Vaccines

The first vaccine was developed was for?

• Chicken pox

• Polio

• Smallpox

• Penicillin

How do mRNA vaccines work by?

• introducing inactivated virus into the body to start an immune response.

• changing the DNA of your cells to protect you from infection from the virus.

• having your own cells make a protein from the virus so your immune cells will recognize the virus.

• using a carrier virus to start an immune response.

TRUE or FALSE: Do vaccines need boosters to remain effective?

• TRUE

• FALSE

The disease smallpox was eradicated (ended) in 1979 because?

• of antibiotic treatment

• of worldwide vaccination

• it went naturally

True or False: Viruses that cause disease are killed using antibiotics.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Which of the following are stimulated in your body by a vaccine?

• the body's immune response

• the production of antigens

• the production of antibodies

• the production of antibiotics

The new RNA vaccine for Covid-19 is made from:

• the entire genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus

• the entire virus

• only a small part of the genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus

• only a small part of the virus

Why must the Pfizer vaccines be kept at very cold temperatures?

• because the vaccines can melt

• because the RNA is unstable unless kept cold

• because the virus doesn't like hot temperatures

• None of the above

Who created the first vaccine for the Smallpox Virus in 1796?

• Jonas Salk

• Edward Jenner

• Louis Pasteur

• Barbara McClintock

A __________ is an injection of a weekened form of a pathogen to help the individual gain immunity from a disease.

• Virus

• Antibiotics

• Vaccine