Vaccines

A/an ________ is an injection of a weakened form of a pathogen to help the individual gain immunity from a disease.

• Virus

• Vacuum

• Vaccine

• Antibiotic

You are a doctor and Little Billy is in your office with the flu. His mother wants you to prescribe an antibiotic. Which would be the best response?

• "Absolutely, get that kid an antibiotic!"

• "Actually, he just needs to take a painkiller."

• "Unfortunately, antibiotics do not work against viruses like the flu."

• "Give him a vaccine and he will feel better right away!"

A vaccination

• Is a type of white blood cell that eats bacteria

• Protects your body via needle or capsule

• Causes your body to react as if it had met a pathogen

• Is made up of collagen, and can be in the form of gelatine

Passive immunity is when

• You produce your own antibodies to a disease

• You are given antibodies to a disease

• You are immune to any type of disease

• Macrophages invade your lymphatic system and shield you from ever falling sick

Active immunity is when

• You produce your own antibodies to a disease

• You are given antibodies to a disease

• You are immune to any type of disease

• Macrophages invade your lymphatic system and shield you from ever falling sick

Jessica has booked a last minute trip to Cambodia and it is recommended by her doctor to get a rabies shot. She is currently unprotected. This is an example of

• Active immunity

• Passive immunity

How do vaccines work?

• They don't

• Vaccines use the body's natural adaptive immune system to build up a resistance to a disease by creating antibodies before we are ever exposed to it giving us increased resistance or even complete immunity to the disease

• vaccines give us the full disease, and your body will either fight it or not

• I have no idea what a vaccine is

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