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Re-Release: Ep 26 Vaccines Part 1: Let's hear it for Maurice

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Benefits of Vaccination

The measles vaccine bypasses the disease symptoms. It's called herd immunity, and it goes something like this: The more people that are immunized against something or immune to something by whatever means, the less chance a pathogen has of establishing in a populationor being transmitted. By getting vaccinated, you are protecting yourself from getting that infection, but you're also protecting that tiny baby on the train who's too young to get vaccinated,. your grandma who's frail and immunocompromised. Whoever you're protecting literally everyone around you when you get vaccinated. They're pretty dang cool. Big fan.

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