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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