COVID-19 vaccines and infertility: Amid the COVID-19 vaccination in India, Dr Narendra Kumar Arora, Chairman of COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) most of the people do not face any side effects after taking COVID-19 vaccines.
How effective are the new vaccines going to be?
"When we say a certain vaccine is 80 percent effective, it means that vaccine reduces the chances of
COVID-19 disease by 80 percent," he said, adding that there was a difference between infection and disease.
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"If the efficacy of a vaccine is 80 percent, then 20 percent of the vaccinated people may contract mild
COVID-19," Dr Arora said. The vaccines available in India are capable of reducing the spread of the
coronavirus, he stated.
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There is a lot of misinformation regarding the COVID vaccine
As far as side effects are concerned, all
COVID-19 vaccines have mild
side effects. This includes mild fever, fatigue, pain in the injection site, etc. for a day or two. It does not cause any serious side effects, he said.
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If a person does not experience fever after getting vaccinated, then vaccination does not work?
Most people do not face any side-effect after the COVID-19 vaccination but it does not mean that vaccines are not efficient, he said, adding that only 20-30% of people are going to experience fever after vaccination. Some people may get a fever after the first dose and not have any fever after the second dose and vice-versa, he added.
Do COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility?
None of the vaccines has this sort of side-effect, he said, adding that "I would like to fully assure everyone that this sort of propaganda only misguides people." Our main intention is to save ourselves, our family, and society from coronavirus, he said.
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