Hypothesis testing - vaccination immunogenicity side effects and antibodies levels

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I want to conduct an experiment.

I am checking a vaccine, i want to see if the side effects to the vaccine can predict the immunogenicity of the vaccine.

I take 2 groups, 1 that after the vaccination had mild side effects, the other had serious side effects.

I will estimate the immunogenicity of the vaccine by the number of antibodies in the blood of the participants after the vaccination.

I want help in thinking which test i should use.

$H_0$: There is no difference in the immunogenicity (using mean number of antibodies in each group - $\mu$)-> $\mu_0 = \mu_1$

$H_1:$ There is a difference, and the immunogenicity in the group that has worse side effects is bigger (using mean number of antibodies - the mean number of antibodies in the group that had worse side effects is bigger)-> $\mu_0 < \mu_1$

The numbers of participants in each group will be greater than 30: $n > 30$

Therefore, i though to use $Z$ (Normal distribution) Test.

The problem: I dont know the mean In the population, i must estimate that from the group.

So, can i use $Z$ Test when i dont know the mean in the population?

Otherewise -> what should i use? Or how to estimate the mean?

Thanks.