EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Natural immunity is acquired from exposure to the disease organism through infection with the actual disease. Vaccine-induced immunity is acquired through the introduction of a killed or weakened form of the disease organism through vaccination.

Detailed explanation-2: -How do vaccines work? Vaccines help your immune system fight infections faster and more effectively. When you get a vaccine, it sparks your immune response, helping your body fight off and remember the germ so it can attack it if the germ ever invades again.

Detailed explanation-3: -Types of immunity: Active natural: Body produces antibodies in response to exposure to a live pathogen. Active artificial: Body produces antibodies in response to a vaccine. Passive natural: Antibodies are passed from the mom to her baby through the placenta and breastmilk.

Detailed explanation-4: -The vaccine does not make the body sick but elicits an immune response, which serves as a memory for future encounters. Hence, vaccination stimulates the immune system preparing it better for pathogenic infections. Different types of vaccines are toxoid vaccines, mRNA vaccines, Live-attenuated vaccines, etc.