Poliovirus

Many medical professionals revere the vaccine as one of the best medical advances to have ever been created. The invention of the vaccine has eradicated polio from the western hemisphere and has rendered smallpox completely extinct. Every year it is estimated that children adhering to the vaccination schedule prevent 42,000 deaths and twenty million infections (Timmer). Still, though, the rates of intentionally unvaccinated children are on the rise. Parents are fueled by fears that vaccines are…

We have all heard claims regarding the dangers associated with vaccinations. We have also heard numerous cases of people, specifically children, dying from illnesses that could have easily been prevented through vaccination. Whether we agree with the premise of vaccinations or we passionately oppose becomes irrelevant when we begin to consider whether the government has the right to mandate vaccinations. This week I read multiple articles discussing the recent decision to end personal belief…

Through July 2015 five sting video were released by The Center for Medical Progress, an anti - abortion group, that showed Planned Parenthood executives and workers discussing how the organization provides fetal organs and tissues to researchers. The Center for Medical Progress had actors pose as representatives of a company charged with procuring fetal tissue for researchers. They secretly recorded trips to two clinics located in Texas and Colorado, and lunches with executives of Planned…

magnetic device, an important technique Gey developed, now called growing in suspension.(Rebecca Skloot) this allowed the mass production of HeLa cells. The ability to mass produce HeLa cell cultures combined with their superior weakness to the poliovirus and lower expense in comparison to monkeys allowed for the far less expensive research and creation of the polio vaccine. He even took the time to visit Henrietta Lack as said by Gey’s colleague at Hopkins Laure Aurelian “Ill never forget it,…

A couple become the proud parents of an adorable baby boy. After reading an article online suggesting that vaccines contain harmful chemicals and can lead to the development of autism, they decide to refuse their newborn’s immunisations. As the years pass, their child continues to grow at a natural, healthy rate, and the parents continue to ignore the immunisation schedule given to them by the paediatrician. One day, the child cuts his foot. Within days, the child is hospitalised with…

(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…

1950s, the story of Ed Roberts shows his struggles on trying to pursue his education. Ed was being discriminated for the disability he had. Before he became disable Ed was an athletic, who lost mobility of the left side of his body as a result of poliovirus. Ed did not have the same equal rights as the students without a disability, he face discrimination for his incapacity but didn’t give up on his education. He applied to several Universities and was accepted into UC Berkeley which did not…

1920 August 1 Henrietta Lacks is born to Eliza Lacks Pleasant and Johnny Pleasant (Skloot 18). 1924 October 28 Eliza dies and in doing so leaves her ten children with their father. Johnny splits his children up among relatives and Henrietta goes to live with her maternal grandfather, Tommy Lacks (Skloot 18, 121). 1934 Lawrence Lacks is born to Henrietta Lacks and David Lacks (Skloot 23). 1938 Elsie Lacks is born to Henrietta Lacks and David Lacks (Skloot 23). 1941 April 10 Henrietta and…

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…

Animal Experimentation: Helping Humans, Hurting Animals Animal experimentation has been a resource for humans in centuries past to help better our survival, to some, it’s vital to humanity and to others, it should be eliminated completely. The controversy of animal testing has been going on since ancient times. For example, the Greeks used animals for scientific or religious purposes. Some of the world’s best philosophers have given their opinion on animal testing (Stump, Paragraph #1). For…