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    Presentation Rationale Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform my audience on the importance of vaccinating their children. My central idea is that current education is too lax, we need to better educate our new parents on the importance of vaccinations. Intended audience: My ideal audience for this speech would be pre-pregnancy and currently pregnant couples. Significance: The topic is very significant to my audience because unvaccinated children are becoming a rising problem and old diseases

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    A lot of parents stress over the choice of deciding wither or not to vaccinate their children. The reason why deciding to vaccinate children is so difficult is due to the wide range of myths and side effects that are connected with vaccinations. Examples of myths spread to parents all over the United States is that the diseases don’t even exist anymore, rumors of vaccinations weakening a child’s immune system, and the risk of a child becoming autistic due to thimerisol in vaccinations causing autism

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    The Importance Of Opsins

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    Opsins are light-sensitive proteins coupled with the chromophore. More than a thousand of opsins have been discovered so far1, which can be classified into three major groups: ciliary opsin(c-opsins), rhabdomeric opsin(r-opsin), and photoisomerase opsin (p-opsin). Opsins expressed in rods and cones belong to c-opsin. R-opsin is mostly found in invertebrate rhabdomeric photoreceptors, but also in melanopsin-containing mammalian retinal ganglion cells. The third class includes retinal G-protein coupled

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    In 1796, Edward Jenner made a great leap in preventive medicine. He was the first doctor to administer the world’s first vaccination as a preventive treatment (Staff. 2010). Jenner’s method would so undergo “medical and technological changes over the next 200 years” (Philadelphia. 2015.) Vaccines were not main focus on again until 1885, when Louis Pasteur develop a vaccine for rabies. It seemed that early doctors and scientist were on a role, and people were conforming to the status quo, until Andrew

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    what other people fear but only just as an observation of a small group of people. When it comes to facts, both articles have an abundance of them. In Cappello’s article he states that between 1940 and 1945 alone, more than one million cases of pertussis were reported, but by the 1980’s and 1990’s it had decreased to by an average of 2,900 cases per year. (Cappello 1) He also discusses the Measles vaccine saying that, “After the introduction of the measles vaccination in 1963, the incidence of measles

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    Vaccines have reduced many preventable diseases to an all-time low; now less people are experiencing the effects of measles, pertussis, and other illnesses. According to the World Health Organization, the US has the best post-licensure surveillance system in the world making vaccines extremely safe. There is extraordinarily strong data from many different medical investigators

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    prompt the immune system to produce antibodies which fight against the disease. The vaccinations work to prevent serious diseases such as, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, polio, influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, meningitis, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis which is known as whopping cough (Boulanger, 2017). The requirement of children receiving certain vaccinations has been up for discussion since the 1980s, but various vaccines have been around since the mid 1800s.

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    Hospital Life

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    COLLEGE STUDENT VOLUNTEER Application & Information Dear Prospective Volunteer: Thank you for your interest in the volunteer program at Sharp Grossmont Hospital. Our volunteers work in departments throughout the hospital and share their skills to help the hospital fulfill its mission of excellence in patient care and customer service. We offer a variety of volunteer opportunities and will make every effort to match our needs with your particular skills and interests. Adult and college

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    Vaccines Pros Cons

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    Vaccines: Are They Truly Effective? The controversy over the effectiveness of vaccines have become increasingly prevalent in society as people are starting to question its ability to protect and heal. It has been established by reputable scientists that there are some miniscule side effects that are caused by vaccines, but the benefits outweigh the disadvantages because vaccinations have completely eradicated diseases, reduced the magnitude of epidemics, and have been helpful to maintain a healthy

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    Final Affirmation Process and Procedures 1. Option 7- Vaccine Programs 2. According to the data in the option, disease cases decreased exponentially with the implementation of vaccine programs, specifically for Measles, Mumps, Hepatitis B, and Poliomyelitis. 2a. Homeostasis- Diseases can disrupt homeostasis in a multitude of ways including disruptions in cellular function and genetics. Vaccines can prevent against these disruptions in homeostasis by stopping the spread of the targeted disease

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