Measles

A lot of diseases, such as Polio, that were common just in the past might come back if parents skip their child vaccination. Prior to the availability of measles vaccine, between 3 to 4 million patients are diagnosed to have measles each year. This large number has been reduced 95% due to the creation of measles vaccine (Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases, 2017). If the majority of parents stopped vaccinating the children, rare disease might overcome again and the quality of…

some public good (like public education) and subjecting them to stigma (which they generally deserve).” Although the choice to get a vaccination is currently a negative freedom, Gerson believes that it should be a positive freedom. He notes that measles is a highly contagious virus and if you do not have the vaccination, you are harming the general public. This directly relates to John Stuart Mill’s Harm Principle, which states, “Your freedom to swing your fist ends where my nose begins”. This…

Vaccines have been preventing deadly diseases and saving countless lives for over two centuries. The scientific community overwhelmingly embraces vaccinations and hails them as one of the most significant medical advances in history, and most scientists argue that vaccinations should be mandatory. But many Americans question the safeness of vaccinations and claim that the choice to vaccinate children should be up to parents. However, since the act of not vaccinating one’s children puts not only…

Flu season has started you look around yourself and you see that more and more people are getting sick. They’re spreading their germs through their runny nose, their coughing, their sneezing, and what they touch… Before you know it you’ll get sick as well and you’ll be the one spreading illness to the ones around you. But this can all be easily avoided. From the common cold to an outbreak of a deadly disease, getting vaccinated can save you and the ones around you from getting sick. Diseases…

The measle vaccination helped prevent nearly 15.6 million deaths and 84% children worldwide received at least one dose of measles vaccine. Goal 8 has come a long way, the technique of global partnership and trading is very effective. Official development assistance was $81 billion in 2000 and in 2014 it reached up to…

Disadvantages of Vaccines What is a vaccination? How do they benefit individuals? Is there any harm that can come from receiving a vaccine? A vaccination is defined as the injection of a killed or weakened infectious organism in order to prevent the disease. Scientists make vaccines by first making the pathogen, or disease-causing microbe, in mass amounts in a laboratory. The pathogens must then be altered to ensure that the disease is not actually triggered. Alterations of these pathogens can…

Population and Ethical Issue Since 2012, there have been a number of outbreaks from vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Two of the most recent ones that have seen an increase over the years are whooping cough caused by pertussis and measles. Both of these diseases have vaccines that are available to the public, yet the cases related to these two continue to increase. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), in 2012, there were 48,277 reported cases of pertussis and…

Many medical professionals revere the vaccine as one of the best medical advances to have ever been created. The invention of the vaccine has eradicated polio from the western hemisphere and has rendered smallpox completely extinct. Every year it is estimated that children adhering to the vaccination schedule prevent 42,000 deaths and twenty million infections (Timmer). Still, though, the rates of intentionally unvaccinated children are on the rise. Parents are fueled by fears that vaccines are…

The Great Immunization Debate: Life Saving Science or Potential Poison? As parents we try to do our best to protect our little ones from the wrongs and dangers of the world. We read all of the baby books, listen to all of the experts, take token pieces of unsolicited advice from strangers and do our best to make the right choices regarding our childrens health and upbringing. So when do these choices affect more than just our children? What if some of the well intended choices we make could…

was an interceptor pilot prior to NASA. The other back-up member was Thomas Mattingly. Thomas was supposed to be the command module pilot but then before the expedition, Charles Duke had German Measles and exposed Thomas Mattingly. Thomas had no immunity to German Measles, so he broke out with the measles, which caused him to be unable to go on the Apollo 13…