Daily Junction.mobi portal<p>Vaccination substantially reduces the risk of serious illness while helping protect people who are especially vulnerable. Its success should not cause societies to forget why it became necessary.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/294265/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" /><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: https://theconversation.com/republishing-guidelines --></p>
<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/dan-stratton-1370750">Dan Stratton</a>, Lecturer Biomedical Health Science, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/the-open-university-748">The Open University</a></em></span></p>
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