Key things to know about COVID-19 vaccines
Kaieteur News – “Get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you can,” is the advice offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. The CDC has also identified widespread vaccination as a vital tool to help prevent the pandemic.
Key things to know about COVID-19, the CDC lists:
-COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective;
– you can have side effects after vaccination, but these are normal;
– it usually takes two weeks after you have been fully vaccinated for the body to build up protection (immunity) against the virus that causes COVID-19.
However, even the CDC is still learning about COVID-19. It has stated that:
– we are still learning how well vaccines prevent you from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 to others, even if you have no symptoms;
– we are also still learning how long COVID-19 vaccines protect people;
– we are still learning how many people have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before most people can be considered protected (population immunity).
-We are still learning how effective the vaccines are against new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Effectiveness
Turning to efficacy, the CDC noted that studies show that COVID-19 vaccines are effective in keeping people from getting COVID-19. As such, he underlined that having a COVID-19 vaccine will also help keep you from becoming seriously ill even if you are getting COVID-19.
“COVID-19 vaccination is an important tool to help us get back to normal,” the GDC has revealed. He went on to explain, “COVID-19 vaccines teach our immune systems how to recognize and fight the virus that causes COVID-19.” It usually takes two weeks after vaccination for the body to build up immunity (immunity) ) against the virus that causes COVID-19, which means, the CDC noted, that someone could still get COVID-19 before or after the vaccination and then become ill because they didn’t People are considered fully protected two weeks after their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or two weeks after the Janssen COVID vaccine -19 single dose Johnson & Johnson, according to the CDC.
However, the CDC and the Department of Food and Drugs (FDA) have recommended a break in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s J & J / Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine in the United States out of abundance of caution, effective Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will hold its second emergency meeting to discuss the J & J / Janssen Vaccine COVID-19 on April 23, 2021, the CDC has revealed. It has also stated that people who have received the J & J / Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine in the last three weeks who develop severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain, or shortness of breath should seek medical care on once.
Reminding about the importance of staying safe, the GDC said, “You should continue to use all available equipment to protect yourself and others until you are fully vaccinated.”
Although COVID-19 vaccines are effective in keeping people from getting ill, CDC noted that scientists are still learning “how well vaccines prevent you from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 to others, even even if you have no symptoms. ” Early data, he noted, shows that the vaccines help keep people with no symptoms from spreading COVID-19, but “we are learning more as more people get vaccinated.”
The GDC also admitted that it is “still learning how long COVID-19 vaccines protect people.” For these reasons, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should continue to take precautions in public places, “until we know more.” Vaccinated people, the CDC advised, should continue to wear a mask, wash hands frequently, stay six feet apart from others and avoid crowds and poorly ventilated places.
Security
Referring to the fact that millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines, CDC noted that these vaccines have undergone the most intense security monitoring in US history. This monitoring includes the use of established and new safety monitoring systems to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are safe, according to the CDC as a reminder, “These vaccines cannot give you COVID-19.”
CDC has developed a new tool, v-safe, to help it quickly identify any safety problems with COVID-19 vaccines. V-safe is a smartphone-based post-vaccination health checker for people receiving COVID-19 vaccines.
You may have side effects after vaccination, but these are normal
After COVID-19 vaccination, a person can have some side effects. These, according to the CDC, are normal signs that the body is defending a building. The side effects of COVID-19 vaccination, such as cold or fatigue, can affect a person’s ability to carry out daily activities, and should go away in a few days.
Population Immunity
Obtaining population immunity was mentioned as extremely important in the fight against COVID-19. Population immunity means that enough people in a community are protected from disease because they already have the disease or because they have been vaccinated.
Thus, population immunity makes it difficult for the disease to spread from person to person. It even protects those who cannot be vaccinated, such as newborns or people who are allergic to the vaccine, the CDC highlighted. However, he noted that the percentage of people who need protection to ensure population immunity varies by disease.
“We are still learning how many people need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the majority of people can be considered protected,” the GDC added. In addition, it is still learning how effective the vaccines are against new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19.
While still learning about the characteristics of new variants, the CDC noted that early data showed that some variants could work against the vaccines but may be less effective against others.