Informative Essay On Flu Vaccines

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Dr. Vivien Brown, Vice-President of Medical Affair and Assistant Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto says that, “Combating infectious disease through vaccine is one of our greatest public health achievements,". There is worldwide agreement that vaccines are needed for total public health, but yet only 7 countries have the influenza vaccine readily available to the public. Many adults in the United States and Canada today have admitted that they do not even know what the true ingredients are in the vaccine. Although adults should still have the freedom to choose to be vaccinated, the public should be forced to be educated about the personal, economical, and social causes and effects of the …show more content…

There are also flu vaccines made to protect against four flu viruses (called “quadrivalent” vaccines). These vaccines protect against the same viruses as the trivalent vaccine and an additional B virus. The different kinds of flu shots are approved for the different age groups. Most flu shots are given in the arm (muscle) with a needle. One trivalent vaccine formulation can be given with a jet injector, for people between the ages of 18 and 64 years and there is also a nasal spray, used mainly in toddlers (ages two through five) and the elderly (70 years old and up). The ingredients vary between the types, but all include egg proteins, some preservatives, and stabilizers such as sucrose. Many adults in 2018 still believe that mercury is used in the influenza vaccine, but according to Rep. Dave Weldon on April 2 (2004), he introduced along with Rep. Carolyn Maloney, hr 4169- the mercury free vaccine act of 2004. This was an act that would then phase out the use of mercury in all vaccines in the next three years, paying particular attention to childhood