TYPES OF VACCINES
What is a vaccine for a common illness with a fever, aches, chills, and congestion?
What is the flu vaccine
"Vaccines cause autism"
What is false
What system in your body remembers how to fight germs after a vaccine?
What is your immune system
Who created the first ever vaccine?
Who is Edward Jenner
What is it called when so many people in a community are vaccinated that the disease slows or stops?
What is herd immunity
What vaccine helps the disease that creates big red bumps and itchiness?
What is varicella (chickenpox)
"Natural infection is always better"
What is false
Vaccines are usually given through what?
what is a shot
In 1796 what disease was Jenner trying target?
What is smallpox
Herd immunity usually protects these types of people...
What is (any of the following)...
People who are too young, have allergies, do not have enough money, or are unable to get vaccinated
What vaccine helps the disease that can lead to paralysis?
(hint: Franklin D Roosevelt had this)
What is polio
"Vaccines save money by causing less trips to the doctors"
What is true
What do you call a tiny germ that makes people sick and vaccine protect against?
What is a virus
Which vaccine pioneer tested the first rabies vaccine on a young boy bitten by a rabid dog and cured him?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Who is Louis Pasteur
Parents miss less of this when their kids are vaccinated
what is work
What vaccine prevents the disease that creates a terrible cough in infants?
What is pertussis (whooping cough)
"Vaccine ingredients are toxic"
What is false
What is another word for a doctor who studies and helps prevent diseases?
what is a scientist or immunologist.
Who developed the MMR vaccine?
Who is Maurice Hilleman
What does your body make after a vaccine to help protect you from getting sick?
what are antibodies
What vaccine prevents the disease you get from rusted metals that causes fevers and muscle contractions?
What is tetanus
"If enough people in a society get vaccinated, the disease can be eradicated"
What is true
Why do we sometimes get more than 1 dose of a vaccine (like a booster)?
What is to help your body remember and stay protected
What viral disease was targeted by the first successful mRNA vaccines, released in 2020?
What is COVID-19
Which part of your body stores the "memory" of germs it has seen before?
What are special immune cells