Mystery #3Tier 3microbes / immunity
How does a vaccine protect you without making you ill?
A vaccine protects you from an illness, yet it doesn't give you that illness to do it. That seems almost like a trick: how can your body learn to beat a germ it has never actually fought?

Your guess
What's your hunch about how a vaccine can get your body ready for a germ without making you ill?
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