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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…

There are many reasons why a person cannot be vaccinated, the most common being age and health restrictions. Newborn babies as well as people with weakened immune systems such as, cancer patients, must be protected from disease to prevent injury and in some cases, death. Newborns cannot receive vaccines until they are at least two months old while cancer patients, even ones who were previously vaccinated, face an even…

for some diseases, most diseases require vaccination rates as high as 80% – 95% to prevent outbreaks. Moreover, herd immunity protects those who cannot be vaccinated or for whom the vaccination was not successful, such as people with weak immune systems, chronic illnesses or…

To be ethical, in terms of biological research and using new biological technologies, means that science should not offend any groups of people by doing something that angers them. To be ethical means to try and satisfy as many groups as possible, and to try and not anger as many groups as possible. Some advancements in biological technology are truly great, but if they are wrong, the public will oppose them and any discovery will not be taken into action. It is vital to always conduct…

Online Dating Technology in the twenty-first century is emerging into something big and good, but it can also be dangerous. As we look into the future and at all of the aspects that go along with it, online dating has to be one of the biggest things. Singles go to online dating sites to find the perfect match for them. It could be someone exactly like them or a complete opposite. What is the problem within this “online dating world” though? It can be unsafe and harming to society as we evolve…

US customary units of measure, derived from the ancient imperial units, are still in use today in the US, Liberia and Burma. This non-coherent system of measures is difficult, even for the people raised in the country itself. My brother Victor Salas, 13, explains that although he was taught the imperial system at school, he would rather use the metric system, for its simplicity and worldwide usage. Secondly, their food quality is among the worst in the planet. A country known for their…

including those that cause the flu or common cold but there is a big and important difference the difference is that over time your immune system can clear viruses out of your body .that doesn 't happen with hiv because the human immune system can 't seem to get rid of it..hiv can hide for a long time in the cells of your body it attacks a key part of your immune system your t cells or cdh cells.the cd4 is a specific type of cell that in other words helps you fight back infection & disease. you…

The Red Tree (Shaun Tan, 2001) is a children’s picture book that is both written and illustrated by Shaun Tan. The Red Tree is a book about depression, despair and ultimately, hope. The book follows a girl struggling with depression who, at the end of the book, finds hope in the form of a red tree. For a picture book to be successful, both the illustrations and written text generally can exist independently, but complement each other. There is a strong marriage between the written and visual…

Logos, or the means of persuasion by use of reasoning, is a very effective rhetorical strategy that appeals to the reader’s logic. Not only is logos Aristotle’s favorite form of rhetoric but, it is the most widely used rhetorical form. Logos is composed of both inductive and deductive reasoning and in “Does the internet make you dumb” Nicholas car uses both to prove his thesis that the internet is turning us into “superficial and scatterbrained thinkers (Carr 218). He believes the internet is…

Retrospective Essay The goal of this course was to teach us the proper way to write, to help us communicate more efficiently in the business world, and to teach how to join the “never-ending conversation”. This class has already accomplished that and much more. Not only have we covered almost all of the course goals, excluding synthesis which will be covered soon; we have been challenged to think about more advanced topics, to stay current in the world, and to discern information for ourselves…