As more and more people get vaccinated, the lack of information about side effects continues to confuse and create rumors, most of which are untrue.
Is the immune system of those who have developed side effects stronger than those whose body has responded less severely to the vaccine, which may prove that their system is failing to fight a foreign body entering the body?
"There are several levels of responses to the vaccine," says Dr. David Dvir, head of the Department of Primary Medicine at Meuhedet and a member of the Advisory Committee for Epidemiology (Epidemic Treatment Team), and reassuring: "Headaches, fatigue, pain on the spot "This is how the body reacts when a foreign body enters the system."
Is there a link between the levels of antibodies that develop and the side effects?
"There is no correlation between the sensations and the development of antibodies against the virus. About 60% -50% feel the side effects, but about 90% develop protection against the virus. It has not been found that people who have developed stronger reactions are protected."
And what about the link between side effects and a stronger immune system?
"In the medical literature there is no correlation between an immediate response and the level of the vaccine. In some trials where people also received placebo vaccines, about a quarter of them developed headaches. This is also a mental component - how the person perceives the vaccine, if he expects side effects. "Normally, too, but because the public is resilient, it attributes the response to the vaccine itself, and this is the bias that is seen regarding vaccines in general - attribution of phenomena that occur near the vaccine and are attributed to it."
Dr. David Dvir, self-portrait
According to Dr. Dvir, the causes of the reported side effects, such as weakness and headaches, are not yet known. Regarding myocarditis, opinions are divided. The vaccine.
One of the theories is that it is a strong response of the immune system. "
Is it even possible to assess the strength of an immune system?
"When students were exposed to the flu virus, they showed that they did not sleep or were under higher pressure were more vulnerable to infection. Besides, there are laboratory parameters that test the immune system or its components. When there is a decrease in the immune system, you see it immediately. People get a lot of viral diseases. Or infectious.It's not that someone walks around with a weak immune system and is unaware of it.These are people who come to inquiries because of recurrent events of infectious diseases, and what affects the system are banal things: stress, diet, sleep.By the way, we also do not want a strong immune system Too much, because it can cause autoimmune diseases. "
MRNA vaccines will soon appear in other contexts, thanks to the vast knowledge that has been accumulated about them in recent times. "There is no doubt that it will pave the way for other vaccines of this kind. This technology is being tested for many uses beyond vaccines - for the treatment of oncological diseases, for example. However, she has received a serious boost due to the very large need for a fast vaccine. We go into a state of vaccination every six months or the third dose will give more space. "
