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    Vaccination can save children’s life because, diseases killed thousands of children, polio was once Americas most feared disease, and thanks to vaccination there, are no signs of polio in the U.S. Vaccination should be mandatory for children because it’s easier for children because it’s easier for them to get sick. For example, a boy/girl that is sick coughs on his/her hand, shakes his/her best friend’s hand and his/her best friend eats with the same hand his/her sick friend shook. So now he/she…

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    Breathe Persuasive Speech

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    October which I also attended, is interested in publicising Polio during the showing of the film “Breathe” at the Savoy Cinema in Heaton Moor. “Breathe”, as many of you will know, is a biographical drama film. It tells the story of a young man who became paralyzed from the neck down by polio at the age 28. I was asked to find out some information about the screening of the film and whether we can use the opportunity to publicise polio. This is what I emailed to President David Rose of…

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    the 1940’s. This story was about a girl named Ann Fay Honeycutt, her dad, mom, and two sisters. She is Helpful around the house, and is trustworthy when watching her sisters. She is also strong in the heart for have suffered polio. Some problems that Ann Fay went through was Polio, the death of her brother,And her dad getting hurt in the war. I like Ann Fay as a person, she is trustworthy and it takes a long time to trust someone. She is also courageous and would never give up on someone. Ann…

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    manipulating the immune system, instead of enhancing it (Knopper 40). Vaccinations are a blessing. In the past, it was very common to die from diphtheria, measles, or the whooping cough (Wilson 34). It was also common to suffer paralyses because of polio, be born deaf, or be born blind because of congenital rubella (Wilson 34). In the past, 1 in 3 children died before their fifth birthday (Wilson 34). Now, in developed countries, less than 1 in 150 die before the age of five (Wilson 34).…

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    One doctor went as far as to state that ‘We believe that modern-day Hitlers have deliberately adulterated the oral polio vaccines with anti-fertility drugs and…viruses which are known to cause HIV and AIDS.’ This widespread distribution of misinformation, which was eventually supported by local governments, lead to the rejection of the OPV, destroying the mission of eradicating polio worldwide by 2005, amended from the original goal of…

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    Whooping Cough Case Study

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    protect Luke? Explain. Luke’s father said they rely on other children because Luke no longer receives vaccinations. 8.)a.) David Salamone contracted polio from the oral polio vaccine. Explain the risk associated with the oral polio vaccine. When an oral polio vaccine is given, there is a small weakened virus that can mutate and cause the person to get polio. The risk is 1 in 2.4…

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    When people are concerned about others to risk their lives for us it shows that they care about others than themselves. For example, the military that go head first into action to protect us and the country that we live in. Another example are the doctors that try to cure diseases, but at the same time they risk their own health and sometimes their own lives to cure the sick people. The military risk their lives every day for our sake one of the perfect examples that I know is sargant Ridges…

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt is the best president. Franklin help recover the united states economy from the great depression with the new deal program. The new deal also brought a labor union that created fifty party system. The defined liberalism to the middle of the 20th century. Franklin is the best president cause he brought united states out of the great depression. FDR has sign the social of security act in 1935. the SSA is keeping up with the new deal program. the social security act is to…

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    's a simple message parent need to keep hearing” (Jeffrey Kluger). Immunizations are the most important things for a child to receive in their young years. There are many immunizations made for different types of serious diseases such as measles, polio, and smallpox. Edward Jenner was the first person to create an Immunization or vaccination. He created the vaccine for smallpox in 1796. Smallpox was a serious and contagious disease that would be spread through coming into contact with sores or…

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    Rx For Survival Essay

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    Part one of the video RX For Survival, explains the origin of vaccinations, the first observation of germs, information on infectious diseases like polio and smallpox, and the need for a vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS infection. English Physician Edward Jenner developed a small pox vaccine, in late 1796. Jenner came to the conclusion that by infecting a child with cowpox, a mild form of smallpox, the body could build immunity to smallpox. This case is where vaccines first originated from and lead…

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