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Why is it recommended that older adults and children get vaccinated first when a vaccine is on short supply?
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∙ 11y ago
Their immune systems are weaker and if they were to get whatever the vaccination was supposed to prevent or at least minimize, the results would be much worst for them. Small children, particularly infants, and the elderly are more likely to have serious consequences if they contact a disease.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agotheir immune system are the weakest , so they are the most susceptible to pathogens.
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