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Learn About a Vaccine Option from Pfizer
Learn About a Vaccine Option from Pfizer  

Good news about vaccination.

A vaccine option can not give you pneumococcal pneumonia

You can't get pneumococcal pneumonia from getting vaccinated. Because pneumococcal vaccines don't contain live bacteria.

A pneumococcal vaccination is not required every year

Unlike the flu vaccination, you don’t need pneumococcal vaccination every year.

Learn about a vaccine option that may help protect you

Vaccination may help protect you.
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True or False?
You can’t get pneumococcal pneumonia by getting vaccinated.
True

That’s right, you can’t get pneumococcal pneumonia from a vaccine because pneumococcal vaccines don’t contain live bacteria.

True

Actually, you can’t get pneumococcal pneumonia from getting vaccinated. That’s because pneumococcal vaccines don’t contain live bacteria.

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Get vaccinated—it's one of the best ways to help protect yourself.

If there's one thing Hall of Famer Joe Montana knows, it's that protection may help with success. And pneumococcal vaccination helps produce antibodies, which help protect your body.

STAY AHEAD WITH ADDITIONAL PROTECTION

When it comes to your respiratory health, having additional protection is never a bad idea. Even if you’ve already been vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia, ask your doctor or pharmacist if getting another vaccine can help prevent pneumococcal pneumonia.

True or False?
Even if you’ve already been vaccinated against pneumonia, getting another vaccine could help provide additional protection against pneumococcal pneumonia.
True
That's right, you may not be as protected as you think.

Even if you’ve already been vaccinated with another pneumonia vaccine, getting a different pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine could help provide additional protection and lower your risk of this potentially serious bacterial lung disease.

True
The truth is, you may not be as protected as you think.

Even if you’ve already been vaccinated with another pneumonia vaccine, getting a different pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine could help provide additional protection and lower your risk of this potentially serious bacterial lung disease.

What you should know about
pneumococcal pneumonia treatment.

People who catch pneumococcal pneumonia are typically treated with antibiotics. That’s
because the illness is bacterial. But you should know about antibiotic resistance. That’s when
bacteria become resistant to the antibiotic you are taking. According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic resistance “can cause illnesses that were once easily
treatable with antibiotics to become dangerous infections.”