Human flu

instincts as humans is to find purpose in our lives. Without a purpose in our lives, we often lack a reason to continue living and in extreme circumstances, take our own lives because of this lack of purpose. In the novel “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, the author goes back and forth between a world similar to our own and that same world post-apocalypse. In the novel, the apocalypse occurs when the Georgia flu outbreak occurs. In the modern world before the Georgia flu, many people

Science is loved and feared by humans, depending on how it is used and applied. It both helps people and causes difficulties. In some ways it has hurt lives, like in Macaela Mackenzie’s “What to know about 2018’s Deadly Flu Season” and Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde”. In some ways it has helped our lives, like in Fabrizio Bensch’s “Scientists find DNA of first-ever bubonic plague, warn of new outbreaks.”, in Daniel Defoe’s “ A Journal of the Plague Year”, and

views about morality. Consider the scenario of an eighty year-old man whom we will call Mr. Simpson. Years of getting the flu with complications has left Mr. Simpson’s lungs very weak and unable to take another year of the flu. In fact another year of the flu will likely kill him. He does not want the flu shot because he sincerely believes that the actual flu shot will give him the flu. With further research, the doctor and the family find that Mr. Simpson will accept an immune boosting shot only. If

Canine Parvovirus can be a deadly disease in dogs. Researchers have learned that humans and cats can also get Parvo. Parvovirus appears not to be as deadly to humans as it appears in dogs and cats. Be careful to keep away of any animals or humans that appear to be sick. Make sure to also keep the household and yards clean, the only household cleaner that will get rid of the parvovirus is bleach. Scientists prove that there may not be a true cure for parvo but it can be prevented and well treated

Mankind has gone through many challenges and hardships to get to where they presently are. As a result, modern humans are completely different from the first humans that walked on Earth. However, there has been a couple of things that have prevailed even after all these changes, and one of them is art. Art has always been present in the history of humankind, from ancient civilizations to the modern society. But, what makes art so important that it continues on through history? The book Station Eleven

It is in human nature to aspire, to dream, or to wake up everyday with a goal, life is about much more than just ‘getting by’. A successful civilization needs much more than just food and shelter, people need art, music, and motivation. The award winning novel written by Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, goes by the motto “survival is insufficient”. The Traveling Symphony in this novel abides by this motto. The Georgia Flu becomes an epidemic and wipes out majority of civilization. To the Traveling

DNA Vaccines: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly In a world where everyone wants to be superior, humans are lacking in a specific way. We, as humans, our DNA was not set up for us to be the top dog. Humans DNA was made for us to be weak to some things. Yet, scientist are trying to change that. Many have come up with the thought of DNA vaccines that help our bodies become that superior organism that we all hope to be. Those scientist have used animals in preliminary trials since the vaccines are still

of success in finding drugs that work on humans. The medications they have found have saved millions of lives, and we now have many vaccines to prevent people from getting sick and possibly dying. Animal testing should be allowed to continue because it is very beneficial to humans and has saved many lives. We share 95% of our genes with a mouse, making them an effective model for the human body. “The results of mouse experiments often correlate to human biology” (The Jackson Laboratory) There

Imagine a supposed cure was found but was not tested on humans. We later find out that this cure instead slowly killing the human taking it. This is what would happen if we take away our ability to experiment on animals. In recent years, this topic has become quite the controversy. Many animal conservationists believe that this sort of practice is unethical and is only doing harm to the animals. Others believe that animal experimentation is actually benefiting us and that we should continue to use

scenario. Some parts of the vaccine development, however, seemed to hold a more tenuous relation with the real world. First, the MEV-1 vaccine took only about 29 days to finish in the movie, while in reality, the WHO (2009) says that the seasonal flu vaccine takes about five to six months to create. Although some may argue that such a serious pandemic would garner numerous resources, expediting the process, it would likely take longer than a month to form a valid vaccine for a virus as tough to