vaccination
Disease prevention shot
Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to stimulate immunity against a disease.
The term covers both the act and the resulting protection: Vaccination rates have dropped in some communities.
A vaccination may be given by injection, oral dose, or nasal spray.
The word often appears in debates about public health policy and personal choice.
Measures blocking illness onset
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
- protectionGuarding against harm
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
pandemic · endemic · eradication · elimination · containment · public health · smallpox · polio
Syringe-delivered dose
- syringeMedical injection tool
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- shotQuick liquor serving
- jabQuick, straight blow
dose · booster · vial · intramuscular · subcutaneous · administration · schedule · series
Protein targeting foreign substances
- antigenImmune response inducer
- immunityProtected from harm
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- B-cellsAntibody-secreting immune cells
T-cells · immune response · memory cells · immunoglobulin · innate immunity · serology · attenuated · inactivated
Formal authoritative directive
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- hesitancyUnwillingness to proceed
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- debateFormal argument on issues
consent · choice · skepticism · side effects · religious exemption · public trust · disinformation · pseudoscience
Physician for children
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- pharmacistMedicine dispensing professional
- CDCU.S. public health agency
- WHOUN health authority
health department · hospital · clinic · pharmacy · epidemiologist · campaign · coverage · access
disease prevention
Measures blocking illness onset
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
- protectionGuarding against harm
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
epidemic · pandemic · endemic · eradication · elimination · containment · public health · smallpox · polio · measles
injection
Syringe-delivered dose
jab · dose · booster · vial · intramuscular · subcutaneous · administration · schedule · series · rollout
antibody
Protein targeting foreign substances
- antigenImmune response inducer
- immunityProtected from harm
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
B-cells · T-cells · immune response · memory cells · immunoglobulin · innate immunity · serology · attenuated · inactivated · toxoid
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- hesitancyUnwillingness to proceed
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
debate · consent · choice · skepticism · side effects · religious exemption · public trust · disinformation · pseudoscience · informed consent
pediatrician
Physician for children
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- pharmacistMedicine dispensing professional
- CDCU.S. public health agency
WHO · health department · hospital · clinic · pharmacy · epidemiologist · campaign · coverage · access · equity
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- public healthdisease prevention, disease control, health education, epidemiology, community health
- vaccinesPfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, flu shot, Johnson & Johnson
- Doctor's ordersbed rest, lose weight, quit smoking, exercise, eat healthy
- prevention actionshandwashing, sanitizing, masking, distancing, screening
- preventive measuresbackup plan, insurance, screening, firewall, alarm system
vaccinationanti-vaccination
Opposition to immunization
antivaccine · vaccine refusal · anti-vaccinationist · antivaccinationist · vaccine hesitancy
vaccinationcure
Treatment that heals
treatment · therapy · remediation · medication · palliative care
vaccinationnatural immunity
Acquired resistance through exposure
immunosuppression · immune suppression · letting nature take its course
- proof of vaccinationDocumentation confirming immunization received
- vaccination campaignsOrganized mass inoculation efforts
- vaccination mandatesLaws requiring immunization
- vaccination schedulePlanned sequence of inoculations
- vaccination cardProof of immunization document
- mass vaccinationInoculating many people quickly