HPR 350 Week 4 Discussion

Read the following stories the discuss cause versus association in the allegations that eating Ice Cream caused Polio.
Orac. (2011). Mark Blaxill and Dan Olmsted: Merrily confusing correlation with causation for polio (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/09/23/mark-blaxill-and-dan-olmsted-polio/
Dupy, T. (2011). Vaccinations and the Ice Cream Scare (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.nj.com/hudson/voices/index.ssf/2011/07/vaccinations_and_the_ice_cream.html

Then review the following influenza misconceptions:

The Office of the Public Health Service Historian. (2009). The Great Pandemic. The United States in 1918-1919 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Retrieved from https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/allcollections/20090305010427/http://vietnamese.pandemicflu.gov/pandemicflu/envi/24/_1918_pandemicflu_gov/index.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Misconceptions about seasonal flu and flu vaccines (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/misconceptions.htm

Research the history behind the ice cream causes polio misconception:

• Present an argument for why ice cream does cause polio and should be banned
• Explain how ideas like that spread, and why people make such assumptions
• Provide another real example of a misconception (you cannot use the flu examples posted above).

Your post should be at least 250 words. You should use at least 2 scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.