Flu Vaccinations in Schools: Yes or No?
Background Info: Millions of cases of Influenza, or the flu virus, are reported in schools every year. The airborne-virus can easily spread from student-to-student, and can make a school community sick very quickly. However, it can also be easily preventable. From washing your hands, covering your mouth when you cough, and even receiving a flu shot! Although, flu shots can help prevent the spread of the disease, they are not 100% reliable.
Task: Write an argumentative piece that answers the question:
Should schools require students to receive flu vaccinations every school year?
Requirements:
Task: Write an argumentative piece that answers the question:
Should schools require students to receive flu vaccinations every school year?
Requirements:
- What is a virus?
- What is a vaccine?
- How does a vaccine protect an individual? How does it protect a community?
- What are two impacts of vaccines on public health?
- Vocabulary Words:
- Virus
- Vaccine
- Antigen
- Antibody
- Memory Cells
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