Vaccines are very important to the general well being of the public. I have recently been doing a research project on the many outbreaks caused by pertussis, better known as whooping cough. It is a scary disease that can be easy transmitted. Everyone can contract pertussis, but primarily infants are the ones who are horribly affected by it or even killed. Vaccines against pertussis have recently been changed to a DTaP vaccine. This vaccine employs the use of acellular pertussis which means that only part of the bacteria is present within the vaccine. The vaccine used to be DTwP, which used the whole cell. This vaccine lead to many public scares in different nations with major epidemics following the decreased rates of vaccinations. Unfortunately we are still seeing cases of pertussis in many regions of the world. This may be due to the fact that the DTaP vaccine is slightly less effective than the DTwP vaccine, additionally we are seeing a new wave of anti-vaxxers. People have begun refusing vaccines unaware of the damage that they may cause to those around them. The way that most infants get sick from pertussis is by someone close to them that exposes them to the disease. The way to protect infants and people that can’t, for whatever reason, be vaccinated is to get vaccinated yourself and create a herd immunity. This has effectively eradicated diseases in certain regions of the world but many are still vulnerable.
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Cut wordiness, write in exposition
You can cut or reduce statements like "I have recently been doing a research project on the" or "The way that" or "we are still seeing".
In writing,
I do not think you should abbreviate words like "can't" instead write it out. Your points are clear and well explained but maybe use a different word other than "scary" "horribly" because those words are subjective and interpretation depends on the reader.
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Explain what DTaP and DTwP stand for
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