Understand the Difference between Vaccines, Vaccinations and Immunizations

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University Prof. Dr. dr. Cissy Rachiana Sudjana Prawira-Kartasasmita explained the differences vaccine, vaccinations and immunizations.

According to him, vaccines are substances that contain antigens from specific viruses or bacteria that have been weakened. The process of getting it into the body is known as vaccination.

“Vaccine it is useless if it has not been entered, if it has been injected or drunk or sprayed, it will (only) produce antibodies, “he said in a Productive Dialogue on Vaccines and Immunization at the Media Center, Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN), Tuesday (27 / 10/2020).

Meanwhile, immunization, explained Cissy, is the body’s reaction after being injected vaccine. “Immunization is the reaction of our body after we have been injected with a vaccine or received a vaccine. The body will be stimulated, a response occurs from immunology, the immune system, the body’s defense system is produced by antibodies. Apart from antibodies, the body also makes memory cells, (if the virus) comes back it is killed immediately. . “

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