Backround- How vaccines work:
The first vaccine was made in 1796, by Edward Jenner, for smallpox. Vaccine, or immuzation, is the process of protecting the body by vaccine or serum . There are two types of immuzation, Active immuzation, using vaccines, and Passive immuztion, using serums. Active immuzation is another term for vaccine. It stimualetes the bodies Immune System, creating anit-bodies. Powerful enough to get the antibodies going, but not powerful enough to actually cause the disease. Usually, in vaccines, there is "a weakened or deactivated" version of the disease. Passive Immuation is the same idea of Active Immuation, to protect the body from disease by causing antibodies, the only difference is the antibodies come from another animal/person. There not created in your own body, This type of immuzation is only used when somone has been exsposed to a spesific disease, or there is no vaccines available for the disease. Since the antibodies die off within a couple of months.
Significance:
The vaccine is very important and very significant to history. As stated above, Edward Jenner founded the vaccine for smallpox in the late 1790's. Since the late 1970's smallpox was gone from our countries worries. In 1952 more than 21,000 cases of polio were diagonsed. By the end of the 1900's, less than 10 cases were reported. As you can see, the vaccine has made a very significant difference. Even though in some rare cases, there can be serious side effects, the good outway the bad. More than 95% of children reciece vaccines before they've enter school. That means 95% of kids don't have many diseases, or the ability to get them. The deaths have greatly decreased, since everyone is immune to most diseases. What is more significant than that? The number of lives being saved, what's more important? Even though there are many more deadly disease out there in the world, so many have been eliminated. We have a very long way to go if we want all the diseases to be gone. We do have though, inspiration, of many other diseases that are eliminated from our health worries. If people could do it 1796, why can't we do it in 2010?
Comments (5)
Stalin said
at 5:14 pm on Sep 23, 2010
i have learned that vaccines are very important in our society and have helped many people. i fid it amazing that the number of cases reported went from 21000 to 10. nice job
Eichman said
at 5:37 pm on Sep 23, 2010
Wow. I knew before that vaccines were amazingly influential. But now I know who made them and how early. I would have never guessed that vaccines were invented in the 1790's! I thought the way you displayed the information was positive and secure way to tell me and others how important and amazing vaccines are.
Vaccine said
at 5:51 pm on Sep 23, 2010
Thank you both. And yes, the numbers did greatly decrease. I was also suprised about how early the first one was invented. Toatally inspiring.
North Korea said
at 7:30 pm on Sep 23, 2010
Great article. I also was amazed that vaccines were invented so early, 1796. I was also amazed at the statistic given about the number of diseases of polio were decreased. I have always known how important vaccines were, but I had no idea that they started affected lives as early as the 1790s.
Sugar Ray said
at 9:17 pm on Sep 23, 2010
I agree that this topic is very influential. After reading your article i realize even more how important vaccines are. I learned when and by who vaccines were made in your article. nice job!
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