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02 Sep 2021

Setting it Straight video edition: How do vaccines work?

In this special video edition of Setting it Straight, Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty explains exactly how COVID-19 vaccines work. He steps us through what happens in our bodies when the vaccine enters it, how it works to protect us against serious blood-borne infections, and why we don't need to worry that they're unsafe.