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Because disease prevention is the key to maintaining public health. It is always better to prevent a disease than to treat it. Vaccines prevent disease in the people who receive them and protect those who come into contact with unvaccinated individuals. Vaccines help prevent Infectious Diseases and save lives.
Vaccines are responsible for the control of many Infectious Diseases that were once common killers in the US; including polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), rubella (German measles), mumps, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).
Vaccine-preventable diseases have a costly impact on society and can also be expensive for the patient and their family. These diseases often result in visits to doctor's offices, severe hospitalizations, and premature deaths. Approximately 36,000 people die of the common flu (influenza) each year in the US alone. Getting your vaccination will prevent your infecting someone else who can not be vaccinated (for medical reasons) themselves. Caring for sick children can also cause parents to lose time from work.
Immunizing individual children also helps to protect the health of our community, especially those people who are not immunized. People who are not immunized include those who are too young to be vaccinated (e.g., children less than a year old cannot receive the measles vaccine but can be infected by the measles virus), those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons (e.g., children with leukemia), and those whose immune systems cannot make an adequate response to vaccination to prevent infection (e.g., those with immune suppression by diseases or pharmaceuticals). Also protected when you get your vaccination, therefore, are people who received a vaccine, but who have not developed immunity.
Infants can not be given vaccinations for some diseases until their immune systems mature, therefore, you could expose infants who can not be vaccinated to your germs. Infants and adults 65 and over are at higher risk of death from influenza, for example.
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What could happen if everyone was vaccinated?
Then, the nobody will be infected.
Is small pox a viral disease?
Yes it is viral but its basically obsolete because everyone gets vaccinated for it.
If everyone had been vaccinated for polio would the disease still exist because people still have it?
no stupid it doesn't exist anymore
Why is getting vaccinated against tetanus important?
Getting vaccinated against Tetanus is important because the ground holds bacteria. There is also bacteria in animal feces that can cause a disease called lockjaw. Lockjaw can be fatal and is a very painful way to die.
Why is it important for most of the population to be vaccinated?
Those who are vaccinated will not unknowingly pass vaccine-preventable diseases onto those who cannot fight the disease, such as the elderly, the young, and those with compromised immune systems.
Does the flu kill babies?
Babies and young children are more likely than adults to die from the flu. Babies under 6 months old cannot be vaccinated, so it is recommended that everyone else in the family be vaccinated in order to protect the baby.
Are children in India vaccinated?
Children in India are vaccinated.
What virus was first vaccinated for?
smallpox was the first virus that was vaccinated for
What happens when you are vaccinated?
When you are vaccinated, your body builds up an immune response to the vaccination. This protects you from the disease you were vaccinated for. There is some controversy about vaccination.
What problems currently exist with treatment strategies with the mumps?
One of the most important ones is the fact that people will not get vaccinated.
Should dogs be around non vaccinated puppies?
It's generally not recommended to have unvaccinated puppies around non-vaccinated dogs due to the risk of spreading infectious diseases. It's important to prioritize the health and safety of all animals involved by following vaccination protocols and guidelines recommended by veterinarians.
Why it is for most of the population to be vaccine?
If most of the population is vaccinated for a disease and some are not, there is a good chance that those not vaccinated will not come across a person with the disease. This is called "herd" immunity.
