The Science of Vaccination
Vaccines "train" your immune system to recognize pathogens without you getting sick first.
What is inside a vaccine?
What is The Science of Vaccination?
"Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from a disease."
How does a vaccine usually protect a person from future disease?
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Contains small amounts of dead or inactive pathogens.
Triggers the production of specific antibodies.
Creates memory cells that remain in the blood for years.
Because the pathogen in the vaccine is dead or inactive, it cannot cause the actual disease.
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