...in his essay “The Harms of Vaccines Are Greatly Outweighed by the Benefits,” the number of annual global cases of polio, a disease which Americans began taking strong steps to eradicate in the 1980s, dropped from over 65,000 cases in 1982 to less than 2,000 in 2002, a more that ninety-five percent decrease in only twenty years (22). On the other hand, Neil Z. Miller reports in “The Harms of Vaccines Are Widespread and Underreported” that patients file only around 20,000 reports of injuries due to vaccines every year (16). While this may seem like a large number at first glance, readers must take into account the fact that this number, still less than a third of those who died from polio just thirty years ago, includes reactions to not only polio vaccines but to all types of immunizations. In addition, most of the reported injuries are more akin to allergic reactions or brief illnesses rather than serious, life-threatening diseases like polio. While 20,000 may seem like an impressive number of injuries, one must take into account the historical perspective. Many people today have never known a life before vaccines were commonplace, and they can easily forget the damages contagious diseases caused even as recently as decades ago, only focusing on what they can see today (Dalrymple 22). While vaccines’ effects on an individual’s health are important, their effects on public health, the health of the entire population, are perhaps even more so. In Carolyn Poirot’s essay, “The...
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...An ongoing debate and current issue today is immigration. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM Act) was proposed back in 2001 but failed to pass the house of senate. If the bill were to pass it would have provide legal residency to thousands of undocumented students who aspire to attend college. Supporters of the bill argue that if the bill were to pass it would not only benefit undocumented students, but it would have benefit the economy, promote cultural assimilation, and introduce a new group of people to obtain higher education. Senators Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, and Richard Urbin, Democrat from Illinois, first introduced the Dream Act in the congress in 2001. The purpose was to give undocumented minors an opportunity to attain higher education opportunities and provide a path to receive full and legal citizenship. The requirements listed were entering the country before age 16, being between the age of 12 and 35 at the time the bill was enacted, attend college for two years and demonstrate good moral character. This bill was not passed, but failure only boosted supporters’ desire to continue working to get it passed. The Dream Act was included in the Comprehensive Reform Acts proposed in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Indeed the bill was included in the Security Though Regularized and a Vibrant Economy Act (STRIVE ACT) of 2007, which would set various conditions that must be met before implementing a worker program and legalizing illegal immigrants...
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... Though it may have some downsides America truly is the home of the brave and the land of the free. After being discovered by Amerigo Vespucci to be an continent in 1502 only 10 years after Christopher Columbus had landed there with the believe it was India. Amerigo who may not have been the first to to visit the strange new land because Norse explorers such as Leif Ericsson and the Chinese admiral Zheng had explored America not to long before him. He did however start the largely increasing European interest in creating a sustainable European colony in the Americas after years of dangerous attempts to settle in America eventually some of the new settlements would succeed and the hardships of these colonies would come together to create the United States of America we've come to know today with the help of some very important moments throughout history. Now days America is home to so many different types of people it's hard to keep track. Some people may not presume it true but most of these people whether immigrant or refugee are attracted to America not by its landmarks and famous attractions for those things can be found throughout the world but by its sincere promises of freedom and rights. These promises offer opportunities that many people around the globe may not be able to get anywhere else such as education, protection, freedom of race, religion, or ethnic group, and the lack of constraining classes. Even the inhabitants of America whose families have been...
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...In an effort to generate a solution to the shortage of health care, President Barrack Obama proposed the universal health care program named the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, also known as Obamacare. It has been the most major adjustment to the United States healthcare since Medicare and Medicaid was passed in 1965. Obamacare was signed into the law in March, 2010. In this paper, the key points that will be discussed are Obamacare policy, its pros and cons, and if it happens to raise any complications with federalism and the policy’s efficiency. Obamacare is intended on helping the people that do not have insurance to gain insurance. With the said plan everyone should be able to have health insurance no matter what their...
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...scheduling programs for execution, and coordinating the execution of programs. Each operating system has its own pros and cons. Three operating systems I will take a look at in this report are: MacOS Sierra, Ubuntu, and Windows 8. MacOS Sierra was initially released on September 20, 2016. It is the thirteenth release of MacOS, which is Apple’s operating system for Mac computers. Sierra is preceded by OS X El Capitan and succeeded by MacOS High Sierra. It is named after the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, the home of Apple. Sierra has some pros to it. One pro is that it is a smooth, easy, and free upgrade from its predecessor OS X El Capitan. Sierra also performs better than El Capitan. Another pro to Sierra is that it integrated Siri, an assistant which uses user voice input to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions. A third pro to Sierra is that it added support for Apple Pay, a payment and digital service that lets users make secure purchases and send and receive money from others. The final pro I will mention is Sierra’s enhanced security features. One example of this is that a user can now unlock a Mac using an Apple Watch. In addition to its pros, Sierra also has...
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...They created a pro and con argument for them. The pro argument for assessment-centered accountability states that “Standardized testing is the best alternative for comparing student performance across different education systems because human judgement is error-prone. Decades of evidence show that the quality of teachers’ tests pales compared with more rigorously developed large-scale tests.” Standardized test can provide better evidence. The con argument presented by Lihshing Wang is that important learning is not measured by test scores. “Only self-generated professional responsibility can sustain fundamental school and student improvement.” Standardized test do not just measure socioeconomic status. Teachers should not be held responsible students test scores. Standardized test fail to consider different kinds of...
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...Most recently schools have been more conscious about strangers entering their school buildings. Because of school shootings and threats becoming more popular, the idea of teachers being armed to protect their students is rising. The topic is debated a lot between teacher themselves, the students and the student’s guardians. Though a lot of people believe that armed teachers may help the students in a time of danger, most likely, arming the teachers may end more badly than predicted. Some believe that arming teachers could protect the students against any harmful threats that may happen. Those that agree with the arming of teachers, say that they would be trained with using the weapon in case of emergency. The teachers may be fine with handling the weapon while practicing but if the teacher is in shock and is not thinking fast enough to act on the attacker in the actual situation, the weapon would be useless. The students would be in more danger as the teacher is too in shock to act against the attacker. Russ Moore, a licensed gun owner and a school principal does not believe that teachers should have weapons on campuses. He states, “I believe that changing laws and regulations to allow educators to be armed in schools is flatly bad policy and a bad idea” (Moore 1). Although that situation is a possibility, others may say that some teachers who feel strongly about protecting their students in any way will have no problem acting on the attacker in the emergency. Kasey Hansen...
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...Two of Us: Cloning Cloning didn’t make a significant impact in culture or science until the first mammal was cloned in 1997. Cloning is the process in which an exact genetic copy of an organism is made. The first successful cloning was of Dolly the sheep. Though this was a huge stride for the scientific community, there has been many public riots against this action. Over the years scientists have researched and there has been several successful cloned animals; however, there have been many unsuccessful clonings. Throughout its history, cloning has overcome many obstacles. Scientists have discovered three types of cloning, anyhow, it is still not well received in society today. The founders of modern genetics, took the first steps in re-evaluating the previous theories used for cloning. August Weismann, Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at the University of Freiburg, proposed that cells can be manipulated by similar genetic organisms (Beale 2). Soon after Weismann’s theory was given public attention, two other scientists tried experimenting with his theory on manipulating similar organisms. During this time of trial and error, most of the animals used were small, such as: frogs, bird eggs, mice, and even a fish. To all their disappointment, these clones were unsuccessful. These smalls animal were recorded to have been cloned in the 1880s to 1995. Cloning has a long history, how it started and why it became so popular among the scientific community. According to Marie...
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...Today, American women use multiple different types of birth control methods. In 2011, forty-five percent of pregnancies were unintended ("Unintended Pregnancy"). In other words, that is almost half of all pregnancies. These unintended pregnancies are a huge reason as to why many women make the decision to use birth control. Some of the most common types of birth control (birth control pills, intrauterine devices, abstinence, and tubal ligation) are methods prescribed or suggested by a woman's health care provider. Each birth control method has a negative side effect but they all assist in preventing pregnancy and offer other health benefits as well (SP3). For example, birth control pills may cause heart attacks, but they also help prevent pregnancy and acne ("The Pill"). Although birth control can have negative side effects, it has health benefits that outweigh the risks. Birth control pills, also known as the pill, are medicated pills that are usually prescribed to teenage and adult women. There are two different types of birth control pills. Combined birth control pills, the first type of birth control pill, contain estrogen and progestogen, and have a nine out of one-hundred chance of becoming pregnant ("Birth Control Pill"). Progestin-only, the second type of birth control pill is commonly known as the mini pill and only five out of one-hundred become pregnant using this pill ("Birth Control Pill"). For some women, it can be difficult to remember to take medication daily so...
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...The young men of the Duke University basketball team recently defeated Wisconsin to earn their share of the NCAA national championship. But the question many are now asking is: Should the Blue Devils also enjoy a share of the NCAA’s riches? In January the NCAA voted 79-1 to allow member schools to pay student athletes stipends of up to $5,000 over and above the value of their scholarships. But that vote was the tip of the iceberg, one of a number of potential changes that blur the distinction between professional and amateur athletics and that threaten the future of NCAA Division I (DI) college sports as we know it. But this slow motion crisis also gives athletic directors, school presidents, alumni supporters and policymakers an opportunity...
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...First, when you buy a truck or car you gain full ownership and you can keep it as long as you want to keep the vehicle. When You lease a truck or car, you don’t gain full ownership of the car and have to return the truck or car unless you decide to buy it. Next thing to look at is the Up-Front Costs. With buying a new truck or car, the total cash payment includes the down payment, taxes, registration, and other fees. Which makes buying a new truck or car really expensive. With leasing a new car or truck, the total payment includes the first month payment, a refundable security deposit, a down payment, taxes, registration and other fees. The following is your monthly payment. When buying a new truck or truck, loan payments are usually higher than lease payments because you're paying the entire price of the car or truck, plus interest and other finance charges, taxes, and fees. But with leasing a new car or truck the lease payments are almost always lower than loan payments because you're paying only for the vehicle's depreciation during the time you lease the truck or car, plus interest charges, taxes, and fees. Next is Early Termination. When your gonna buy a truck, You can sell or trade in your vehicle at any time. But when leasing a new car or truck If you end the lease early, early-termination charges can be really expensive. The next is mileage You're free to drive as many miles as you want. The higher the mileage you have on your truck or car, the less amount of money...
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...support the privatization of jails. Pros: • Privatization lends itself for prisons to be run at lower costs. • Privatize prisons don’t have the red tape to cut through, therefore they run more efficiently. • Privatized prisons have a reason to make sure that prisoners get the help that they need which leads to better recidivism Cons: • Transparency into prison life is not guaranteed. • Could result in higher cost depending on contracted agreements for prison needs • Living conditions could be compromised B. Privatization of Public...
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...Drones can be defined as “unmanned aerial vehicles, most commonly associated and used by the United States military(Source A).” After examining all of the positive and negative connotations associated with the use of drones, one could say that the negative consequences do not outweigh the positive consequences of using drones in military actions. Drones not only save lives on the stuck on the front lines, but are also popular among the American population. One of the positive consequences, of using drones in high risk military actions, is that it saves the lives of United States military personnel and civilians that live a life caught in the crossfires of war. This can be exemplified by the statistic that shows “following the September 11, 2001 attacks, roughly 8-17% of all deaths from United States drones. In comparison, in World War II, civilian deaths, as a percentage of total war fatalities, are estimated at 40 to 67%(Source J)”. When soldiers are presented with the need to make decisions in high stress environment, one may make unappropiate decisions resulting in the death of innocent civilians; “Drone strikes eliminate all of those risks common to “boots on the ground” missions (Source J).” Due to the accuracy of drone use in high-risk, military missions, drone have been known to precisely “strike and kill a single person in one room of a house and spare the lives of people in other rooms, creating less of a chance of innocent civilians being killed (Source A).” Therefore...
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...Cannot ignore the issue of humane working conditions • Wage gap, class issues, race issues, gender issues will inevitably be brought up • Government vs private institutions Pros Raising the minimum wage would increase economic activity and spur job growth Increasing minimum wage would reduce poverty Cons Increasing minimum wage would force businesses to lay off employees and raise unemployment levels Would increase poverty Higher minimum wage would reduce government welfare spending Would hurt businesses and force companies to close The minimum wage has not kept up with inflation Would increase price of consumer goods Improvements in productivity and economic growth have outpaced increases in minimum wage Teenagers and young adults may be shut out of the workforce if minimum wage is increased Increasing minimum wage would reduce income inequality Would disadvantage low-skilled workers Minimum wage increase would help to reduce race and gender inequality...
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...John Hattar Intro To English Comp. Prof. Brenda Refaie 11/14/1014 Driving Age, Pros and Cons Scholastic Choices magazine asked their readers about their opinion in young driving, 65% of the readers who replied said that driving age should stay at 16. They said that teenagers who drive at a young age, have more experience and they will have more hours to drive and to improve their driving. Also they help out there parents with grocery shopping and picking up younger siblings. Even with these advantages of young driving, there is high rates of deaths and injuries among teenagers, and that teenage and young drivers are overly represented in fatal crashes.Government should pass a law that prevents these high rates of deaths by increasing the driving...
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