Vaccine Basics
To help the immune system recognize and fight disease
What is the main purpose of a vaccine?
Vaccines protect children from what type of illnesses?
What is soreness or fever?
What is smallpox?
When enough people are vaccinated that disease spread slows down or stops
What is herd immunity?
A disease reduced by vaccination
What is severe allergic reactions?
The disease that caused paralysis in children before widespread vaccination
What is Polio?
An organization that provides vaccine guidlines
What is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or World Health Organization (WHO)?
How vaccines help immunocompromised individuals
What is reducing the spread of disease?
Some parents are concerned by this part of a vaccine
What are ingredients or preservatives?
The first successful vaccine was created in this century
What are the 1700's
Indicates the appropriate ages for a child to get vaccinations
What is the Childhood vaccine schedule?
A long-term complication vaccines help prevent
What is brain damage, infertility, chronic disability?
Concern of giving multiple vaccines at once
What is immune system overload?
Why vaccines were revolutionary in public health
What is prevention of disease before infection?
Proteins the immune system makes to fight infection
What are antibodies?
Why vaccines are considered cost-effective
What is reduced hospitalization and medical expenses?
A broader issue that influences some parents hesitation
What is distrust in pharmaceutical companies or government agencies?
In terms of public health, eradicated means
What is a disease is eliminated worldwide?