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¶ … Vaccination
Vaccines represent one of the most debated topics within the modern day society and the debate is far from reaching any common grounds. On the one hand, for instance, there are the researchers and the pharmaceutical companies which promote the intensive usage of vaccines across the globe in order to reduce the incidence of certain illnesses. On the other hand, there is growing concern over the secondary effects of vaccines, with more people across the globe refusing to vaccinate their children. While a conclusion has yet to be reached, there are numerous aspects of vaccination which still need attention. And one relevant example in this sense is represented by the administration of the vaccine, particularly that of administering it in one dose or in multiple doses. In other words, researchers look at the impact of a mono-dose vaccine across time and assess the results, comparing them with those expected. Based on the findings, they assess whether the mono-dose was sufficient, and if this was not, they make the recommendation to administer additional doses.
The mono-dose in vaccine administration refers to a situation in which the vaccine is administered one time only and it protects the individual from that illness for an extended period of time. The multi-dose sees that an initial vaccine is administered throughout a first dose, and at a given interval in the future, one or more additional doses will be administered. The scope of the current project is that of assessing the reasons for this predicament.
The reasons for the inefficiency of the first dose are numerous and can vary from a situation to the other. For instance, there may be a situation in which, as a measure of precaution, the vaccine was created with a low concentration of the medicine -- this often happens in trial and new vaccine development efforts in order to test side effects. Through…
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