On January 2015, the, “Happiest Place on Earth,” Disneyland, was the setting of one of the largest outbreaks of measles in recent American History. Health care experts were caught off guard by the rapid spread of a disease that was believed to have been exterminated in the United States. People questioned how a disease that had appeared to be eradicated had made such a rapid reappearance. However, measles is only one of several infectrious diseases that have experienced a resurgence over the last several years. The major factor behind this resurgence is a growing number of people who oppose vaccinations of any kind. All of this leads to one major question; what is causing such a large number of people to risk their health and their children’s
In life you may hear people say that “all you need is a good lawyer”, but what makes someone a good lawyer? In the books to kill a mockingbird, and a lesson before dying there are two lawyers who are held responsible to defend a case. These men are atticus finch and JL, and Although both men are qualified lawyers, there are several differences between the way they argue their cases. Throughout the books we can see that Atticus does a better job of defending his case because he uses rhetorical devices and appeals correctly such as concession to the opposition, warrants, and pathos.
It is important to understand our diversity in America because not everyone here believes or lives with the same standards. What may seem acceptable in one location, may be considered rude or offensive in another. It is also beneficial to be more knowledgeable of other people’s culture and how they interact among each other to create healthy relationships with new people. Learning about another person’s situation can also help you understand them and think less negative about others due to stereotypes. As humans we thrive when we come together, you will find that we have more in common than we do have of
When Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and all of their friends come to mind the first thing you think of is Disneyland. Without these characters and Disneyland the entertainment and cartoon industry would not be where it currently stands to this day. The one man who brought all these creatures to life was the wonderful Walt Disney, along with the help of all the animators in which serviced him. Some people might think that Walt had a decently easy life and a cool story but the real story is that he worked his butt, arm and leg off to get to the point of his career to be so well known worldwide. He refused to let anybody or anything get in the way of what he truly felt he was to do with his life. Every obstacle that stood in his way was overtaken with the help of his brother and wife. Walt was a creative, imaginative, and visual person that created a trillion dollar empire and made a magical kingdom for all men, women, and children to enjoy.
In these blog post “Enough is Enough with Blaming ‘Anit-Vaxxers’” by Modern Alternative Health and “Enough is Never Enough with Blaming ‘Anit-Vaxxers’” by SciBabe, they each gave their opinions about vaccination choice and their reaction to the 2015 measles outbreak at Disneyland. While Scibabe is more on the offensive side and pointing out Modern Alternative Health’s flaws, Modern Alternative Health stays more on the defensive side in order to get her point across. Just one thing that both of these blogs post can agree on is that children are suffering one way or another, no doubt about it, the children are the first priority.
Some of the most important things in life is our health and family. Individuals cherish their family and try to provide the best life afforded to them. When their family’s safety or health is in jeopardy, the individuals will try to protect and ensure the proper measures are taken to safeguard their recovery to a healthy state. When this effects the child, the parents will do anything to ensure these beliefs by any means necessary. This can be a productive attitude, but also can be destructive to the parent’s goal of maintaining the child’s safety and health. In addition, this also evokes ethical dilemmas in pediatric health care. One dilemma that has been on the rise in the last decade, is parents refuting vaccinations for their children from reports of a link to vaccines causing autism. From December 2014 to February 2015 a 110 individuals acquired measles associated to the Disney Land® theme park. During the outbreak, 49% of the victims were unvaccinated and the rest were in different stages in the MMR vaccination process (i.e., only received one to two doses) (Zipprich, J., Winter, K., Hacker, J., Xia, D., Watt, J., & Harriman, K., 2015).
In the beginning of the film “The Vaccine War”, the audience is shown the birth of a newborn girl and a list of vaccines that a child gets within the first few months of life. Then, the audience is presented facts about vaccines, which are explained by a wide range of experts. Frontline invited a variety of public health care officials, doctors, science-based bloggers, and researchers to promote the science aspect of vaccines. These experts clearly explained the benefits and risks of vaccines. They conveyed how the benefits of vaccinations outweigh the risks, and emphasized the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases returning if herd immunity drops. With many parents neglecting to have their children vaccinated, the herd immunity has a higher risk of dropping and leading to an outbreak of disease. The experts expressed the seriousness of the measles outbreak traced to Disneyland and the 2008 San Diego outbreak.
Last year on November, my sisters, their boyfriends, and I went to Las Angeles for a late graduation present. We went to Las Angeles so we can go to Universal Studios and Disneyland to have fun. on the first day we spent the whole day looking around Las Angeles taking a tour around. On the second and third day we went to Disneyland and Universal Studios, it was my first time going to DisneyLand and Universal Studios and i had a great time. When we were about to leave Las Angeles my mother called and told us my grandmother died. me and my sisters were crying cause we were sad when we heard the news and my mother cried also. My grandmother lives in Vietnam so we couldn’t visit the funeral, so i couldn’t go to the funeral and i stayed back in
Most people hear the word “measles” and think of pictures in their pediatrician’s office, or vague images of a disease their parents described after explaining why they had to get a shot. Most people do not think of Disneyland, December 2014, or 100 people in the western United States coming down with the disease in early 2015. After the outbreaks in 2015, vaccination became a huge national debate, with “anti-vaxxers” arguing that vaccines can cause autism, and are a personal choice. The outbreak of a vaccine preventable disease shows one thing, however: that vaccines should be mandatory, because they protect everyone through herd immunity, many diseases are preventable through vaccines, and the objections people cite on a day-to-day basis against vaccines have little to do with the actual life-saving and life-protecting value that they have.
In California a public health crisis has begun to arise. Parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children much more often then they have in the past years. According to “Plunge in Kindergartners ' Vaccination Rate Worries Health Officials,” an article written in the Los Angeles Times, “California parents are deciding against vaccinating their kindergarten-age children at twice the rate they did seven years ago, a fact public health experts said is contributing to the reemergence of measles across the state and may lead to outbreaks of other serious diseases.” According to the same article, “for measles and whooping cough [to be avoided], at least 92% of kids need to be immune.” That is to say, at least 92 percent of children need to have had their full immunization in order to avoid specific disease outbreaks such as measles and whooping cough. As the stereotype against immunizing children becomes more prevalent, children (even if they are completely immunized) are increasingly placed at risk. Vaccines are not effective in all cases; although the large majority of kids who receive a vaccine will develop immunity, some will not and are still susceptible to infection. Additionally, children who haven’t received full vaccinations are significantly more likely to contract various diseases than others who have. Once infected, these non-immunized children become carriers who will
It was a sunny Christmas morning I had just woken up to the sounds of my brothers and sisters making a ruckus in the family room, so I got up out of bed and I was attacked by the screams from the living room. My siblings were extremely excited that it was Christmas morning and that they were finally able to open their presents that have been sitting under the Christmas tree since the beginning of the month. It was about 9:30 am by the time my parents woke up and we were aloud to open our presents. I got clothes which is fine because it saved me one trip to the mall. My sisters also got some clothes and my little brother got mountains of Legos. After we opened presents my cousins showed up and we all went out for brunch at Denny’s. After our
After years of saving up time and money for a family vacation of a life time at Disneyland in California, you and your family have decided to cancel it after hearing on the news about a measles outbreak. When your children ask why they can't see Mickey Mouse, you shamefully admit that they were not vaccinated and might get sick there. You were too afraid of vaccines. The stories of terrible side effect and bad reactions deterred you from giving your children vaccines. According to the Center for Disease Control, 88% of the people who contacted measles were either unvaccinated or unsure they were vaccinated. Now you realize the research was misleading and understand the advantage of being vaccinated outweigh the risks.
Disneyland is a magical and amazing place to visit. When you are there you feel like a child again wanting to see and experience all this beautiful place has to offer. This is where my most memorable vacation was with my husband and my children and my mom.
It’s true that some vaccine-preventable diseases have become less frequent thanks to vaccinations. However, cases and occurrence still happen. In 2014 measles came back into the attention, with over 600 cases from 27 states reported to Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center from Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). This is the largest number of incidences since measles were eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. From the beginning of 2016 to July, there where been over 45 cases of measles reported in the United States ("School Starts Soon—Is Your Child Fully Vaccinated? | Features | CDC," n.d.)
Vaccinations are an integral part of maintaining public health. In fact, they have been recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the “Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the 20th Century.” However, despite staggering statistical evidence in favor of immunizations, as well as science that has been made easily accessible to the public, there is a growing minority of citizens who hesitate or completely refuse vaccines. Vaccine hesitators have existed since the initial introduction of vaccines (Heifferon, 2006). However, the threat of modern vaccine hesitators differs greatly from that of their historically similar counterparts. The digital age provides vaccine hesitators the means to network, share misinformation, and recruit without geographic limitations. Many have settled into tightly-knit online communities in which they can share their beliefs and concerns with likeminded individuals. The growth and success of the modern anti-vaccination movement poses a direct threat to public health, as can be seen from the widely-publicized 2015 measles outbreak that originated at Disneyland in California (Zipprich et al., 2015). This makes it imperative that we attempt to better understand members of these online communities so that we can discern how best to react to them.
The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a story of a family their names are kino, juana, and coyotito. Until something happened to them in their life,everything changed after what they found. Kino’s life was chaotic after he found the”pearl of the world” but he learned a lesson at the end.