Vaccination

• Vaccination


  Protects from Future Infections
• Vaccination


  1. Injecting small amounts of dead or weakened versions of the pathogens

  2. Body produces antibodies to attack the pathogens
• Vaccines


  • MMR vaccine
• If pathogens appear after vaccination


  White blood cells quickly produce antibodies to kill off the pathogens
• Prevention is better than cure
• Deciding whether to have a vaccination means balancing risks - the risk of catching the disease vs the risk of having a bad reaction
• The risk of having a problem with the measles vaccine is more like 1 in 1,000,000
• The risk of getting complications from measles (the disease) is about 1 in 15, and about 1 in 500 people who get measles actually die