Vaccines are designed to protect you from a virus and the way that they succeed is by firing up the immune system. In this episode of SICK, we walk through how a vaccine prepares the body to fight off the COVID-19 virus and why it can cause some unpleasant side effects. — Dr. Kennedy was socially distanced from masked off-camera participants in a non-patient care, non-public setting, and therefore in compliance with Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 safety guidelines while unmasked.