missing hours in my term 3 clinical due to our involvement of the flu clinic. The duration of the flu clinic was only eight hours long but our normal clinic hours are a full twelve-hour shift, which is why most of my class was short four hours. This paper will cover: reason for flu immunizations; how this affects public health; what our part was at the clinic; how to get the public to participate in flu clinics; different type of flu vaccines and the pros and cons of each; safety, screening, and precautions
Is it Worth the Shot? I am a living thing and I need you in order to survive. I am invisible. I move silently, floating through the air or laying patiently to plunge my next victim. I’m sure I have knocked you off your feet several times. I am the world’s most wanted fugitive; constantly changing my appearance and using aliases like Swine, Spanish, Hong Kong or Avian. I am influenza, commonly called the flu. I am not always a serious illness, but I’m labeled as dangerous and life threatening because
The Flu is a highly contagious virus that causes many people to become sick and even die from. Americans do not understand that taking the flu vaccination is vital to help you become more immune to getting sick. There are many options that you can take to get the flu either a vaccine or a flu mist. Research has shown that people are avoiding the flu vaccine because of false conspiracy that have caused people to be afraid of getting the flu, thereby causing thousands of illness and death as a result
Do you go every year to receive your flu shot? Is it a tradition to take your family to go get vaccinated? For health care workers it is mandatory. Some other occupations require flu shots as well. The flu is a very communicable disease. Anyone can get sick from the flu, it may even be fatal. Health care workers are exposed to many different kinds of germs and many other harmful pathogens daily. It should be required for every personal to get a flu shot to help stop the spread of the flu virus and
Infectious Disease Case Study Influenza (the flu) "is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses" (Seasonal flu basics, 2011, CDC). For some individuals, the symptoms of influenza are no worse than the common cold. However, for other individuals, particularly the elderly, the very young, and persons with compromised immune systems, influenza can be deadly. Flu prevention is best achieved through seasonal vaccination. Because the flu strain can change seasonally, or even within a
and today I am going to persuade you to get a Flu vaccination. I recently got a job working at Walgreens Pharmacy. Every day that I work I see people coming in to pick up their prescriptions that don’t look like the feel very great, with a tissue in one hand and their money in the other. No one wants to be sick, it’s not fun and it makes you feel like crap and you get absolutely nothing done. So it would only make sense if everyone was taking the precautionary measure in getting a flu shot. People
missing hours in my term 3 clinical due to our involvement of the flu clinic. The duration of the flu clinic was only eight hours long but our normal clinic hours are a full twelve-hour shift, which is why most of my class was short four hours. This paper will cover: reason for flu immunizations; how this affects public health; what our part was at the clinic; how to get the public to participate in flu clinics; different type of flu vaccines and the pros and cons of each; safety, screening, and precautions
Getting a Child Vaccinated When it comes to getting, your kids vaccinated many parents must get it due to the school’s policies. Many schools will not let the student back to school until vaccinated or will kick out a student if they do not get the vaccine. On the other hand, some parents do not believe in getting their kids vaccinated so they do what it takes to not get their kids shots. There’s two sides to this issue that people have opinions on. There is many pros and cons When it comes to getting
Is It Really Worth the Shot? Congratulations, you vaccinated your child to protect them, you should feel proud, however, now they are experiencing trouble breathing. Could they be experiencing adverse reactions from the vaccines? Today, there are many vaccines, they are in such high demand that even a simple flu has a vaccine. Vaccines are created to protect us. The main function of vaccines, it to build our immune system and fight against many bacteria. However, adverse reactions have become severe
How does the yellow fever virus compare to HIV virus? I could understand looking at the failed form of the vaccine to modify it and inject it into animals to see the outcome that they produce but why they would look at two completely different virus’s vaccinations confuses me. While it is still largely unknown why the HIV vaccination was a complete failure, most believe that the it was unsuccessful mostly because of the researchers’