Myths or Realities?

Anxious to be vaccinated because of those tales circulating that the vaccine causes death? Or maybe because of the side effect that occurs throughout when we got vaccinated?

Why do we need to get vaccinated? Vaccines used to be our booster in our immune system to fight against the virus. Vaccines stimulate the virus or bacteria that create disease and triggers the body’s creation of antibodies. These antibodies will guard once a person is infected with the actual disease-causing virus or bacteria.

Vaccination is a significant way to defend ourselves from getting severe COVID-19. According to World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 vaccines that are yielded with Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are considered safe and effective based on the available evidence to date. Nevertheless, then, there are risks of complications, but severe or life-threatening reactions are infrequent. Health professionals will evaluate and closely monitor anyone who will get the vaccine to minimize any risk.

What are the vaccines that are safe to use? According to the data of WHO, Pfizer from Biontech’s Comirnaty is the most efficient vaccine; based on data provided by the manufacturer, and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 95% effective in an ongoing large-scale clinical trial. Meanwhile, the Moderna vaccine has shown to be 94.1% effective in a continuous, large-scale clinical trial. In comparison, Oxford’s AstraZeneca vaccine has shown to be 63% effective in an ongoing, large-scale clinical trial. The Sinovac’s Coronavac has an efficacy rate of 50.4% for preventing the symptomatic virus, according to data from a Brazilian trial, and an effectiveness of 67%, according to a real-world study in Chile. Sinovac’s vaccine was validated for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) by the WHO on June 1.

Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is an effective way to guard ourselves against capturing COVID-19. Vaccines can help protect us by preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. Medical experts are still uncertain how long people are safe from reinfection after healing from the virus. Taking the vaccine and continuing to follow public health guidelines is the best way to defend ourselves from becoming infected again.

Moreover, the purpose of human trials is to spot side effects –such as headache, sore arms, fatigue, chills, and fever, which are not unusual in other vaccines or injections and are usually not harmful in the long term. Genuine side effects mean anything long-lasting and probably not dangerous.

There are possible risks that may exist that are considerably lower than those associated with COVID-19 infection and vastly outweighed by the benefits of protecting people and preventing the virus from spreading.

There are methods to get vaccinated. First, online registration─ visit the Facebook page of your city or municipality. Second, take a form from your city/municipal planning and development office and fill it out or download the form, fill it out and submit it to your city/municipal planning and development office.

What are the benefits of the vaccine in our bodies? The vaccine helps these antibodies help your immune system fight the virus if you were exposed, so it reduces your chance of getting the disease. However, you can still become infected after being vaccinated by those people who haven’t got vaccinated. Studies have shown vaccinated people who do get infected have mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t vaccinated. So, once you are fully vaccinated, there is a low risk of hospitalization and death because of COVID-19.

After a year of obscurity, the vaccine has arrived and has clear advantages that should make everyone considered getting the shot. By deciding to be injected, you can guard not only yourself and your family but your community as well.

Don’t be afraid to get vaccinated if you want to reunite again with your friends and other members of your family. Get your vaccine now!