Living in a clean environment and building immunity help keep a person healthy.

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Living in a clean environment and building
immunity help keep a person healthy.
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• Antiseptics kill pathogens outside of the body.

• do not target specific pathogens
• cause pathogen to burst
• ex. soap, rubbing alcohol

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Antibiotics kill pathogens inside the body

• target one specific bacterium or fungus
• cause pathogen to burst
• not effective against viruses

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• Antibiotic resistance can cause medicines
• to become ineffective.

• Caused by
• misuse or overuse of
• antibiotics
• Use in livestock feed
• Antibacterial soaps

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• Vaccines control pathogens and disease
• given to prevent illness
• produce artificial immunity
• contain the antigen of a weakened pathogen

NO evidence that vaccines cause autism!
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• Community Immunity-Everyone is protected if a
  large of people are vaccinated. (80-95)

• People may opt out
• Personal Beliefs
• Medical Reasons