In 1903, a man was prosecuted and forced to pay a $5 penalty for refusing to accept a vaccine for this disease.
What is smallpox?
100
It was the first line of defense against disease before vaccines were invented.
What is quarantine?
100
It is something the human race may someday depend on to develop and distribute vaccines and to contain diseases.
What is an international code of law?
100
This type of vaccine exemption is allowed in 48 states.
What are religious exemptions?
200
Under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act these people must provide a copy of the relevant vaccine information materials that have been produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prior to vaccination.
Who are U.S. health care providers.
200
Before vaccines this disease would paralyze 10,000 children a year.
What is polio?
200
This was developed by WHO (World Health Organization) and UNICEF to strengthen national immunization programs and protect people by expanding the reach of immunization.
What is GIVS (Global Immunization Vision and Strategy)?
200
Some religious conservatives expressed concern over the availability of this vaccine, saying it would undermine abstinence-based prevention messages.
What is the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine?
300
These were laws that, as early as 1647, forbid people with smallpox to enter port.
What were American colonial laws?
300
Before vaccines this disease would cause birth defects and mental retardation in as many as 20,000 newborns a year.
What is Rubella (German measles)?
300
Though there is a vaccine for this virus, the worldwide distribution is about 1.5 million cases of each year.
What is hepatitis?
300
This organization determines which groups would derive the greatest good from the vaccine.
Who is the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)?
400
In most states, this is required at the time of school registration or the student is refused entry.
What is a proof of immunizations?
400
Before vaccines this disease would infect about 4 million children, killing 3,000 every year.
What is Measles?
400
It is projected to reach US $21.05 Billion by 2010.
What is the global vaccine market?
400
There are currently six widely used vaccines in the United States that have been produced using these.
What are aborted babies?
500
This law from 1996 states that all individuals seeking permanent entry into the U.S. must prove that they have been inoculated against all vaccine-preventable diseases (it includes infants and children being brought into the country for international adoption).
What is the new immigration law?
500
Before vaccines, this disease would be one of the most common causes of death in school-aged children every year.
What is Diphtheria?
500
These countries are the largest manufacturers of vaccines in the world.
What are the US and Japan?
500
It is the most pressing of ethical issues when dealing with vaccines.