Question

Do vaccines really eliminate disease

Answer 1

Answer: Not exactly

Explanation: To be immune is to be partially or fully resistant to a specific infectious disease or disease-causing organism. A person who is immune can resist the bacteria or viruses that cause a disease, but the protection is never perfect.

Immunization is the process of being made resistant to an infectious disease, usually by means of a vaccine.

Immunity is protection against a disease, and it can be passive or active, natural or vaccine induced.

Active immunity comes from being exposed to a disease-causing organism.

Natural immunity results from being infected by a disease-causing organism, whether the infection is symptomatic or not.
Vaccine-induced immunity results from being exposed to killed or weakened bacteria or viruses—or even just important pieces of them—through vaccination.
Either way, active immunity takes longer to develop but lasts longer than passive immunity.

Passive immunity is provided by antibodies produced by another human being or animal.

Full-term babies acquire passive immunity from their mother’s antibodies during the final months of pregnancy.
Patients can acquire passive immunity through antibody-containing blood products derived from human or animal sources.
Passive immunity provides protection that is immediate but fades within weeks or months.

Answer 2

No they do not, vaccines make it so we are less likely to get the strain of whatever we are getting vaccinated against, but vaccines make it so that we cannot build are immune systems, so when we do get that disease, are immune systems are not always strong enough. The vaccine for influenza this year was only 45% effective, that means 65% of people who got the flu shot were exposed to the flu.