March 2018

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The Real Artifact 3 (Syphilis)

Several ethical issues arise when dealing with infectious disease. For one, quarantining and administering vaccines to patients can be highly invasive, and therefore, mandating that everybody receive a vaccine can pose many problems. We see this problem arising today with parents not wanting to vaccinate their kids when introducing them into the public school systems. […]

Artifact 4

Prompt 1   Smallpox was one of the most influential diseases of human history. It completely changed its course. From the beginning, it brought about the downfall of the Aztec Empire. When the Spaniards came ashore to Central America, they brought with them an alien virus. With no previous exposure to such a disease, smallpox […]

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