anthrax vaccine

: Anthrax Vaccine

p Specifications : 8 Pages , 5 Sources , APA Style

: language I 'm writing on Anthrax Vaccine in terms of how it is related to the interface of science , society and values . I want to focus on the relationship between anthrax vaccine and the military

For examples , how anthrax vaccine has been criticized for use in the military for safety reasons . How military personnel are being forced to take the vaccine . Other societal issues may be discussed as well

Instructions : The goal of the is to take class themes and our

br general class approach (e .g . what questions should we be asking , who has the power to make decisions , what sorts of obligations are involved and to whom , etc ) and apply them to your . This is not to be an argument rather , I want you to practice our class approach of looking at your chosen issue from all sides , objectively and clearly Any opinions you do have are suited for your conclusion

You will need three threads ' e .g . the biology /ecology (science Anthrax vaccine and then relate this to the societal and the ethics /values issues involved

You are to have at least 5 resources : 1 is to be a print resource (e .g book , encyclopedia ) 1 is to be a professional journal articles , and the other 3 are up to you . do not use Wikipedia or various web site lites ' as resources . use 12 point font . Use APA style for citations and your bibliography page . E .g . AP style for citations (Weston , 1998 ,

. 3 ) and for bibliography (Weston , Anthony , A Practical Companion to Ethics (NY : Oxford University Press , 1998

Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis that usually affects animals . Humans are infected following entry of the spores of the bacteria into the digestive or respiratory tract , when in contact with infected animal or the animal products (Holmes , 2001 . It frequently occurs in people who are in close contact with animals , such as farmers , butchers , dealers of animal products , leather industry workers , woolen industry workers , etc . In some of these communities anthrax may occur as an endemic infection (such as Zimbabwe and other parts of Southern Africa (Holmes , 2001

Throughout the World about 20 , 000 to about 100 , 000 cases of anthrax develop every year (Holmes , 2001 . In the US , the incidence of anthrax was almost negligible between the years 1993 to 2000 . Earlier , it was about 130 cases every year (Ashford , 2000 . The spores of the B anthracis can potentially survive in the soil for several years . This may not pose a problem for human being , but animals that graze may get infected and further pass on the infection to human beings . Animals that have died due to anthrax infection can be a potential source of infection to others (Ashford , 2000 . An outbreak of anthrax had occurred in the late 1970 's in the erstwhile USSR . People were thought to develop cutaneous and the gastrointestinal forms...