Essay On Chicken Pox Vaccine

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Mandatory chicken pox vaccine Chicken pox vaccine mandatory for children by Ana Patejdl at The Daily Illini, Available at http://www.dailyillini.com/apr02/apr17/news/stories/news_story10.shtml, Accessed 12/06/03 The above-mentioned article discusses the validity and safety of the vaccine for the chicken pox given to children before they enter kindergarten. The above mentioned article supports the assumption that the decision to give vaccines to children entering kindergarten did not have any solid proof as to whether the vaccine was safe enough for the children or not. The article argues that the approval for the requirement was not backed by the scientific proof that the vaccine was safe. Nevertheless, as the vaccine validity and safety is under debate, there is a healthy assumption that the vaccine would be good for children and would prevent them from dying under the unhealthy circumstances like chicken pox. This assumption is valid as long as there is scientific proof and evidences that: "I wanted people to know there is a vaccine available for them, for their children so that, you know, it doesn't have to happen to them. You know, if we only knew then what we know now, our son might be alive today." Chicken pox, Wednesday, August 7, Available at http://wgntv.trb.com/news/local/eveningnews/wgntv-080702medicalwatch,0,4271659.story?coll=wgntv-evening-news-2, Accessed 12/06/03 In the above example of the statement the evidence is provided through a personal testimonial of a mother whose son has died due to chicken pox. While here we may not argue for the validity of the proof that the lady’s son died due to chicken pox, but that if the vaccine were available he would have survived. There is a direct connection and relatedness ...

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...ning as the years progress, all school children will have protection from a disease that scarred this mother for life”. This case study reflects that the sample size was very small. Considering the mother that lost her son, the sample size is 1. The implication of the findings of this sample size is not appropriate as the sample size is too small to be representative of a population. Thus, the evidence that is given in this case study on the basis of personal testimonial and the research is inadequate. References Chicken pox vaccine mandatory for children by Ana Patejdl at The Daily Illini, Available at http://www.dailyillini.com/apr02/apr17/news/stories/news_story10.shtml, Accessed 12/06/03 Chicken pox, Wednesday, August 7, Available at http://wgntv.trb.com/news/local/eveningnews/wgntv-080702medicalwatch,0,4271659.story?coll=wgntv-evening-news-2, Accessed 12/06/03

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