The And Of The Flu Vaccine

Influenza is an infectious illness that can be spread from one individual to the next. It can be transmitted by means of saliva, nasal secretions, feces and blood. It can also be spread by coming in contact with the virus on contaminated surfaces. Influenza is responsible for an average of 36,000 deaths and for more than 226,000 hospitalizations each year in the United States. (Davidson, 2007-2009, Davis, 2007).

Usually, vaccinated children get sick after vaccination. This is because the flu virus has entered their bodies and sensitizes it against it. And, what’s more, the flu shot actually causes immunosuppression-weakened immunity.

The CDC's ad campaign promoting influenza vaccinations has a widespread appeal to many audiences due to its use of several proven persuasive techniques. Through the use of association, flattery, and universal appeal, as well as a variety of strategies, the ad campaign is highly convincing and is able to reach many audiences.

We will be hosting our annual Flu Shot clinic on Wednesday, October 19th from 9:30am – 1pm. If you are interested in receiving a free flu shot please message Matthew to sign up for a time slot. Space is limited.

While I was debating whether to get the flu shot now or wait a few more weeks, I came across this very interesting article. This morning, CNN published an article that discusses the “best” time to get the flu shot.

Great ideas on finding a solution that can increase the rate of vaccination for the older population. Having a strong community that offers different programs to help different ethnicity is a good solution for them to have a good quality health care. With the community, there can be an outreach that can collaborate with the community partners and health care providers to educate, motive, and promote seasonal influenza vaccination (AHIP, 2011). With many minority populations (Hispanic, Asian, etc) believed that vaccination can cause more serious illness, there should be an agency that can address those misconceptions and educate them risk and safety of vaccination (AHIP, 2011). The local pharmacies and supermarkets are also a good way

Before we know it the flu season will be here. Which mean a lot of runny noses and severe coughs, germs spreading from person to person. To help keep the spread of the flu down we need to practice:

In recent years encouragement to get flu shots has become a yearly mantra. Elderly, children six months to two years, health care workers and immune-deficient people are urged in the strongest terms to go to their doctors or clinics and get a flu shot. This group encompasses about 98 million people. In the fall of 2004 this was in the forefront of American and to some extent the Western World media with the shortage of this flu seasons vaccine. Current medical wisdom states that flu shots are safe, effective and prevent mortality. A recent study published by The Journal of the American Medicine Association (JAMA) has brought the current wisdom into question. On February 14, 2005 JAMA

The flu shot has been debated upon for years. Is it dangerous or beneficial to one’s health? The shot supposedly has mercury and many other harmful items that most people are not aware of, but other people argue the shot is necessary.

Donald Tramp Warns the Public about the Greatest Scam in Medicine Today – the Flu Shots

Illnesses have long haunted the human race. As long as these illnesses have existed, humans have developed ways to cure themselves, beginning with simple herbs and proceeding as far as vaccines and complex medicines. One cure that long eluded scientists was that of the influenza virus. Now, the influenza vaccine, or flu shot, saves thousands of lives a year and helps prevent serious complications resulting from influenza infection.

Flu shots are given because we experience a different flu season every year. The strains of flu covered by the vaccine changes every year.Flu vaccines are the sources of antibodies that develop in the body two weeks after vaccination. These antibodies provide protection against infection with the viruses that are in the vaccine. (Influenza (Flu), 2017). Booster injections are used to maintain the immune response at an appropriate level. Booster injections contain a smaller amount than the original immunization. Bothe the IM injection and the ID injection would be the best type of vaccination for fending off the flu. The CDC did not recommend the nasal spray during the 2016-2017 flu season and will not recommend it for 2017-2018 flu season.

The motivation of this study is to see how efficient and cost effective the influenza vaccine is for the aging population.

This experimental research is conducted to determine if there is any major change among two different types of vaccine, the shot and a nasal spray. Based on the given opinion, test was directed to observe the dissimilarity of the outcome and test the effectiveness of both. Using the information given 1000 participants were used dividing them into two groups of 500 each therefore “n will = 500, the number in one group when group sizes are equal” (Tanner, 2011). n1=500, n2=500, p1 = 0.16 the amount of participants who developed the flu, and p2= 0.24the proportion of the people who were treated with the nasal spray, and alpha= 0.05 the level of significance. Given these figures the hypothesis is defined either as a null hypothesis assuming that the shot and nasal spray are equally effective or assuming the shot is more effective than the nasal spray an alternative hypothesis will be used. With a Null hypothesis the average capacity of a population that uses the shot will be the same as the average capacity of a population that uses the nasal spray. The z test when using p as shared estimation of quantity = 0.20.Using the formula below:

The Flu vaccine acts by exposing the human body's immune system to proteins on the exterior of influenza viruses that have been rendered harmless(CDC,2016). The vaccines basically informs our immune system to be prepared for a specific invader. The immune system reponds by producing antibodies and stores them. For the last eight years, flu shots around the world have contained a virus that was retrieved from a sick person in California in the spring of 2009 who was infected with swine flu or H1N1(APhA,2016). Recently, the World Health Organization suggested that the flu vaccine swap out that virus with an updated one due to the fact that the old virus will not remain in the vaccine for that long of a period(APhA,2016).