Cartoon: how do vaccines work? 22 September 2015 1 min read Republish this article Republish this article Disclaimer If you would like to republish this article, please follow these steps: use the HTML below; do not edit the text; include the author’s byline; credit VaccinesWork as the original source; and include the page view counter script. <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" 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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> </p><script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-M7H54VD');</script><noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-M7H54VD" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript></article> Add as preferred Google source Great cartoon by Maki Naro explains how vaccines work, and why we need to immunise ourselves against misinformation. 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