Myth 1: The vaccines have innumerable side effects.
Fact: Definitely, some patients have reported side effects after vaccination. But these effects are mostly lenient or moderate.
Fatigue, muscle pain, fever, diarrhoea etc. are some of the probable side effects. But these side effects are not essentially life-threatening. You can easily survive them. If you don’t have any existing diseases, there is nothing to worry about. When a child is vaccinated, he or she may get fever immediately. Similarly, the COVID-19 vaccines also come with a little side effects that are almost negligible.
Myth 2: The COVID-19 vaccines have only 55% efficacy. Also, 60% of the vaccines work.
Fact: According to Union Health Ministry, a broadly used COVID-19 vaccine, can help in restraining the pandemic. But it should have an efficacy above 50%.
According to the manufacturer’s data, Covishield has 63% efficacy. While the Phase trial of Covaxin shows that it has an efficacy rate of 81%. But this should not matter. Getting a protection of at least 60% is better than no protection.
Myth 3: The COVID-19 disease can happen to you, even after you get the vaccine.
Fact: Vaccines assist in developing immunity by producing antibodies. Hence the vaccine needs a specific time to provide protection. Thus, sometimes people can get the infection twice with the same virus.
But, once you cross the specified period after vaccination, the chances that you get the infection minimised. Also, you need to make sure that you take both the doses of vaccination to reduce the risk of developing COVID-19.
Hence, even after vaccination, you’ll have to maintain covid protocols. You shall take necessary precautions. You shall maintain social distancing and wear a mask.
Myth 4: Patients are dying after getting the vaccine doses.
Fact: The majority of people, who are dying after vaccination, have Comorbidities. This is the reason Government asked everyone to take vaccine at the hospital itself and then wait for 30 minutes. If in case any problem occurs, the hospital will directly admit that patient. However, 1,74,335 total deaths have been recorded. This is not a tremendous count if you consider the total no. of infected (14,291,197).
Myth 5: Are Indian COVID-19 vaccines good enough?
At present there are two types of vaccines available in the Indian markets: Covishield and Covaxin. Both the vaccines are effective enough to reduce the risk of getting corona and they are considered to be as good as any other vaccines. Therefore, you should not differentiate between Indian vaccines and other vaccines.
It can be troublesome for you to know the clarity of the information sources. However, before accessing information from online platforms, you should examine the authenticity of the source. Also, you have to update yourself regularly. With every passing time, the COVID-19 infections are rapidly increasing. More than Lakhs of people are getting infected each day.