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This blog is all about world immunizations. Immunizations protect child from dangerous diseases. They can also help reduce the spread of disease to others and prevent epidemics.

In many cases when you get a vaccine, you get a tiny amount of a weakened or dead form of the organism that causes the disease. This amount is not enough to give you the actual disease. But it is enough to cause your immune system to make antibodies that can recognize and attack the organism if you are ever exposed to it.

Immunizations protect both individuals and the larger population, especially those people who have immune system disorders and cannot be vaccinated. Getting immunized costs less than getting treated for the diseases that the shots protect you from.

The immunization schedule includes vaccines for Anthrax, Diphtheria, Haemophilus, Influenzae Type B (Hib), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Influenza, Lyme Disease, Measles, Meningococcal disease, Mumps, Pneumococcal disease, Polio, Rabies, Rotavirus, Rubella, Shingles,, Smallpox, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever, Varicella, and Yellow Fever.

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People need to make sure that their vaccines are up to date. It is really important for child to be fully-immunized and also for adults for them to alleviated diseases that can be dangerous to their health. Newborn babies are immune to many diseases because they have antibodies they got from their mothers. However, the duration of this immunity may last only a month to about a year. Young children do not have maternal immunity against some vaccine-preventable diseases, such as whooping cough. If a child is not immunized and is exposed to a disease germ, the child's body may not be tough enough to fight the disease. Before vaccines, many children died from diseases that vaccines now prevent, such as whooping cough, measles, and polio. Those similar microorganisms exist today, but children are now secluded by vaccines, so we do not see these diseases as frequently.

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, those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, and those who cannot make a sufficient response to vaccination. People who received a vaccine are also protected, but who have not developed resistance. In addition, people who are sick will be less likely to be exposed to disease microorganisms that can be passed around by unvaccinated children. Immunization also slows down or stops disease epidemics.

References:
http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/immunizations/immunization_timeline.html
http://www.healthgrades.com/kbase/topic/special/immun/sec1.htm
http://www.svcmc.org/body.cfm?id=841&action=detail&aeproductid=HW_Catholic&aearticleid=immun&AEArticleType=Special
http://www.immunizenc.com/YellowFever.htm
http://www.immunizationinfo.org/vaccineInfo/
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm