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How do COVID-19 mRNA vaccines work?

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We open on an illustration and pan across a line-up of Canadians: woman in a wheelchair with a friend, an older couple, and a same-sex couple.

Text on-screen and narration: The COVID-19 vaccines and you

The camera stops on the same-sex couple, and a bubble opens up.

Text on-screen and narration: How do COVID-19 mRNA vaccines work?

The couple and question bubble move to the left to reveal the answer.

Text on-screen and narration: The COVID-19 mRNA vaccines provide instructions for how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response. Your body then prepares antibodies and cells that help you fight the virus if it enters your body in the future.

Text on-screen and narration: Find out more about mRNA vaccines at Canada.ca/covid-vaccine.

The Canada wordmark with waving flag appears.

Narration: A message from the Government of Canada.

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