Mumps

The author of Deadly Choices, Paul Offit, explores from the anti-vaccine movement’s origins through the impacts it has on society today. He argues against anti-vaccination due to the threat it poses not only on our children, but to society as a whole. With the breakthroughs science has had in terms of treating infectious diseases, he claims that there should be close to zero outbreaks of common illnesses. After giving background on vaccines, Offit offers up some solutions, even solutions that…

Douglas S. Mayen 12th Grade English Ms. Brophy 11 March 2016 Xenophobia - Fear of the Unknown Ignorance has played a major role in a multitude of events that happened throughout history. Ignorance can be cause due to a number of reasons; being oblivious about a certain subject, not trying to understand the other point of view about the subject, to caught up in one’s own life to think about others, ignoring factual statements so their beliefs would not be considered wrong, etc. Being ignorant is…

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 scientific evidence, some people still consider vaccines harmful. This belief has lead to a decline in vaccination rates and…

There are four types of acquired immunity of which are characterized by being natural or artificial, as well as active or passive. Natural is a result of normal environmental exposure where artificial is due to medical involvement. Active means that an immune response occurred in an individual, including antibody production where passive occurs from the deliverance of preformed antibodies. 1. Naturally acquired active immunity occurs when an individual is exposed to a live pathogen of which…

After I gave birth to my beautiful daughter my doctor told me that I needed to find a pediatrician for her. I did of course and she had her first appointment about a week after we were discharged from the hospital. The appointment went good and they told me that I needed to go and schedule the four month old check up and that is when my daughter would receive her first set of shots. I didn’t think anything about it because I had received all my shots when I was growing up. Then I went home and…

measles vaccination, using a killed virus wasn`t effective enough. In 1967, Maurice Hilleman advanced Enders` discovery by using a weakened live virus in the formula (“For Healthcare Professionals”, 2015). This attenuated vaccine is usually mixed with Mumps and Rubella to give protection against three kinds of viruses. Two doses of MMR are offered. While the first dose gives about 95% of coverage, it is suggested that second dose should be given out to increase the effectivity of shot to 99%.…

Herd immunity is a vital component of society. Essentially, herd immunity protects those who cannot receive vaccines, due to illness or other medical conditions. In an article written for the British Medical Journal, science editor Abi Berger emphasizes the importance of herd immunity, “. . . enough parents decide not to have their children vaccinated, more cases will start to appear, and the whole population is at risk.” The more people vaccinated, the stronger the herd becomes. This means that…

The study went like this; 12 children were brought to a hospital and given the MMR, Measles, Mumps, and Rubella, vaccination and later 8 of these children were diagnosed with Autism! So in 1998 Mr. Wakefield goes public with his finding, and the public bought into it hard. For example, In the U.K, where the study was conducted, the vaccination rate…

fight the virus of the disease you’re being vaccinated against. Once your body learns to fight it, you are protected against it. Some vaccines are also combined to fight more than one disease at a time. For example, the MMR vaccine fights measles, mumps and rubella all at once. Another example would be the DTaP vaccine. This vaccine protects people from diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis. Some vaccines may have minimal side effects which, in reality, are not risky at all. Swelling is the most…

Imagine forty-five mothers holding their newborn babies at the hospital, the mother and father just stare at their bundle of joy in awe. Time passes and it is time to have the babies one year checkup. Little does one know that of the forty-five mothers and fathers, one baby will have a bad reaction to the shot. Once the parents get home, their perfect baby will continuously scream and it will no longer act like its typical self. First, the baby might all of a sudden not know how to walk like it…