Cartoon: how do vaccines work?

22 September 2015
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<article> <h1> <span>Cartoon: how do vaccines work?</span> </h1> <ul> <li> <b>22 September 2015</b> </li> </ul> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <article id="post-443" class="module single-post-module post-443 post type-post status-publish format-gallery hentry category-learn tag-cartoon tag-herd-immunity tag-illustration post_format-post-format-gallery et-doesnt-have-format-content et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"> <div> <div> <div><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/444/"><img width="598" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo1_1280-598x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo1_1280-598x1024.jpg 598w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo1_1280-175x300.jpg 175w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo1_1280-768x1315.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo1_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/445/"><img width="545" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo2_1280-545x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo2_1280-545x1024.jpg 545w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo2_1280-160x300.jpg 160w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo2_1280-768x1443.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo2_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/446/"><img width="648" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo3_1280-648x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo3_1280-648x1024.jpg 648w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo3_1280-190x300.jpg 190w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo3_1280-768x1213.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo3_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/447/"><img width="643" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo4_1280-643x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo4_1280-643x1024.jpg 643w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo4_1280-188x300.jpg 188w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo4_1280-768x1224.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo4_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/448/"><img width="629" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo5_1280-629x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo5_1280-629x1024.jpg 629w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo5_1280-184x300.jpg 184w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo5_1280-768x1251.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo5_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/449/"><img width="576" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo6_1280-576x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo6_1280-576x1024.jpg 576w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo6_1280-169x300.jpg 169w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo6_1280-768x1366.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo6_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/450/"><img width="547" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo7_1280-547x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo7_1280-547x1024.jpg 547w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo7_1280-160x300.jpg 160w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo7_1280-768x1438.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo7_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/451/"><img width="608" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo8_1280-608x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo8_1280-608x1024.jpg 608w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo8_1280-178x300.jpg 178w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo8_1280-768x1293.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo8_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/452/"><img width="642" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo9_1280-642x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo9_1280-642x1024.jpg 642w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo9_1280-188x300.jpg 188w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo9_1280-768x1225.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo9_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://www.vaccineswork.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines/attachment/453/"><img width="634" height="1024" src="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo10_1280-634x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt srcset="https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo10_1280-634x1024.jpg 634w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo10_1280-186x300.jpg 186w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo10_1280-768x1240.jpg 768w, https://www.vaccineswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_nv2pkwYNeq1rf8lalo10_1280.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px" loading="lazy"></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"> </div> <p>Great cartoon by <a href="https://about.me/maki" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Maki Naro</a> explains how vaccines work, and why we need to immunise ourselves against misinformation.</p> <p>Originally posted on <a href="http://fusion.net/story/43976/vaccines-work-here-are-the-facts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fusion</a>.</p> </div> </div> <input type="hidden" id="post_id" value="443"> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/great-cartoon-by-maki-naro-explains-how-vaccines">Original article</a> </p><p>This article was originally published on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork">VaccinesWork</a> 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