Pertussis

In the Washington post article titled, ‘Get Kids Vaccinated or Else, Parents Told’ it talks about how there were more than 2,300 students who had not received the state required vaccinations to allow their students into the school system. In Prince George’s county, the students are required to receive vaccines for the chicken pox and hepatitis B to go to school, the county reached out to all the parents and tried to inform the parents of the severity of the situation. After the deadline of the…

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…

through on a process of withdrawal and going to naltrexone. She was told that if she changed her mind about this plan that she could let us know at any time. We also discussed the flu vaccine and the whooping cough vaccine. She is interested in Pertussis but at this point in time wants to think further about the flu vaccine (despite being told of its safety and concerns for her not obtaining it). Her prenatal lab work was done today along with a quad screen. In the meantime, the plan will be…

Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to ensure that all children have access to recommended vaccines. So that vaccine preventable diseases can be eliminated. Initially, those vaccines were bacille-Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG), diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP), oral poliovirus vaccine, IPV, Rota vaccine…

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…

How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Our Youth During the rise of the polio epidemic, vaccines were godsends. Parents lined up for their children to be vaccinated against the paralysing disease. Yet recently, vaccines have been the center of controversy. Lately the idea of vaccinating one’s child can be very intimidating; mostly due to the fact that not all parents possess the knowledge of a pediatrician or vaccinologist( Salmon, Daniel). The anti-vaccine movement and parental arrogance puts…

The year is 1890 and tetanus continues to tighten its grip amidst the populace. Everyone was vulnerable to this disease and in particular children. With no cure, the disease reaped one out of ten victims. This disease was widely known as lockjaw for its modality of tightening the muscles. This process begins in the upper jaw and gradually advances to the rest of the body. Eventually, the contraction of muscles would fracture the very bones that support the body. The disease was a torment to the…

Shots today aren’t what they were back in the day. Nowadays people can get one shot that prevents three different infections, instead of getting three separate shots. The most common reason people refuse to get shots that I’ve noticed is that the doctors and medical industry as a whole are fake. Meaning that the medical industry is just in it for the money and don’t really want to help people, or even care if the medicine works or not. If that is a legit reason for someone then they should go do…

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 common side effect which is swelling occurrence at the site of injection. Modern day medicine has also provided us with a new vaccine…

social groups often misrepresent the scientific data and are not backed by scientific logic. These concerns have led many parents to decline the recommended vaccination of their children which had led to a resurgence of diseases such as measles and pertussis in the United States (Maglione et al, 2015). Although…