Vaccine Views

Video #1

Part 1:

For this video, fill in FUN FACTS about how the vaccines and how they work:

Polio Live Vaccine	Similarities Between Both	Polio Dead Vaccine
Sabin is a living virus The sabin virus can’t harm cells 3 doses: 95% effectiveness Can be ingested orally Is humoral and cell mediated Can be passed from person to person	Both are viruses Both are liquid vaccines Both are humoral Both vaccines are effective Both vaccines have helped eliminate measles in the Western world	The Salk vaccine is a dead Virus 1 dose: 90% effectiveness, 3 doses: 99% effectiveness Is injected Is Humoral only Only make one person immune

Part 2:

What was the purpose of this video? How does the producer of the video use rhetoric to support their purpose? Give three pieces of evidence from the video to support your claim. (Example of evidence can be narrator’s tone, the information presented, information not presented, music played, and/or images shown.)

This video’s purpose is to explain what polio vaccines do. The producer is trying to use an explanational rhetoric with hints of emotional rhetoric to support the use of vaccines. They thoroughly explain one topic, for instance the sabin vaccine, and apply it to saving large numbers of people in third world countries. The title polio vaccines also slips the viewer into what they think is going to be a neutral explanation. This neutral idea draws in people who are on the fence about vaccination and people who wish to listen to the other end of the vaccination argument, which in the video has universal applications, in terms with the audience.

Video #2

1. What diseases do vaccines prevent?

Vaccines prevent diseases like whooping cough, polio, chicken pox, etc. Any viral disease that a vaccine targets really.

2. What is herd immunity?

Herd immunity is when a large percentage of a large population is immune to a specific disease.

3. What does it mean to be immunocompromised?

Immunocompromised people have little to no immune system.

4. What kind of people would be considered immunocompromised?

People who have received treatment for cancer or people born with weak immune systems.

5. How does herd immunity help people who are immunocompromised?

Herd immunity helps people who are immunocompromised by insuring a large percentage of the population doesn’t have dangerous diseases like measles or whooping cough.

6. What does it mean to “exempt vaccines”?

Exempting vaccines is refusing to get a vaccine or deciding your child can’t get a vaccine.

7. What two ways can parents “exempt vaccines”?

Parents can refuse the obligation by claiming that they religiously don’t accept the vaccine or plead on the case of personal belief.

Part 2:

What was the purpose of this video? How does the producer of the video use rhetoric to support their purpose? Give three pieces of evidence from the video to support your claim. (Example of evidence can be narrator’s tone, the information presented, information not presented, music played, and/or images shown.)

The purpose of this video was to promote a pro-vaccine mentality. The producer of this video is trying to use an explanational rhetoric that facades into an emotional rhetoric to support their claim. They explain what herd immunity is then they swing this logic onto the viewer's emotions by showing a young child with leukemia who is directly affected by herd immunity. The

Video #3

Part 1:

1. What is the theory behind vaccines?

Vaccines were introduced to boost the immune system by using dead, weakened, or modified parts of the virus.

2. What is the stigma around a person who questions vaccines?

A person who questions vaccines questions the integrity of the vaccine. They are looking to see

3. What is “informed consent”?

4. Do doctors give “informed consent” to patients on vaccines?

Informed consent is when a doctor lays out all the details when giving the vaccine to the person. They lay out the possible benefits and complications of the procedure. Doctors give out informed consent in the form of a document that lays out everything the person receiving the vaccine needs to know about receiving the vaccine. The title using “war” also insures that this video is going to aggressively tackle the subject.

5. Who controls vaccine laws?

The CDC controls vaccine laws.

6. What is California’s vaccine law? (Not mentioned in video, please Google it.)

Personal and religious exemptions are not accepted in the state of California.

7. How much knowledge do doctors receive about vaccines in medical school?

According to the video, doctors learn about how to apply vaccines to adults and children, and what vaccines do.

Part 2:

What was the purpose of this video? How does the producer of the video use rhetoric to support their purpose? Give three pieces of evidence from the video to support your claim. (Example of evidence can be narrator’s tone, the information presented, information not presented, music played, and/or images shown.)

The purpose of this video is to push a

Summary Questions:

1. What is the “vaccine war”?

The vaccine war is people arguing over how ethical it is to make it mandatory that people receive vaccinations for deadly viral diseases.

2. How has media shaped the “vaccine war”?

The media has allowed for people of different backgrounds to discuss the topic, and has also allowed extremists on both end of the argument to push their agenda.

3. How has researching vaccine ingredients, learning about the immune system, and watching three videos with separate agendas helped you?

I think it has. I have to say that there is many interesting opinions and ideas on every end of the argument. I agree with the practical use of vaccines to allow herd immunity to persist, but I think that more intensive studies on vaccines should be done and become widely available, in a medium the public can understand.