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How do vaccines work?

By August 7, 2015 - 5:02pm
 
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We get vaccines for a variety of illnesses and at different ages. How exactly do vaccines work to prevent illness?

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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 - 5:16pm
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