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How vaccines train your immune system

6 min original · Original explainer · Health

A vaccine presents your immune system with a harmless part of a germ, so it can learn to respond quickly later. This short explainer covers immunity, memory cells, and why some vaccines need boosters.

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Key takeaways

  • Vaccines show your body a harmless piece of a pathogen
  • Memory cells remember it for years
  • Booster doses keep memory strong

Chapters

  1. What is immunity
  2. Memory cells
  3. Boosters

Sources

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