Vaccines and herd immunity explained

Name: Vaccines and herd immunity explained
Uploaded: 2019-06-19T21:51:46.000Z
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: And why keeping deadly diseases at bay relies on most people being immunised

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This is how vaccines work, why they’re important and what herd immunity actually means.

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Health

19 June 2019