fighting disease - vaccination

Question 1

What is the main purpose of vaccinations?

Answer 1

Vaccinations help prevent diseases before they occur by teaching the immune system to recognize and fight pathogens

Question 2

How do vaccinations work?

Answer 2

Vaccinations involve injecting small amounts of dead or inactive pathogens, which carry antigens that stimulate the body to produce antibodies.

Question 3

What is the MMR vaccine?

Answer 3

The MMR vaccine contains weakened versions of the viruses that cause measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles).

Question 4

What happens when live pathogens appear after vaccination?

Answer 4

The white blood cells can rapidly mass-produce antibodies to attack the live pathogens, reducing the likelihood of getting ill.

Question 5

What are some pros of vaccination?

Answer 5

Vaccines have helped control many communicable diseases in the UK, such as polio, measles, whooping cough, and smallpox, which no longer occurs

Question 6

: What is the impact of vaccinations on diseases like polio?

Answer 6

Polio infections have fallen by 99% due to vaccination efforts.

Question 7

what are some cons of vaccination

Answer 7

they don’t always work , you can have a bad reaction