Smallpox

To what extent should a knower group judge the value of knowledge gained by others? “Without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished,” is a claim that one could use to answer that knowledge question. However, some areas of knowledge rely more intensively on application than others, so the claim is much too oversimplified to fully answer the question. Knower groups in one area of knowledge may not agree with another group’s form of application or some groups may not…

Paula Vega EPP 15000 Pruitt, Natalya 11/16/2015 Can Nature Be the Cure? An illness is spreading in the United States. A dangerous condition that has no consideration for children, women or old people; it is affecting a big portion of the population and doesn’t seem to stop. Its name is obesity, and with seventy-eight million obese people, the 33% of the American population, the United States occupies the first place among the “fattest” countries in the world. This percentage is alarming…

The debate over whether GMO foods are safe to consume or not have been highly contested over recent years. While some scientists believe that GMOs pose serious health risks, others acclaim the benefits and scientific breakthroughs that have been derived from using GMO’s. Within the informative article “Are Engineered Foods Evil?” by David Freedman, scientists such as Robert Goldberg, David Williams, and David Zilberman all made substantial claims in which some were attacked by their opposers,…

In 2000, the measles virus was considered eradicated, until an outbreak in late 2014 that has many at risk. There are over 644 cases of infected patients, many of them being young children. Even though people think they are safe from diseases and illnesses, measles is highly contagious and vaccinations are an absolute must. Many have died and even more have been infected or even just affected by sick or lost family members. The virus has been around for quite a long time. In the 1930s the most…

A Students View on Controversial Topics: Vaccinations A little girl lays on a cold hospital bed; her parents are told her body is being ravaged by the measles virus that leaves her in a vegetative state. She did not receive this virus from a foreign disease ridden country, but from her classmate whose parents chose not to get their child vaccinated. Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children, even with a vaccine available (World Health Organization). Even with the very…

The success of vaccines have had wide spread positive effects on the modern world helping to prevent hundreds of millions of deaths from diseases such as small pox, measles, tuberculosis, and the notorious Bubonic Plague ( The College of Physicians of Philadelphia). Although in recent years vaccine rates have dropped due to the misconception that Vaccines can link to autism spectrum disorder in a study conducted by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, which has led up to forty percent of parents delaying or…

Jessica Schaaff June 12, 2017 J. Kurtz English 111 Essay #3 Rough Draft Vaccines for Thought: Saving Our Pet’s Is it ever considered why, as humans, our vaccines can last our lifetime in relation our pets that only last a year. While vaccines have helped to eradicate many common diseases in both the human and animal world, humans only get a few vaccine boosters while animals get a yearly booster. The number of boosters given to our pets has led to the increase of allergies, cancer, autoimmune…

Intestinal parasites are exceptionally hazardous on the grounds that they can thrive for quite a long time without the human understanding that they are contaminated. Tapeworms are a standout among the most widely recognized parasites that outcome in 100 million cases yearly. Tapeworm disease manifestations may not be exceptionally detectable, but rather they take supplements from their human host. In the event that tapeworm hatchlings go through the circulation system and wind up in muscles,…

Vaccine Safety A mother with a 5 month old daughter had gotten her daughter 8 vaccines due to a doctor’s request. Two days later, her daughter had a seizure and the doctor said it was probably from a fever, although she never had a fever. He also stated that the seizure shouldn’t happen again. She had another seizure one day later and the doctor said the same thing again. The daughter was free of seizures for a little while. Since the seizures disappeared her mother took her to get more…

In recent times less and less people are dying because of diseases such as the flu or the chicken pox. This isn’t because of some sort of miracle; but instead, because of advancements in technology. As a nation, we have been able to be safe from these diseases because of vaccines and the benefits they provide; however, there are still people who refuse to take them. By not taking these vaccines people are actually doing more harm than good. It is important to take vaccines because they help the…