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TED Talks: Season 2015

2015x34 Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity
TV-PG

  • 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 15m
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
How do vaccines prevent disease — even among people too young to get vaccinated? It's a concept called "herd immunity," and it relies on a critical mass of people getting their shots to break the chain of infection. Health researcher Romina Libster shows how herd immunity contained a deadly outbreak of H1N1 in her hometown. (In Spanish with subtitles.)
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