Mumps

manifest seven to ten years after exposure. O’Conner additionally inserts links to the California Department of Public Health and the Center for Disease Control that further explicate the symptoms, causes, risks and importance of obtaining the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination with specifics regarding the dose schedule and possible scientifically proven side effects. This article provides the basis for my argument, functioning as an artifact to underscore the underlying…

With today 's medicines and doctors, there always seems to be a way to cure someone 's virus or disease. We live in a society where keeping your children healthy and attending regular doctors appointments for vaccines are the norm. Some parents are choosing not to do so. 1 in 20 children are not being vaccinated and it is causing many issues within cities and especially school systems. Some schools will not even allow the students in for the lack of vaccines stipulated for attendance (Gavett).…

Vaccines and Autism Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist caused a widespread panic with a now vastly discredited and retracted paper from 1998 that linked the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. Since his paper, there has been a ton of scientifically unsupported theories linking vaccines and autism. Many parents also stopped vaccinating their children as a result (Gross, 2016). In 2011, Dr. Mercola published an article titled How to Help Eliminate the Hidden Enemy…

Wary parent’s want to protect their children from any kind of risks. Immunizations are available and mandatory upon starting school. There are many different types of immunizations. “Vaccines are a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.” (Mifflin, 2015) Vaccines are a form of…

us as babies to do exactly that– to prevent. Vaccinations are meant to protect the future generations as well as today’s generations from harmful diseases. Some of the most common vaccinations are Measles, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Meningococcal, Mumps, and many more. With every day, new information is found out and tested about all types of diseases. Today 's chemists do a lot of research about the diseases and work hard to study their habits and create vaccinations. Lots of money goes into…

Vaccination do not only help the individual, but also help their entire community to prevent diseases from spreading. With the overall community being vaccinated, they are able to achieve herd immunity. Herd immunity is when “a critical portion of a community is immunized against a contagious disease” and with this the other part of the community that is not immunized will be protected (Tolsma). To achieve herd immunity, “the coverage target is greater than or equal to ninety-five percent…

Although one may argue animals should not be used in biomedical research because there are many alternative out there to substitute animal testing, and animals has feeling and show empathy when another is hurt; however, the truth of the matter is humankinds need to use animals for biomedical testing in order to advance human race because animal testing will help us further understand human diseases, animal share many similar genetic similarity between the human, and it is unethical to use human…

Do we as humans realize just how vulnerable we are? How about those with families that participate in school functions and leisure activities after school? Do they too realize how bless they are with that society considers them to be a “normal” family? But do families that may have an autistic family member realize just how lucky they are, they too have been blessed. A quote from Temple Gradin, an animal behavior expert and author of The Autistic Brain states, “I am different, not less.” To…

If there is one thing I have learned over the past few years of hosting a political radio show, it's that Republicans love conspiracy theories. And I am not just talking run of the mill, fun to think about conspiracies, like Aliens built the Pyramids or that Elvis is alive and well and playing shuffleboard with the ghost of Colonel Sanders in some Florida retirement community. No, I'm talking over the top nonsensical bullsh*t straight out of the annals of Alex Jones' sock drawer. You can…

Measles or rubella, with the scientific name of Morbillivirus measles virus is a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory system. The virus is spread by contact with an infected persons saliva or mucus (Healthline, 2015). A doctor in the 9th century published the first report of measles virus (CDC, 2014). Measles is the cause of 100, 000 fatalities each year worldwide, mainly affecting children (Mayo Clinic, 2015). With a long existence and immense death rates, measles is one of the…