South Africa, are you ready to roll up your sleeves?
We’ve sounded the call for South Africans to stand in solidarity
It’s time to roll up your sleeves, get vaccinated, and get back to doing the things we love.
Do it for yourself, do it for your friends, do it for your family, do it for your colleagues, or do it for your country.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Information
We believe in fighting misinformation with FACTS. So, we promise to bring you all the facts, unfiltered, to ensure you’re equipped with the knowledge you need to make the decision to get the jab.
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With unverified information and unconfirmed theories doing the rounds about the COVID-19 vaccines, it can be confusing and overwhelming to get to the truth. We’re here to demystify your decision to get vaccinated and inform your opinions with all the facts and frequently asked questions about the vaccine.
Will the vaccine give me covid-19?
Can I still get COVID-19 once vaccinated?
How was the vaccine developed so fast?
How effective is the vaccine?
Are there serious side effects?
Can the vaccine kill you?
Will the vaccine give me covid-19?
- By injecting you with a weakened version of the virus, your body learns how to fight off Covid-19 should it ever encounter the real thing
- You CANNOT get COVID-19 from the vaccine
- You may experience some mild side effects that will last for only a couple of days, as your body builds immunity to the virus
Can I still get covid-19 once vaccinated?
These vaccines cannot prevent you from getting infected with the COVID-19 virus, their main purpose is to reduce the severity of the disease should you contract it
- Unvaccinated people are nearly 5 times more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than vaccinated people
- Unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19
- Unvaccinated people are more than 15 times more likely to die from COVID-19
- The vaccine reduces your chance of infecting others
How was the vaccine developed so fast?
- It’s true, typically, vaccines take 10 to 15 years to develop from scratch
- However, the development of this vaccine did not only begin in January 2020
- THEY ALREADY HAD A HEADSTART
- While COVID-19 was new, there are many strains of the coronavirus that have been around for centuries
- Scientists were already developing vaccines that addressed other coronaviruses
- The science that was used to develop this vaccine first started being developed and tested nearly 15 years ago
- NO COMPROMISE IN STANDARDS
- The trials were still held to the same standards as any other vaccine development
- These vaccines were tested on a very large number of people (over 75 000 people were in the trials across multiple countries)
- Scientists came together and collaborated like never seen before to pull off this historic achievement (this is incredibly positive historic milestone)
- Because millions of people were being Infected with COVID-19, It was much quicker to test how well the vaccine works
- Over 1 billion people have now been fully vaccinated around the world (including several million in SA), so we now have data at a massive scale that proves the effectiveness of this vaccine
How effective is the vaccine?
- This vaccine Is one of the most effective we have ever produced!
- The vaccine can prevent around 70% of all Infections, even against the delta variant
- But against all variants the vaccine Is incredibly effective at preventing severe disease and death - over 90% effective!
- Over and above the reasons around speed of development
- Normally with vaccines there is a trial before it is administered to the general population. This is used to get an idea of how effective it will be when it is administered to the general population.
- YOU CAN STILL GET COVID-19, BUT:
- Unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19
- Unvaccinated people are nearly 5 times more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than vaccinated people
- Unvaccinated people are more than 15 times more likely to die from COVID-19
- Significantly reduces the chance of infecting others
- COVID-19 VACCINE IN THE REAL WORLD
- Over 1 billion people have now been fully vaccinated around the world (including several million in SA), so we now have data at a massive scale that proves the effectiveness of this vaccine
- One of the most effective vaccines in history
Are there serious side effects?
- WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS?
- Most side-effects are mild, and disappear in a few days - Pain at the injection site, fever, fatigue, chills, diarrhea, muscle pain
- However, most of the side effects are mild to moderate and last for a very short time
- Side effects being present in the population are normal in any vaccine (because of how many people receive it)
- Not everyone will have all, or even any of the side effects
- These effects, as well as far more severe ones are possible and for a longer period if you contract COVID-19.
- There are some serious side-effects, like blood clots and heart Inflammation. However, these are very rare, about 5 people in every million vaccinated. This Is a smaller chance than being in a serious car accident In South Africa
- UNKNOWN SIDE EFFECTS
- In the history of vaccines there has never been an unseen side effect beyond 2 months
- LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS
- To date there are no long-lasting side effects of the vaccine
- However, up to 25% of people who get the actual COVID-19 disease land up suffering “long COVID-19” and have long term effects of fatigue, headaches, body aches, dry cough etc.
Can the vaccine kill you?
- There have been no recorded deaths due to the vaccine In South Africa
- Since so many people are being vaccinated, especially elderly people, some people may die after getting the vaccine, but from other causes
- All these deaths do get rigorously Investigated
- In the US, out of 190 million people who were vaccinated, there were 3 confirmed deaths due to blood clots caused by the vaccine. In contrast, over 600 00 people have died from Covid-19 in the US.
