Question

question 7
1 pts
a young mother is reluctant to vaccinate her new baby. she doesnt get how you become immune to a disease without actually getting the disease. she says she just doesnt understand how vaccines work.
as her babys nurse, what will you tell her?
scientists really dont understand what is actually happening at the cellular level with vaccinations but they believe that vaccines fight off serious illnesses.
vaccines are made of only part of the pathogen so they cannot cause the disease but they can \teach\ your babys immune system how to fight the disease.
the vaccines will give your baby the disease but its only a mild version of it and then shell be protected from a more serious infection later.
vaccines are all made of similar pathogens that the body already knows how to fight but cause you to become immune to the more serious disease.

Explanation:

Vaccines are typically made from weakened, inactivated, or parts of pathogens (like proteins or sugars). When introduced, they stimulate the immune system to recognize these as foreign. The immune system then produces antibodies and memory cells. Since it's only part of the pathogen (not the whole, disease - causing agent in most cases), it doesn't cause the disease. But the immune system "learns" to fight the pathogen.

Answer:

Vaccines are made of only part of the pathogen so they cannot cause the disease but they can "teach" your baby's immune system how to fight the disease.