IMMUNITY
Everyone has heard of immunity, antigen, and antibodies before, but exactly what is it? To simplify for you, immunity refers to your body having the right biological defense to protect you from a disease. Antigens and antibodies play a role. An antigen can be any foreign particle(such as bacteria, or viruses) that you come in contact with, in which your body starts producing antibodies for it.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET VACCINATED?
So when you take a vaccine, your getting a weakened-safe form of the virus your trying to protect against. Once you have gotten the vaccine, your body will defend itself in the same way as it would had you acquired it naturally. Only this time you will NOT experience the severe symptoms that would normally be associated with it. Your body will start producing antibodies against the antigens. The immune system will remember the antigen if you are to be exposed in the future. In the case, where you come in contact with the actual disease, your body will be able to recognize it, remember it, and destroy it without any symptoms.
Everyone has heard of immunity, antigen, and antibodies before, but exactly what is it? To simplify for you, immunity refers to your body having the right biological defense to protect you from a disease. Antigens and antibodies play a role. An antigen can be any foreign particle(such as bacteria, or viruses) that you come in contact with, in which your body starts producing antibodies for it.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET VACCINATED?
So when you take a vaccine, your getting a weakened-safe form of the virus your trying to protect against. Once you have gotten the vaccine, your body will defend itself in the same way as it would had you acquired it naturally. Only this time you will NOT experience the severe symptoms that would normally be associated with it. Your body will start producing antibodies against the antigens. The immune system will remember the antigen if you are to be exposed in the future. In the case, where you come in contact with the actual disease, your body will be able to recognize it, remember it, and destroy it without any symptoms.