Question

How to apply vaccinations policy on eightfold path for the rational policy proceess

Answer 1

The eightfold path is a method of policy analysis assembled by Eugene Bardach, a professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. It is outlined in his book A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving, which is now in its fourth edition.^] boo is commonly referenced in public policy and public administrationscholarship.

Bardach's procedure is as follows:

1. Define the problem
2. Assemble some evidence
3. Construct the alternatives
4. Select the criteria
5. Project the outcomes
6. Confront the trade-offs
7. Decide
8. Tell your story

.1 How do vaccinations work

Our immune system works to prevent disease through the production of antibodies. When the

body has been invaded by a foreign virus, also known as an antigen, the body produces

antibodies to target and fight that antigen. When a child is first expose to an antigen, such as the

measles virus, the child’s immune system responds by developing antibodies to work against the

measles antigen. As with all first-time exposures, the production of antibodies is slower than it

would be for subsequent exposures to the same antigen. Because of this, the child develops

symptoms and becomes ill. Once the individual has been exposed, future exposures to this same

virus will trigger, “a memory” of that antigen which elicits another antibody response, only this

time it is rapid enough to circumvent the onset of symptoms associated with that disease. As a

result, the person does not develop symptoms or fall ill. This process of exposure to antigens

followed by production of antibodies is known as immunity.

Vaccinations are designed to work with the body’s natural immunity process. In the case of

vaccines, weaken or dead antigens are introduced into the body, triggering the production of

antibodies by one’s immune system. This first-time production of antibodies would normally

result in illness, but because of the weaken state of the antigens in vaccines, one is able to

develop antibodies without getting sick. As a result, the child has now acquired long term

immunity to the disease without getting sick. (N