When enough people are vaccinated against a particular disease, they will be able to ‘protect’ those who are unable to be vaccinated from those who are infected. — Graphics: Positive Parenting
Vaccination directly protects individuals who are vaccinated against certain infections, but it can also provide indirect protection to the unvaccinated in a population.
This is what we call herd immunity or community immunity.
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