{"id":2455,"date":"2021-03-14T13:55:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T13:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2021-03-14T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T13:55:59","slug":"covid-19-and-the-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2021\/03\/14\/covid-19-and-the-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid- 19 and the Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

We learned about what Covid – 19 is and how the vaccine works.<\/p>\n

Our bodies know how to fight of germs from the cold or flu, because it has seen that virus before and remembers them.\u00a0 When a new virus arrives (Covid 19), it does not know what to do and we can become very ill.\u00a0 The virus is surrounded by a “shell”\u00a0 (protein).\u00a0 The vaccine is not the virus, but the “shell” (protein).\u00a0 It will then be able to recognise it if it meets it again and fight it off.<\/p>\n

We made our “virus” using pipe cleaners, pom poms and googly eyes.<\/p>\n