Vaccinations

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– define the terms "epidemic" and "pandemic”
– give examples of epidemic chains and methods of breaking them
– describe the significance of the discoveries by Jenner and Pasteur in the development of vaccinations
– explain how active immunity is produced by vaccination
– state the difference between preventive vaccination and therapeutic vaccination
– explain the significance of vaccinations in the fight against infectious diseases
– justify the need for the administration of preventive vaccinations.