But mRNA vaccines use a process a bit different than the traditional vaccines were used to.
That immune system response eventually produces antibodies.
But what does that mean in laymans terms?
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Scientists are trying to answer that.
Their metaphors range everywhere from a disappearing Snapchats to that catchy song you currently have on repeat.
Here are a few of the most helpful explanations.
The immune cells break them down quickly, which Crotty compares to the way a Snapchat message disappears.
Then, it gets erased.
The mRNA functions as the recipe.
He says mRNA relays the catchiest part of a song.
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