiple advertisements, they appeal to a range of people. Each advertisement has its own technique and style to appeal to the desired audience. The advertising campaign effectively promotes the influenza vaccination to a range of audience by using flattery, universal appeal, and association. Flattery technique tells the consumer that they are important or unique…

Recently there has been an increase in certain diseases, some of them preventable and others new to the scientific community for which research is being done in order to produce a treatment or vaccine against it. Regardless of the type of disease, the mission of healthcare professionals is to create awareness about such diseases and provide the patient with measures they can take not only to protect them, but to protect others as well. This is one of the main reasons why as part of the…

Influenza Introduction Influenza commonly known as the flu is a respiratory contagious disease that affects mostly the nose, throat, bronchi and sporadically the lungs. This infection disease is caused by RNA viruses of the family of Orthomyxoviridae and affects birds and mammals. There are 3 classifications of Influenza: Influenza A – Found in aquatic birds which are a natural host and often transmitted to poultry and humans. It is often the virus that is responsible for human pandemics.…

Influenza Vaccinations for Health Care Workers Paula Harris Submitted in particle fulfillment of NURB 2160 Northwester State University December 3, 2015 Nurses often face challenges known as ethical dilemmas, which may impact them and their patients. An ethical dilemma is a situation in which an individual is required to determine the best decision between two moral actions. Influenza is a very severe and contagious disease. Over the past years, health care facilities have implemented…