Jab in time
- POSTED ON: 8 Mar, 2022
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- POSTED BY: Madhumitha Srinivasan
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The COVID-19 pandemic, among other things, helped highlight the importance of vaccines and the scientists who create them. Thanks to vaccines, we are protected from several viruses and diseases that are otherwise dangerous.
Example:
The dreaded Polio was an infectious disease that affected humans by the millions. In 1988, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the Rotary Foundation together launched a vaccination programme. When it started, there was an estimated 350,000 cases of Polio. In 2020, the numbers are just 140 – a 99.96% reduction – thanks to vaccines!
Ask your parents and they will tell you how right from the time you were born, doctors gave you different vaccines, some oral and some as injections, because of which you are protected from several diseases like the ones listed below. Can you find them in the grid?