Immunity and Vaccination

Before 1963, there were 500,000 cases of measles and 500 deaths due to the disease in the United States each year.  After the licensing of the measles vaccine, the incidence of measles dropped 98%, and in 2000, measles was thought to be eradicated in the United States.

Image Credit: Figure showing the incidence of Measles in the United States from 1950-2009. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Pink Book: Course Textbook – 12th Edition Second Printing.  (????????)

Recently, there has been a resurgence of measles throughout the United States. In the past few months, there have been 10 reported cases of measles in Los Angeles and 21 cases in Orange County (????????). Required Posts

We will be doing a jigsaw saw that each member of your group must post on one of the vaccines listed bellow:

• MMR Vaccine
• Flu Vaccine
• HPV Vaccine
• Perussis Vaccine 

Write a summary in your own words  that includes the following points:

1. What disease does the vaccine protect against
2. How effective is the vaccine at preventing the disease
3. What is the overall risk associated contracting the diseases vs the overall risk of the vaccination
4. What are the risk of large scale outbreak of the disease