FEATURE MARCH 11-12, 2021
Weighing risks and of By: Lola Cooper
Many people are hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. They are questioning the vaccine mostly because of how quickly it was brought to the surface. People say it was rushed and corners had been cut to get the vaccine quicker. The vaccine developers didn’t skip any testing steps, but conducted some of the steps on an overlapping schedule to gather data faster. The process did go faster but the usual steps and procedures and testings and review were all followed. Scientific tools are also getting a lot faster than they used to be. On top of that lots of people volunteer
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for trials of the vaccine, giving much needed results faster. Another thing people are paranoid about is what really is going to happen to your body when you have the vaccine or what the vaccines “true purpose” is supposed to be. The first Covid-19 vaccines contained genetic material called mRNA. It allows a faster approach than the traditional way that vaccines are made. Our bodys can convert DNA into mRNA. Because COVID-19 is so contagious and is spreading like crazy, it did not take long to see if the vaccine worked on the study volunteers who were vaccinated. Another claim is that the vaccine makes you even more sick. There are many common reactions that have been happening such as pain, redness or swelling where the shot was given, fever, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, chills, joint pain, nausea and vomiting and even swollen lymph nodes. There’s also a very small fraction getting what’s known as Bell’s palsy and allergic reactions. They don’t contain Covid-19 therefore you cant receive Covid-19 from getting vaccinated. Even if you’ve already had Covid-19 you should still get the vaccine just to be sure. Getting the vaccine does not make you immune
for life. Its unknown how long it will last. Getting it does not mean you do not need to wear a mask anymore. Another myth is that the vaccine includes a tracking device being put into everybody and that the Covid-19 vaccine causes infertility in women. This information is false. Experts confirmed that it is too short to trigger a response. There’s an amino acid sequence between the spike and a placental protein. Many people have the mindset of “Well I’m not at risk for severe complications of Covid-19 so I don’t need the vaccine.” Regardless of if your risks are severe or not you don’t know the damage it can do to those around you who are sensitive to illnesses like Covid-19 or even the flu. So you should still consider getting vaccinated to protect those who are around you when in public. you can still get infected and spread it onto others. you can not get Covid-19 from the vaccine because it does not contain a live strand. Many people are refusing to get it because they believe it’s supposed to control the population through microchip tracking.
