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The importance of vaccination

Vaccination protects people agai nst the serious or even fa tal effects or -..pecdic
infectious djseases. Chi ldren arc routinely ,·accinated against common chtldhooJ
diseases such as measles, diphtheria. whooping cough. mcning1t1s. teta nu:-. and
polio. because they may not ha ve deve loped natura l acti, e 1mmun1t) .1g,11n,1
these diseases yet.
Vaccination also helps to stop the transmiss ion of a disease Th ,-. L·an leaJ t~,
the disease eventually being erad icated. Smallpo.\ a disfiguri ng dl'ica-.; e f,11
1
' h1ch there is no cure was eradicated in the I 980~ fo ll!)\\ ing su,t.1111t·d !,!h,b.ll
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accination efforts.

When peopl e are vacc in ated. the Lhance" ()f an cp1dcm ir art· reduced \11
epidemic outbreak or an 1nkct1ou~ di-;ca-.e C,ln cnprlc .I t"lllllltl \ 'l'l 11 1l1l[l]\
because pt:opl e cannot attend \.\ork . toun..,111 111romc 1s hht ht·c.tLhl' 11 111,1\ ,·I
re~tr 1·
u IC ions and the gmernmtnt Ila-. to '>f)L'lld la1gl' anH1u11h ,,1 nwnn ,111
nplanned heal thea re.

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