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Vaccines protect you by preparing your immune system to recognize and fight serious, and sometimes deadly, diseases. A vaccine contains a specific part of a germ (bacteria or virus), called an antigen. The antigen is killed or disabled before it's used to make the vaccine, so it can't make you sick.
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Hi Lauren,
Thank you for sharing your question with the EmpowHER community.
Vaccines protect you by preparing your immune system to recognize and fight serious, and sometimes deadly, diseases. A vaccine contains a specific part of a germ (bacteria or virus), called an antigen. The antigen is killed or disabled before it's used to make the vaccine, so it can't make you sick.
How Vaccines Prevent Disease
I hope this helps.
Be well,
~Gillette
August 7, 2015 - 5:16pmThis Comment
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