Finally, vaccination not only immunizes the individual but also protects the people who haven’t been vaccinated, thus halting the transmission of an infection. Since there are only two ways to be protected from a disease, becoming infected by the pathogen or getting vaccinated, vaccines are the safest options to immunize both the individual and the population. This concept is known as “herd immunity”, which is the “means of protecting a whole community from disease by immunizing a critical mass of its populace” (Willingham). Adding on, herd immunity protects against diseases that can be transmitted more easily than others, such as measles and influenza, and infections with extremely painful symptoms, such as whooping cough. However, in order
