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You may have learned that the United Kingdom and the United States have encountered some initial hurdles in the unprecedented promotion of the new corona vaccine. The US Food and Drug Administration granted Pfizer and BioNTech an emergency use authorization for the new corona vaccine, which is used to vaccinate certain people at high risk of contracting the new corona virus, such as medical workers and the elderly in nursing homes. . For more than a week since then, there have been distribution problems in various places, as well as some irrelevant and confusing policies related to “who should get the vaccine first.”
Considering the complexity of the project and the wide range of cooperative stakeholders involved in the successful promotion of the vaccine, all of these issues are not so unexpected. However, with the development of vaccination work, there is one thing that may make Americans doubt, namely, there are reports that among the first group of people (including medical workers) to receive Pfizer’s new corona vaccine in the United Kingdom and the United States, Some people have side effects.
At least two medical professionals in Alaska had serious side effects and one of them had to be admitted to the hospital. Two medical workers in the UK also developed allergic symptoms after vaccination. One of the patients with mild symptoms recovered within an hour. In fact, most people’s symptoms will go away quickly. However, the frequency of such side effects will inevitably increase, because the vaccine is new and all people with different biological defects will eventually be vaccinated. (In the coming months, as other groups get vaccinated, we’ll have more information about the side effects of the vaccine, which may depend on the region you live in.)
Hearing that the new corona vaccine causes an allergic reaction will inevitably make people uncomfortable, but it shouldn’t be denied. Instead, people should pay attention to the potential side effects of the vaccine and be prepared to take a day or two of leave to deal with serious adverse reactions.
Although there may be side effects, or even serious ones, the vaccine is unlikely to harm most people who do not have a history of allergy or inflammation. This has been fully proven from large-scale clinical trials by Pfizer and Moderna, and findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
However, the report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also shows that the side effects of the new corona vaccine are still widespread. The vaccine is usually injected into the arm and the most common side effect so far is some pain at the site of the first injection. In a comparative trial of the Pfizer vaccine and placebo, more than 83% of people ages 18 to 55 experienced these side effects.
Among them, 51.1% of the subjects reported mild pain at the injection site and 30% reported moderate pain. Only 1% of people have severe or worse pain. Other side effects, such as redness and swelling, are even more rare. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, other common symptoms that last an average of about a day include fatigue, headaches, and muscle aches (however, there are no defined number of age groups that have mild and moderate side effects).
Skepticism about health is understandable, but medical experts point out that vaccination is always better than infection with the new coronavirus, because the latter is much more dangerous.
Mayo Clinic (Mayo Clinic) expert Dr. Melanie Swift recently revealed to Fortune magazine that to allow the few remaining workers to choose to get vaccinated as much as possible to continue working, their medical system is included A table has been published comparison of the side effects of the new corona virus and the symptoms of the new corona virus infection.
So how do these (usually) mild to moderate, (often) short-lived side effects compare to the actual symptoms of a virus infection?
A Harvard Medical School physician said: “After contracting the new crown, common symptoms include fever, body aches, dry cough, fatigue, chills, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite, and senselessness. smell. For some people, the symptoms are more serious, such as a high fever, severe cough, and shortness of breath, which are usually symptoms of pneumonia. People infected with the new coronavirus will also experience neurological symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, or a combination of these. It may be accompanied by respiratory symptoms or it may appear alone. “
The current number of new coronavirus infections in the United States exceeds 18.5 million and the number of new coronavirus-related deaths has reached 326,000. This death toll is more than 5 times the upper limit of annual flu-related deaths estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2010.
These figures fully illustrate the need for vaccination. (Chinese Fortune Network)
Translator: Feng Feng
Reviewer: Xia Lin
You may have read that the unprecedented launches of the COVID-19 vaccine in the UK and the US have faced some early roadblocks. In just over a week since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine an emergency clearance for certain groups at increased risk for COVID, such as healthcare workers and Nursing home residents, there have already been problems with disparate and confusing distribution and policies about exactly whom the first doses should go to.
None of this is so unexpected, given the highly complex nature of this project and the range of stakeholders that need to work together for a vaccine campaign to be successful. But one thing that may be causing Americans to pause as the effort rolls in is the wave of initial reports of side effects experienced by some of the first people in the UK and the US who were dosed with the Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, including healthcare workers.
At least two health professionals in Alaska developed serious reactions, including one who had to be hospitalized. Two other healthcare workers in the UK developed similar symptoms, including anaphylactic symptoms, but most workers recovered quickly from their symptoms, including one in just over an hour. More of these stories are bound to come, as the vaccine is very new and the vast numbers of people, all with different biological peccadilloes, are expected to eventually take it. (We’ll find out in the coming months exactly when other groups can get vaccinated, which will likely depend on where you live.)
An allergic reaction certainly sounds like an unpleasant prospect, but if it stops you from getting vaccinated, you shouldn’t. Instead, you should be on the lookout for potential side effects and prepare to take a day or two off work if they are severe.
Although side effects are possible and can be serious, they tend not to be debilitating in most people without a serious history of allergies or inflammatory problems. There’s a lot of evidence for that, both from the large-scale clinical trials by Pfizer and Moderna and from the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
That said, side effects are quite widespread, according to the CDC report. The most common by far is some pain at the site of the first COVID vaccine injection, which is usually done in the arm. In a trial of Pfizer’s vaccine against a placebo, more than 83% of people ages 18 to 55 reported experiencing this side effect.
But 51.1% of study participants reported pain at the injection site as mild; another 30% reported it to be moderate. Severe and superior was limited to 1%. Other side effects, such as redness and swelling, were much more rare. Other common problems, which lasted an average of about a day, according to the CDC, included fatigue, headaches and muscle pain (although mild to moderate side effects affect age groups can vary).
The healthy skepticism is understandable. But healthcare experts point out that getting a COVID vaccine is even more important than risking COVID-19. This last option is much more precarious.
An expert, Dr. Melanie Swift of the Mayo Clinic, recently told Fortune that her own healthcare system has developed a grid of side effects related to COVID vaccines versus those related to active coronavirus infections, in order to of keeping as much of the exhausted workforce in place as possible.
So how do these (usually) mild to medium, (usually) brief side effects compare to the symptoms that hit you when you actually get the disease?
“When the virus causes symptoms, the most common include fever, body aches, dry cough, fatigue, chills, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite and loss of smell,” according to a guide from the School of Medicine of Harvard. “In some people, COVID-19 causes more serious symptoms such as high fever, severe cough, and shortness of breath, which often indicates pneumonia. People with COVID-19 also experience neurological, gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, or both. These can occur with or without respiratory symptoms. “
There have been more than 18.5 million coronavirus cases and 326,000 COVID-related deaths in the US to date. That’s more than five times the number of deaths in the highest range of CDC’s estimates for annual flu-related deaths since 2010.
Those numbers make an even stronger case for taking a chance with the vaccine.
