How Do Vaccines Work? - Robin May

00:00 // Introduction
01:31 // Do Vaccines Work?
03:12 // A Brief History
07:52 // How Vaccines Work
26:16 // Types of Vaccines
37:41 // Vaccine Hesitancy
40:43 // The Future

Watch the Q&A session here:    • Q&A: How Do Vaccines Work? - Robin May  

Vaccination has changed the world, saving millions of lives and enabling us to eradicate a lethal disease for the first time in human history – not to mention their critical role in ending the Covid-19 pandemic. This lecture explores how a vaccine actually works, why mRNA vaccines are truly groundbreaking and why we can’t simply vaccinate against everything.

This lecture was recorded by Robin May on 26th March 2025 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London.

Robin is Gresham Professor of Physic.

He is also Chief Scientific Adviser at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of Birmingham.

The transcript of the lecture is available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/h...

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