August Awareness: Immunization
What Is Immunization?
Immunization is the action of making an individual immune to infection, usually via vaccination. Receiving a vaccine helps our bodies not get sick.
How Do Vaccines Even Work?
Natural Immunity
Human immune systems are concentrated around the concept of recognition. Almost everyone has experienced the uncomfortable cycle of contracting a disease, falling ill, and recovering. Eventually, our immune system produces antibodies: proteins that remember how to fight the same antigen or disease if it reoccurs in the body.
Then Why Do We Need Vaccines?
Vaccines train our bodies to develop immunity in the same way--but without making us sick. While some vaccines contain weakened pathogens, others such as the COVID-19 vaccine rely on biotechnologies like mRNA. Whichever form they take, vaccines are aimed to mitigate the dangerous spread and contraction of the disease in the process of advocating healthful societal living for all.
Want to Learn More?
Visit https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/iis/resources-refs/partner-org-support.html to discover more about vaccines and the importance of immunization.
How YOU Can Help!
Provide an equal opportunity for vaccinations for all. Allow everyone to stay healthy.
Donations
National
International Rescue Committee
“With your support, we can also help countries prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout by setting up isolation units”
California
California Immunization Coalition
“For over 25 years, the Coalition has been working to protect all Californians from vaccine preventable diseases – first under the original name of the California Coalition for Childhood Immunization beginning in 1995.”