The COVID-19 pandemic has been very hard for people everywhere. Scientists have been able to make vaccines. A vaccine is an injection that helps a person fight an illness. Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is a leader on the team that made a vaccine for COVID-19. Her team worked hard to research and test their vaccine.
We get vaccines, or shots, at different times to protect us from getting sick. Vaccines work in a few ways. Most vaccines help our bodies get ready to fight a virus, or a type of germ. When we get a vaccine, our body acts the way it would if we had the virus. Our bodies practice fighting the virus. This prepares us to not get too sick if we y actually get the virus.
Fewer people will get sick if enough people get the vaccine. It will help doctors and hospitals help people who do get very sick. They will have more time and resources to help these people. The COVID-19 vaccine is good news after a long and hard year.
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