Vaccinations aren't failure-proof. There have been documented
cases in the US where kids who were given the Polio vaccine ended
up with Polio.
Vaccinations can be attentuated viruses, which means that the
vaccine will have the very bacteria / virus itself, but it would be
in a weakened state so that your body's immune system will learn to
recognise the 'intruder', and attack it, and then, 'remember' how
to recognise and attack it should it return again.
I don't administer vaccinations in the ward, only the polyclinic or
pediatric nurses get to do that.
And, btw, I thought you mentioned that Kinokuniya doesn't carry
that book? It does sound like a potentially interesting read!
