Lifelong vaccination journey (described video)
Transcript
The following video uses drawings, icons and text-on-screen to illustrate the importance of vaccination.
Narrator: Vaccination at various ages and stages helps protect us throughout our lives.
Description: Text on screen: "Vaccination, a lifelong journey." Images of a pregnant person; an infant, a child; a teenager; two adults and two elderly people appear at the bottom of the screen.
Narrator: If planning a pregnancy, check that recommended vaccinations, especially the rubella vaccine, are up to date.
Description: A single person is on the left of the screen while the text on screen on the right says "Before becoming pregnant" and rubella".
Narrator: During pregnancy, some vaccinations can provide protective antibodies to the baby. The Tdap vaccine is recommended in each pregnancy to help protect young babies from a serious infection called whooping cough. Getting the influenza and COVID-19 vaccines helps to protect the baby in the first few months after they're born and also helps protect the pregnant person from serious illness.
Description: A pregnant person appears alone on the left side of the screen as the names of the vaccines appear on the right.
Narrator: As babies grow, routine childhood vaccines help to protect them against serious diseases.
Description: A child in their mother's arms is followed by an image of a toddler in a doctor's office. A list of 15 diseases - each with a checkmark - that can be prevented by vaccine appears on screen - followed by icons of teens, adults and elderly people with the lists of diseases that affect those age groups.
Narrator: For preteens and teens, it's recommended that they receive the HPV and meningococcal vaccines, and a hepatitis B vaccine if it was not received as a baby. A booster dose of the tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough vaccine is recommended.
Narrator: For adults, tetanus boosters are recommended every 10 years. At least one adult booster should include protection against whooping cough. As we age, we are at greater risk of serious complications from infectious diseases. Influenza, pneumococcal, shingles and COVID-19 vaccinations help protect against these complications.
Description: A group of people at all stages of life stand shoulder to shoulder.
Narrator: Influenza vaccination is recommended each fall for everyone 6 months of age and older. It's also important to follow updated COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
Description: A passenger airliner circles the globe.
Narrator: If traveling outside Canada…
Description: A patient visits their doctor's office.
Narrator: …or if you have specific medical conditions, talk to your health care provider to find out if you need additional vaccines.
For more information on vaccinations for you and your family, visit: canada.ca/vaccines
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