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- 4. Scientists test the safety of a vaccine by giving half of the people in a trial the real medicine and half the ________ then comparing the results
- 7. Antibodies are part of your __________ system that protect you against infection
- 9. The 6th grade is teaching the 8th grade _____ about the vaccine.
- 10. What is the name of the most recent "variant of concern" that is very contagious and spreading quickly?
- 11. What is on the outside that allows viruses to enter and attach to human cells
- 13. Covid-19 vaccines help our immune system get to know what the _____ looks like that causes Covid-19 without us having to get the illness.
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- 1. What is it called when someone tells you to do something?
- 2. People who are vaccinated are 10x less likely to get______
- 3. The _______ doesen't cure you but it does give you a lower percentage of getting sick.
- 5. If you don't get the vaccine you need either a medical or personal belief ____________, which is a letter from a liscensed doctor
- 6. The ______ shot is an extra dose of the vaccine to increase your protection
- 8. This means crown in spanish and it's how the _______ virus got its name because that is what it's spike protiens look like.
- 11. Protein The vaccine works by teaching our cells to make _____ _______
- 12. Its like the brains of the virus and once its inside your body it acts like a messenger