vaccination

What: "Vaccination is like a dress rehearsal for your immune system so it is prepared for the 'real show'."

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Date: Dec 6 2012 11:29 AM

What: "There is a moral dimension to vaccine rejectionism that deserves attention. Vaccination is like many other aspects of living in a society: it has benefits and risks. Free-riders are people who elect to take the benefits, but refuse to accept the risks."

Writer: Dr. Amy Tuteur

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Date: Dec 6 2012 11:33 AM

What: 'For example, saying that "getting a vaccination is like installing anti-virus software" may have meaning to someone familiar with computers. But if the person prefers camping to computing, you might say instead that "getting a vaccine is like putting on bug spray before going out in the woods."'

Writer: Helen Osborne, MEd,

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Date: Dec 6 2012 11:36 AM

What: "Vaccination is like a hypothetical alarm to the antibodies inside the body which tends to act just like the disease it is intended to prevent so as to make the body accustomed to the viruses/bacteria that would attack the body in case of the disease and hence prepare the body to be ready to fight against such viruses in future by creating certain strong antibodies against the same."

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Date: Dec 6 2012 11:39 AM

What: "Unvaccinated people are like drivers who are never, ever given instruction on how to drive then made to drive from California to New York. It can be done, but it's risky. Vaccination is like getting taught how to drive, then practicing driving for a while, then driving across the continent."

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Date: Dec 6 2012 11:45 AM

What: Say this to a scared child, "Or a vaccination is like "getting a mosquito bite." Too many facts get their fears up.

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Date: Dec 6 2012 11:50 AM