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Travel Health Journal

Vaccinations

Are you ready for Germageddon?

Do you understand how your immune system works to protect you from disease? Do you know how vaccines work? These questions are answered in the graphic novel Germageddon: The War of Vaccines Vs. The Human Immune System. Created, written, and illustrated by Natalia Burachynsky, a Medical Illustrator and Visualization specialist, the comic book explains immunity and the power of vaccines. We recently asked Natalia, an avid traveller who has visited New Zealand, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Greece, Portugal and many other European countries to tell us why she developed Germageddon for her Master’s of Science in Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto. What is Germageddon? Germageddon is an educational graphic novel that is unbiased, engaging, and humorous. It ...