Vaccines!

Dr. Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine in 1796 for this disease:

• cowpox

• chickenpox

• smallpox

• the flu

The disease smallpox was eradicated (ended) in 1979 because

• of worldwide vaccination

• it went away naturally

• of antibiotic treatment

• of variolation (blowing smallpox up the nose)

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

What is the best way to prevent illnesses caused by viruses?

(a)  

How many 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 two types of traditional vaccines are made from:

• only a part of the virus

• the entire virus, either weakened or killed

• the entire virus, 100% full strength

• the genome (genetic material) of the virus

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

• the entire virus

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

• only a small part of the virus

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

The small piece of RNA in the vaccine triggers the cell's ribosomes to make this--and ONLY this--part of the virus: the (a)  

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

• because the RNA is unstable unless kept cold

• because the virus doesn't like hot temperatures

• because the vaccines can melt

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