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Suppose you have a fever and you go to see a doctor. The doctor gives you an injection and says it will make you feel better soon. Does this mean you got vaccinated? Explain.

a) Yes, getting an injection from the doctor means you got vaccinated.

b) No, vaccination requires a specific type of injection, not just any medical injection.

c) Yes, any medical injection from a doctor is considered a vaccination.

d) No, vaccination is only for preventing specific diseases, not for general health improvement.

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Final answer:

Receiving an injection from a doctor does not always mean you were vaccinated. Vaccination specifically involves an injection that aims to trigger the immune system to produce a response against a disease, building immunity.

Step-by-step explanation:

If you received an injection from a doctor when you have a fever, it does not necessarily mean you got vaccinated. Vaccination is a specific type of injection that contains a form of a pathogen, which can be live but weakened, killed, or in a piece of the pathogen, like a protein. Its primary goal is to trigger an immune response and develop immunity against a particular disease without causing the illness itself. In contrast, injections given by a doctor to make you feel better could contain medicines such as antibiotics, antivirals, or steroids, which are meant to treat symptoms or fight off an infection rather than immunize you against a specific pathogen.

Therefore, the correct answer would be: b) No, vaccination requires a specific type of injection, not just any medical injection. Vaccines work by stimulating an immune response, so that your body prepares 'memory' cells to fight the pathogen if encountered again, thereby preventing the disease.

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