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Did you know that this rare microbe is the key to certain vaccines? After the success of the COVID-19 vaccines, researchers are working hard to bring that same mRNA technology to annual flu vaccines! Learn all about it with Hank in this new episode of SciShow!
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Sources:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/basics/faq.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/how-they-work.html
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/types.htm
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-019-0143-6
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/human-serology.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/971932
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm0271
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434461022000578
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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/types.htm
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434461022000578#b0040
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