vaccinations Flashcards

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cons of vaccinations

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Doesn’t always work

Doesn’t give immunity

Sometimes have a bad reaction but that’s very rare

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pros of vaccination

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They can protect a people from big outbreaks of disease and help control lots of communicable diseases

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what does injecting people with dead pathogens do

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Dead pathogens carry antigens which cause the body to produce antibodies to attack them even though pathogens are harmless

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what is herd immunity

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Vaccinating a population to protect a population from other diseases

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