AP BIOLOGY

THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM

TYPES OF IMMUNITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why is it important to vaccinate children during their first months of life?
A
To prevent illnesses that can cause their death.
B
Because the campaigns to eliminate preventable illnesses
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vaccines help your immune system fight infections more efficiently by sparking your immune response to specific diseases. Then, if the virus or bacteria ever invades your body in the future, your immune system will already know how to fight it.

Detailed explanation-2: -They have designed it to provide immunity early in life, before children are likely to be exposed to life-threatening diseases. Children won’t have the best protection from 14 serious diseases until they get all the recommended doses of each vaccine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Without vaccines, we are at risk of serious illness and disability from diseases like measles, meningitis, pneumonia, tetanus and polio. Many of these diseases can be life-threatening.

Detailed explanation-4: -It helps in the stimulation of the immune system and to identify the invaded microbes as the foreign agent and destroy it so that the immune system can be recognized and to destroy any microorganism encountered later.

Detailed explanation-5: -Your baby’s immune system is not fully developed at birth which can put your baby at a greater risk for infection. Vaccines reduce your child’s risk of infection by working with the body’s natural defenses to help safely develop protection against disease.

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