The COVID-19 vaccine works. They are safe for the long term and are reliable. If you haven’t taken your vaccination, here are five reasons to prove why you need to take them ASAP.
Vaccinated people exposed to COVID-19 are not getting sick
Have you noticed how the news of infections in fully immunized people is low? Out of over 123 million vaccinated people, there have been only 1600 cases. That is just 0.001 percent of the vaccinated population! Sure, coronavirus is still spreading but, the vaccine is the only thing that is preventing mass infection.
Hospitalization and death rates have come down
With the vaccination of vulnerable and aged people, there is a huge drop in hospitalization and death rates. “You started seeing the death and hospitalization rate come down once we got the majority of those over 65 vaccinated,” said Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist from the University of California, San Fransisco. This real-world example that deaths and hospitalizations are reducing is all the proof you need to know that the Covid-19 vaccines are working.
Fewer kids catch the virus as more adults get the COVID-19 vaccine
There has been an almost 50 percent reduction in the number of kids catching the virus. Not just in the US but, other countries too.
Wondering how this is possible? Well, vaccines not only decrease transmission of the virus, but they also lower the viral burden and lead to herd immunity. Through vaccination and previous infections, the links that spread the virus become invalid.
The New York Yankees example
Recently, eight partially immunized Yankee players and staff caught the virus. However, only one of them showed mild symptoms and the others were asymptomatic. If you don’t know what that is, that’s two more proofs that the vaccine is doing its job.
Infections reduce as the vaccination rate increases
Undoubtedly, the number of coronavirus cases in the united states is much lower than in June 2020. A seven-day average of 23,162 cases is a huge drop compared to 259,614 average weekly cases earlier this year. Cases in the US have now declined since about 40 percent of the population is at least partially vaccinated. Israel also saw a similar trend in early March after over 40 percent of the adults were fully vaccinated.
“It takes a certain amount of vaccination for cases to start going down,” added Gandhi.
