Coloring book created by medical professor addresses vaccine, COVID-19 concerns
A new coloring book is helping kids draw clear lines between COVID-19 and the vaccines.
More than 2,000 copies of the coloring book, " were delivered recently to public schools in Massachusetts.
UMass Chan Medical School is offering the coloring books for free to schools or anyone who wants to download a copy from its website.
Author Angela Messmer-Blust, an assistant professor at the school, said her 5-year-old daughter is the inspiration behind using a "super girl" named Emma RNA to represent a COVID-19 vaccine.
With her friends Auntie Body and Mister T, Emma saves the world from a dangerous new villain named Spike Man.
"We really wanted a way to use some of the analogies to explain the science in a fun way, so we hope to take some of the fear out of it for the kids and parents and other adults who may be questioning is this safe?" Messmer-Blust said. "There's a lot of misinformation out there, so this kind of cuts through the noise a little bit."
Messmer-Blust said the book is written for kids in grades 5 through 8, but many adults have told her it helped them better understand how vaccines work and debunked some common myths, including the false theory that vaccines can somehow change a person's DNA.
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