JAKARTA, AYOBANDUNG.COM – There are many questions that often confuse the public regarding the differences in vaccines, vaccinations and immunizations. Answering the definition of the three words, Internal Medicine Doctor, Dirga Sakti Rambe, explained the difference.
Vaccine is a substance which when injected into our body or dropping it can stimulate the emergence of an immunity against a specific disease. Vaccination is an effort to provide vaccines or provide vaccines.
Meanwhile, immunization is a process of creating immunity, one of which is by giving a vaccine so that a person can avoid a preventable disease.
So, how how vaccines work in the human body? According to Dirga, vaccines contain viral or bacterial components.
Once injected into our body, the body will recognize. After that the body will fight by forming antibodies.
“These antibodies function as immunity. Then the body will remember or have the memory capacity so that if in the future we are exposed to natural viruses, the body already has immunity, “explained Dirga in his discussion on YouTube FMB9ID_IKP, as reported. Ayojakarta.com, Monday (23/11/2020).
However, he said, not all vaccines contain weakened viruses. Most vaccines contain a component.
“So if a virus is like having hands and feet, the vaccine only contains a viral component so that when the vaccine is given to our bodies, the vaccine cannot cause disease,” he said.
In addition to providing information about vaccines and how they work, Dirga also revealed the truth regarding the many disinformations the Covid-19 vaccine. One of the things that was revealed was about the disinformation of vaccines that contain toxins.
Dirga emphasized that before a vaccine can be widely used by the public, the vaccine must have received approval from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM).
To get that approval, it has to go through very long stages of research and clinical trials to ensure its safety and effectiveness.
“Therefore, if there is a vaccine that has received permission to use it, it is certain that it is safe and effective,” he explained.
Then, what about the development of vaccine research in the world today? have you received the green light from the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Dirga said that his party had indeed heard and received reports regarding several candidates the Covid-19 vaccine, which shows fairly good effectiveness. However, he emphasized, the report is only temporary.
“Until now, nothing the Covid-19 vaccine who got full approval. We hope there will be in the near future, “he hoped.
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