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Vaccination & Vaccine Hesitancy

As you can guess from the title, this blog post will be about the stigma and conspiracy revolving around vaccines. Now, A vaccine is a substance that provides the vaccinated individual with immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains a form of the disease-causing life form (virus, bacteria, etc.) and is formed by using it in a weakened or deceased state so that it cant harm the individual. The vaccine stimulates the body's immune system to learn that the particular organism is harmful and learn to actively fight against it as a form of practice, so if the body is infected, it will be prepared to counter the disease. Vaccine hesitancy is an unwillingness to be vaccinated or to have one's offspring vaccinated for an infectious disease even though vaccination services are available. The conspiracy related to vaccines can be said to be quite logical if you look at it from a certain aspect. It states that since the vaccine is made by using the diseas...