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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 3, Rounds 7-8: ScotFi   
   22 Oct 25 23:25:05   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 3, Round 7 - Entertainment - Scots Films   
      
      
   > * Game 3, Round 8 - Science - Vaccines   
   >   
   > 1. In 2023, over 100 member states of the World Health Organization   
   >    provided this vaccine in their national immunization schedule,   
   >    targeting girls age 9-14 years old.  This vaccine targets   
   >    what infection?   
      
   HPV   
      
   > 2. Louis Pasteur developed vaccines for three infectious diseases.   
   >    Name *any one* of them.   
      
   Polio   
      
   > 3. The MMR vaccine is a combination of vaccines against three   
   >    diseases.   Name *any one* of them.   
      
   Measles   
      
   > 4. The DTaP vaccine is also a combination; name *any one* of the   
   >    diseases targeted.   
      
   Dengue fever   
      
   > 5. The first combination vaccine licensed in the US, in 1945,   
   >    targeted multiple strains of one infectious disease rather than   
   >    multiple infectious diseases.  What one disease?   
      
   Influenza   
      
   > 6. In 1980, the World Health Assembly declared which infectious   
   >    disease to be eradicated?   
      
   Smallpox   
      
   > 7. What is the major difference between the mRNA vaccines and the   
   >    traditional vaccines, in terms of the content of the vaccines?   
      
   Traditional vaccines consists a reduced version of the virus that   
   incites the body to produce antibodies. mRNA sends a message to   
   the body to produce the antibodies.   
      
   > 10. There were two viral-vector vaccines that were approved   
   >    in Canada for use with COVID-19.  Both of these vaccines   
   >    were withdrawn from the market in 2023 by the pharmaceutical   
   >    companies involved.  In either case, name *either* the vaccine   
   >    itself or the pharmaceutical company involved.   
      
   AstraZeneca   
      
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