A person is already ill with a bacterial infection. Why would giving them a vaccine against that bacterium not be a useful treatment?
A vaccine is effective only against viruses, so it has no effect on a bacterium
A vaccine takes several days to produce antibodies, so it would act too slowly
A vaccine contains antibodies that are destroyed by the live bacterium present
A vaccine would make the person more ill by adding live bacteria to the body
176 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Biology 3.1 Communicable diseases, covering 3.1.1 Communicable (infectious) diseases, 3.1.2 Viral diseases, 3.1.3 Bacterial diseases, 3.1.4 Fungal diseases, 3.1.5 Protist diseases, 3.1.6 Human defence systems, 3.1.7 Vaccination, 3.1.8 Antibiotics and painkillers, and 3.1.9 Discovery and development of drugs. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.