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Why Are Vaccines Important?

Rapid City Healthcare Blog Why Are Vaccines Important?
Why Are Vaccines Important?

Vaccines are important because they protect you against many diseases. These diseases can be very serious. So getting immunity from a vaccine is safer than getting immunity by being sick with the disease. And for a few vaccines, getting vaccinated can actually give you a better immune response than getting the disease would.

But vaccines don't just protect you. They also protect the people around you through community immunity.

Read more at: https://medlineplus.gov/vaccines.html

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