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What is a vaccine?
What is a vaccine?
Vaccines are a medicine that use the body's natural defenses to build resistance to specific infections.
How do vaccines help develop immunity?
How do vaccines help develop immunity?
Vaccines imitate an infection and stimulate the body to create antibodies, without causing the disease.
What are the benefits of vaccines?
What are the benefits of vaccines?
Vaccines provide the benefits of having antibodies to a pathogen without having to be exposed to different pathogens that can cause serious disease or death.
What does the immune system do after a person gets a vaccine?
What does the immune system do after a person gets a vaccine?
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What diseases can vaccines protect against?
What diseases can vaccines protect against?
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