Unsure about getting a COVID-19 vaccine? Below are seven reasons why we’re recommending that our patients get vaccinated.
Vaccines don’t work unless they are taken.
The effectiveness of any COVID vaccine is null if you are unvaccinated. Despite the growing percentage of fully-vaccinated communities around us, the only way to protect your body from severe COVID-19 with a vaccine is to get one yourself.
Getting vaccinated will help us all move past the pandemic.
While many of us have struggled through the closures and restrictions brought on by spikes in infection rates, the basic facts remain the same: vaccines can only make a difference when they are taken. By getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you are helping the entire community move past the closures brought on by the spread of COVID-19 infections. Vaccines are the way out of the pandemic! That’s something we can all get behind.
Even if you’ve already had COVID-19, getting vaccinated after recovering greatly reduces the risk of getting re-infected.
People who have already tested positive from COVID-19 and opted out of getting vaccinated after recovering are more than twice as likely to get re-infected than COVID survivors who went on to get the vaccine. See the full study on CDC.gov.
Vaccines do not make you sick.
Any symptoms after being vaccinated, which usually only last one or two days, are your body’s response to recognizing and fighting COVID-19 before the virus has the chance to infect (or re-infect) your system by staying unvaccinated. Vaccines greatly reduce the risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms in the future.
Communities of color are especially vulnerable to severe COVID-19. Getting vaccinated helps to protect our more vulnerable neighbors.
Inequities in healthcare access have contributed to higher rates of severe COVID-19 in Black and brown communities. While the same virus can transfer from one person to the next with varying severity of symptoms, getting vaccinated helps to protect our more vulnerable neighbors in our communities
Although new COVID-19 variants can still spread among vaccinated people, evidence shows that vaccinated people risk carrying the virus for a shorter window of time.
The CDC reports that variants like the Delta variant remain transmissible for a shorter amount of time in those who have been fully-vaccinated than in unvaccinated people. This means that people who cannot or have not been vaccinated are better-protected around those who have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.
No steps were skipped to ensure the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
With an unprecedented unified effort from the world’s scientists, doctors, and researchers, COVID-19 vaccines became available only as quickly as the vaccines could be assured to be highly safe and effective. Undoubtedly, our more vulnerable neighbors and community members are safer because of the vaccine, and choosing to get the COVID-19 vaccine is a powerful way to know you’re making the world a better place.
To quickly find the closest vaccination sites to you, go to VaccinateAll58.com.
Still hesitant to get vaccinated? Learn more about the vaccine with Dr. David Tellalian.
We understand that getting vaccinated can be intimidating, so we’re here to address the facts behind the vaccine. We sat down with Men’s Health Foundation physician Dr. David Tellalian to discuss why, where, and how to get your COVID-19 vaccine. Ending the pandemic starts with us, and getting vaccinated is a step forward in moving on.
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