Kelsey Layton
11:41 PM
September 16, 2010
Childrens vaccines are something that the United States to some extent "relies" on. New versions of classic engineering techniques have made it possible to make more informed decisions about building and using supplies to make more childrens vaccines and eventually this could make the costs go down, and along with that we would have healthy children. The United States keeps a 6- month supply of common vaccines, and this has many advantages as well as disadvantages. When the vaccines are used or expired, they have to restock and this is a very labor filled process, and also since they have to place orders up to a year in advance it has its disadvantages of being unreliable. Researches at such Universities such as The University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign have been developing ways to better understand the implications of vaccine stockpiles. Ordering vaccines year after year is not something that is easy to do, having to think about the impact of shortages, minimizing cost and more. Also how important the vaccine makes a huge difference. The whole issue surrounding childrens's vaccine is something that in no way is easy to resolve and work through without considering all the different aspects.
When looking at this issue from the point of view of the healthcare officials dealing with this, you have to think about what they have to consider when thinking about how to go about putting orders in and how many to get. On the other end of the spectrum you have to think about the families and how they want to get vaccines for their children at costs that should be cheap... and they should always be available when needed. The healthcare industry over the years has changed greatly in all aspects, and this has made it possible for the health of the people to in turn increase. This though has been made possible though, by vaccines being available at early younth ages to be able to make our immune systems able to fight certain deadly diseases in the future. Although the struggles now in the United states about vaccines and how they need to be regulated and such is more of a "problem" it is not something that we should let hurt our youth, and they should still be able to have the resources available.
http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/09/13/sizing-up-stockpiles-of-childrens-vaccines.html
1 comment:
I agree with how you are looking at the issue. We don’t need to have a large amount of orders for vaccines because then there would become a shortage. At the same time it’d be nice for it to be affordable. This is a controversial subject, especially when it comes to politics. It is good that vaccines are able for younger children so that as they grow, their immune system grows stronger and healthier.
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