vaccinate

[vak´sĭ-nāt]

to inoculate with vaccine to produce immunity.

vac·ci·nate

(vak'si-nāt),

To administer a vaccine.

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vaccinate

(văk′sə-nāt′)

v. vacci·nated, vacci·nating, vacci·nates

v.tr.

To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease, such as diphtheria or typhus.

v.intr.

To perform vaccinations or a vaccination.

vac′ci·na′tor n.

vac·ci·nate

(vak'si-nāt)

To administer a vaccine.

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Patient discussion about vaccinate

Q. Do Vaccines cause Autism? I have heard all over the news lately that the vaccines we give our children can cause Autism. Is this true? Is it dangerous? Should I vaccinate my one year old son?

A. NO

Andrew Wakefield MD started the controversy when publish the idea in Lancet. He was paid 130,000 dollars to lie

Check this link for full story:
http://www.thedoctorsvideos.com/video/749/MMR-and-Autism-The-Andrew-Wakefield-Story

Q. Who Should Receive the Flu Vaccine? Should I go get vaccinated for the flu? I have been told it is advised only for certain people, so who should receive this vaccine?

A. before you would like to go on with any vaccination, you should check out this very long list of links and create your own opinion:

http://www.aegis.ch/neu/links.html

at the bottom you will also find links in english. vaccinations in general are very disputable/dubious and it is probably time that we learn about it.

Q. Does the flu vaccine protect from all kinds of flu? If I get a flu vaccine does that mean I am completely protected from getting the flu?

A. No, the vaccine does not give complete protection from all the flu types out there. The vaccine protects from the most common types of flu, which are: H3N2, H1N1 and one B virus.

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Compared with not vaccinating, vaccinating those in their 50s would save $16.8 million annually.

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At least 125 deaths would result from vaccinating everyone in the United States, Lane and his colleague Joel Goldstein of the Children's Clinic in Morrow, Ga., estimate in the March 18Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Recent efforts from federal officials increased the availability of smallpox vaccine making the prospects of vaccinating a large population a viable option to prevent and contain a potential outbreak should the risk return.

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The Government's countryside adviser yesterday called for trials to be carried out on vaccinating against the disease.

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He said there was no set target and they were vaccinating as many IDPs as they could.

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Two days later, epidemiologic investigation indicated that all patients with diagnosed cases were related and that, in all likelihood, the outbreak had been successfully halted through tracing the movements of the various patients and vaccinating anyone who had contact with them, so-called "ring" vaccination (4).

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The government plan, devised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, would combat a smallpox outbreak by quarantining sick people and vaccinating anyone who had come in contact with an infected person.

Vaccine for all? Math model supports mass smallpox inoculation. (Science News This Week)

Those who refused vaccinating their children were apprehended by the district administration of the provincial capital Peshawar.

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MUSAKHEL -- Three-day anti-polio campaign in Musakhel ended after vaccinating 26,500 children of the area, while 357 children remained without vaccination.

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