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They are products that protect people against many diseases that can be very dangerous and even deadly. Different than most medicines that treat or cure diseases, vaccines prevent you from getting sick with the disease in the first place. That being said, vaccines play an important role in keeping us healthy. A more in-depth view of vaccines, it is made from very small amounts of weak or dead germs that can cause diseases. For example, viruses, bacteria, or toxins. It prepares your body to fight the disease faster and more effectively so you won’t get sick or you will develop 'immunity' to it. Immunity is the body’s way of preventing disease. Some notable vaccines existing so far are measles, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, meningitis, influenza, tetanus, typhoid, and cervical cancer. Regarding coronavirus pandemic, the rush to develop the vaccine for COVID-19 has all been an international effort. Countries like the US, Japan, Israel, South Korea, Germany, etc. and pharmaceutical companies like Informa Pharma Intelligence, Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson, just to name a few, have been exhausting all of their available resources and means, even squeezed timelines that usually total months into weeks or even days just to fight back against global health issues posed by the virus.