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Immunology Professors Emina Milosevic and Dusan Popadic at Belgrade School of Medicine and Professor Slobodan Cvejic from the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade state that they are ready to receive the vaccine and recommend it to their parents and relatives.
Emina Milošević says that the youngest part of the population will not be the first to be vaccinated, because older people are at higher risk.
Slobodan Cvejić says that he would also recommend the vaccine to his mother, because, he claims, he does not think the risk from the vaccine is higher than others. He points out that there is some risk per thousand, but he does not see that smokers are exposed to less risk.
“Rationally, this carries a dose of risk, and this is the right time to show confidence in the science,” Cvejic says.
Dušan Popadić points out that the risk is “per thousand per thousand”.
“Probably the people who would have more serious complications could be counted on the fingers of one hand, if the entire population of Serbia were vaccinated,” says Popadić.
Are pregnant women at higher risk?
Emina Milošević says that pregnant women are advised to skip the vaccine, because they were not included in the third phase of the examination.
“The US recommendations provide the possibility for pregnant and lactating women to be vaccinated if they so desire. From the design of vaccines, there is no fear of any danger to them,” says Milosevic.
It is known, he adds, that it is not recommended for people who have had severe allergic reactions, if it is not known what caused the reactions. Polyethylene glycol is believed to cause possible allergic reactions. He points out that they are extremely rare.
“In Britain, where half a million people have been vaccinated, there have been two cases of severe allergic reactions,” Milosevic said.
How the vaccine works
Popadić points out that vaccines cause the creation of antibodies against the virus of the virus through which it enters the cells of our body, if we speak of RNA or adenoviral vaccines.
“He explains that the idea is that our cell produces a viral protein that then generates antibodies and T cells against infection. The nucleic acid exists briefly in the cell and then breaks down. The RNA method is even more sensitive to breakdown than the DNA. Extends to 72 hours. Then it disappears from our body, “adds Popadić.
Milosevic claims that the vaccine stays in our body for a short time, and then our cells remember the information on how to resist the virus.
“The beauty of the immune response is that our cells will remember that contact, regardless of the fact that we do not have RNA and DNA in our body that encodes a viral protein. We will have a memory response and the immune response will help defend against the virus.” Milosevic said.
Milosevic points out that in RNA vaccines, we have RNA that will be translated into the protein of the virus.
“When you only have RNA, there is no possibility that the rest of the virus is invented in our body. In that sense, they are very safe. When the virus comes from outside, our cells produce RNA, this is one of them. Said RNA does not it can bind to DNA and it’s like trying two different sets of dice for kids to fit together, “said Milosevic.
How to get a safe vaccine in ten months
Dušan Popadić claims that it is possible to make a vaccine in ten months because it enabled the development of molecular biology.
“The sequence of the virus was published in early January. I think on January 10, in 200 laboratories, scientists sat down to see what to do with it, some decided to make a vaccine, some tests. Reduce bureaucratization due to a pandemic in vaccine production. large sums of money from states that have accelerated that path in vaccine testing, “Popadic said.
He believes that testing vaccines is never enough, but that there was enough time to determine if the vaccine is safe or immunogenic.
How many people do not want to be vaccinated
Slobodan Cvejić, a sociology professor at the Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, said that according to research he is aware of, Serbia ranks at the level of the world average in the percentage of those who would not want to be vaccinated, which is one third of the population. According to him, measuring opinion in public opinion polls is not a completely reliable method.
He adds that he would not say that the anti-vaccine movement has more influence now and that it is about opening a public debate.
“There are anti-vaxers who start from a difficult position and who are religious and who have political affiliations, and that can change quickly,” says Cvejić.
He claims that it becomes risky when we realize that we all understand medicine a little.
“We should ask ourselves about the issue of preserving the credibility of a profession,” says Cvejic. That is why he says that it is good to punish those who deceive citizens.
“This is just an open discussion process about it, and my impression is that even on social media, things will change in a different direction,” says Cvejić.
Does a new strain bring new problems?
Emina Milošević points out that the new strain of the virus has the potential to bypass the immune response in those who have suffered an infection.
“This means that if it continues to change over a period of time, it could be something new. There have been previous mutations that have not fundamentally changed things. The nature of this virus is to mutate, but that mutation rate is not that high,” he says . Milosevic.
What is known so far, he notes, is that the vaccine will work on him too.
Dušan Popadić notes that there is no evidence that we significantly change the body’s resistance to coronavirus through diet and vitamin C intake.
“It can help the immune response not to overload it with a large amount of virus. You will do better if you wear a mask and adhere to epidemiological measures. This will reduce the burden on your immune system, and even if you do come into contact the amount of viruses, and your immune system will be able to deal with them more easily, and you may not get sick, “says Popadić.
Advises not to remove the mask during the pandemic.
“The immune system is not omnipotent. If it receives a large infectious dose at one point, the immune system can break through. If it is vaccinated, it takes a much higher dose of the virus to break immunity.” .
