Hey, welcome in!Are you ready to get your Covid-19 mRNA vaccine?
Of course!!
Yes. But I would like to know a little bit about how vaccines work. Can you tell me a bit about them?
mRNA vaccines are different from traditional vaccines. They don't expose you to any real virus but instead they are made with a messenger mRNA which is a type of molecule that gives instructions to the cell for how to make different kinds of proteins.
mRNA molecules are a natural part of our cells and how our bodies work. mRNA vaccines are made more easily and safely in labs than a virus vaccine. Because of this they can also be made much faster!
First, a Covid mRNA vaccine is injected into a muscle in your upper arm. Some muscle cells will then take the mRNA instructions in the vaccine and make a harmless piece of protein called a spike protein. This protein is found on the outside of the virus that causes Covid.
Yeah... but how does the Covid-19 vaccine really work?
The Covid-19 mRNA vaccines have past many tests and meet the standards a vaccine must meet.
The muscle cells then destroy the instructions for how to make the spike protein. The mRNA never goes into the nucleus of your cells where your DNA is stored. The newly made spike protein now sits on the surface of the muscle cells. Your immune system senses the spike protein as a foreign threat to destroy... it starts making antibodies to fight anything with the spike protein on it. This will help your body recognize and fight the real virus if it ever shows up.
Okay! I think I feel well informed now and am ready for my vaccine. Thank you doctor!
So to sum things up with a few last facts about the Covid-19 vaccine...1- It doesn't use any weak, live, or dead virus2- It cannot give you Covid-193- It doesn't affect you DNA4- It will help fight and protect your body against Covid-19.
Of course!
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