Polio

public health programs. We wound up in this fearless era through major medical discoveries in the last few hundred years. In the late 18th century, Edward Jenner created the first vaccine which was used to prevent smallpox. Since then, we’ve gotten the polio vaccine, the vaccine…

Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly contagious disease caused by a poliovirus. There are three types, or serotypes, of poliovirus: P1, P2, and P3. All three types can cause infection and are considered paralytogenic. Before the development of the polio vaccine, the disease had worldwide occurrence. Humans, particularly children are the identified reservoir for the virus and can be transmitted through direct and indirect contact with respiratory discharges and feces. However, the…

Cloos, Rhonda, and Tish Davidson. Consumer Health Care, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2014. 264-272. Health and Wellness Resource Center. Web. 13 Nov. 2015. This article defines what vaccinations are and describes the importance of immunization for the general public. Cloos and Davidson list the most common illnesses and diseases that people are susceptible to, and how the respective vaccines prevent and combat these viruses. They provide support as to why the public should vaccinate themselves,…

For example, when the polio vaccination was first used to treat and reduce disease in patients, it was given orally. They were administered to children as drops. The drops had the ability to cause polio in one or two children every decade. The vaccine was eventually changed to be administered by injection because it did not show any risk in this form ("GP Gets Straight to"). After the onset of the vaccine, there were only a few outbreaks of polio in society. During this time, statistics…

scientific advancements that lead him to create the first dead vaccine for polio. This all started in college when Salk decided to study microbiology instead of law, which was what he originally intended to major in. Eventually Salk earned his medical degree in 1939 (Salk, Jonas (1914-1995)). His studies in college were only the beginning of his pursuit of scientific knowledge that later caused him to create the dead polio vaccine and make other scientific discoveries that lead him to…

Imagine a world without medicine. Imagine the population of the world drop abnormally. The world will suffer without the use of medicines or antibiotics. But how are medicines created? The creation of medicines involves complex chemical reactions. But what makes a medicine safe to humans? A simple answer to this question would be animal testing. Testing a medicine on an animal to identify its symptoms or side-effects would be an effective solution. Some animals and human’s DNA are extremely…

Parents bear the responsibility of making life-shaping decisions in issues such as education and healthcare for their children. The growing skepticism against vaccines and the healthcare industry is worrying because it can potentially cause preventable deaths. In this paper, I will be responding to Sarah Pope’s entry in The Healthy Home Economist where she argued against vaccines. Pope established her family’s medical background to show that her claims are not unfounded. It is ironic that she…

Critical Test In the year 1988, there were 350,000 cases of Polio. In 2012, there were only 223 (“Poliomyelitis). This large decrease in the number of cases of Poliomyelitis is due largely to the efforts of research scientists and the development of vaccines and the improvement of those vaccines. Perhaps just as important as the scientists in this case are the animal subjects in the testing. Animal testing in the scientific arena is vital to the successful discovery of new vaccines, the…

“From 1923 to 1953 before the vaccine was introduces the polio death rate in the united states and England had already declines on its own by 47 to 55 percent. From 1953 when the dead vaccine was introduced, to 1963 when the live vaccine was introduced the death rate decreased from 55 to 20 percent in the united states in ten years. The death rate of the disease decreased thirty five percent in ten years after a vaccine was introduced, whereas it decreased forty five percent in twenty years…

1. The polio vaccine was tested on animal before being mass distributed to humans during the polio epidemic. The vaccine reduced the 350,000 cases in 1988, to only 223 cases of polio in 2012. Also, the use of chimpanzees for test, lead to the discovery of the Hepatitis B vaccine. 2. Animal research is regulated by the federal government under the Animal Welfare Act. This act mandates the minimum housing and enclosure requirements for the animals being testing on. In order to pass inspection,…