What are vaccines and how do they work?
A lack of information regarding what vaccines are made of and how they work is a major contributing factor to public misperceptions about the limitations and potential dangers associated with vaccination. In this video, Matthew Miller discusses the most common types of vaccines and how they work to achieve immunity. Special attention will be given to understanding the “flu shot” and why it cannot give you the flu.
Video recorded and edited by Sohail Mahmood, Karun Tandon and Mawleshan Pathmarajah
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Demystifying Medicine, Education, Vaccination
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