Assignment:
Vaccination (Short Informative Paper)
1. Definition of vaccine/vaccination
a. Describe experiment that lead to discovery of vaccination
2. Describe how a vaccine is made or prepared(i.e. mechanisms for how do they work; in terms of immunity) a). Why does it take so long to develop a vaccine?
3. Explain how vaccines are administered(dosages, administration procedures)
(.Classification of vaccines (Live, attenuated(Bacteria & Viral), inactivated)-distinguish between
a. Describe the course of treatment given if a person is not up to date on vaccination against tetanus
b. Briefly elaborate on the significance of the vaccinia virus in terms of vaccine development/research
4. At least two childhood diseases for which vaccines are available and the name of the vaccines for the diseases. Are :here any required adult vaccine? If so, list at least one, and what it treats.
a. What is "community" spread of a virus? What is herd immunity? Distinguish between pandemic and epidemic
5. Comparison of HINI flu virus vs influenza "flu" virus
a. Name of the virus(itself that causes the disease) . What type of viruses are they?
b. With HINI: what is the origin. Method of infection, and symptoms of the disorder
c. Why is the flu more prevalent in the winter time?
d. Provide rationales for the seemingly severe flu season/mortality rates we had this past season.
e. vaccines/latest technology for flu. How do health care providers determine which seasonal flu vaccine is produced?
f. Briefly explain the design of the COVID 19 vaccine (the principle behind how it was made). How does this compare to to how previous vaccines were (are) made.
6. Explain how the flu vaccine works: begin with injection and go up to the adaptive immune response. DO NOT address the development or selection of lymphocytes . Also do not include details of signal transduction either. Do not address Re-exposure.
--- For this part use outline format and you may include pictures to show the steps in this process
7. "To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate":
(a). Problems surrounding vaccines in general. Include your opinion, based on the evidence presented (i.e. you can use specific a example(s) where there is controversy about a particular vaccine).
(b). Is natural immunity better than vaccination? Why or why not?
Requirements:
--No more than 6 pages(Reference page not included in this- so reference page could be page #7).
-- Report must be typed, double-spaced(or at least 1.5 spaced)
References use/incorporate a minimum of six references. Use MLA format) for the reference page.