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GridHype.ID – It’s been a pandemic over a year corona virus invade our country.
The government continues to strive to end the spread corona virus or Covid-19 in Indonesia.
Starting from implementing health protocols to giving vaccines Covid-19 for free to the public.
Yes, the government has already implemented the program vaccination Covid-19 in Indonesia gradually since January 13, 2021.
And for now, the government is running a second phase vaccination program.
The purpose of vaccination itself is to establish herd immunity or herd immunity against Covid-19 infection.
For your information, herd immunity is a condition when a part of the population in an area has developed immunity to certain disease outbreaks, making it difficult for the disease to spread and infect.
With the formation herd immunity, the risk of transmission in this population is also lower.
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However, many misperceptions about immunity result from vaccination. Some people think that after receiving the vaccine the body becomes immune to the SARS-Cov-2 virus that causes Covid-19.
Thus, they were careless in implementing health protocols, especially using masks.
In fact, even though you have received the Covid-19 vaccination, the potential for contracting this virus is still very possible.
Quoted from the news on Kompas.com (17/3/2021), as many as 195 health workers (health workers) were infected with the Covid-19 virus even though they had previously undergone the first stage of the vaccination process.
This happens because after being vaccinated, the body still needs time to build immunity against Covid-19 infection.
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the vaccine is injected into the body twice with an interval of approximately two weeks.
After the second injection of the vaccine, the body still needs about 14 days or two weeks to form antibodies against Covid-19 infection.
The vaccine contains viral antigens that cause disease.
However, the antigen in the vaccine has been weakened so that giving the vaccine does not cause the person to suffer from the disease as if the person were exposed to the same antigen naturally.
When the vaccine enters the body, the immune system will learn how to recognize the SARS-Cov-2 virus and protect itself from future infections.
Like the process of the brain learning something, the body’s immune system also needs time to build immunity against the virus that causes Covid-19.
When the antibody formation process, the body is in a vulnerable period.
The virus can still enter the body to infect or make vaccine recipients as people without symptoms (OTG).
According to reports from The Guardian, Friday (12/3/2021), the virus can enter the respiratory tract because it is in this channel that not so many antibodies are produced by the body.
Professor of immunology at Cornell University Avery August revealed that the SARS-Cov-2 virus is still possible to live in the respiratory tract even though the immune system has completely protected the body from this potential virus.
As a result, even though the virus that enters the body will be attacked by antibodies, it is possible that the virus is left in the nasal cavity and is potential enough to infect other people.
If you do not comply with wearing a mask, when the vaccine recipient breathes or sneezes droplets can be ejected.
If the droplet contains a virus, then it can infect others without realizing it.
That reason is what makes someone have to keep wearing a mask and keep their distance even though they have received the vaccine.
Vaccines are not drugs
As explained above, vaccines are given so that the body is able to detect the characteristics and how to deal with the SARS-Cov-2 virus.
Through vaccination, it is hoped that there will be fewer cases of people contracting the virus with a high risk of complications.
Quoted from Kontan.com’s news Monday (11/1/2021), the National Commission for Drug Researcher Jarir At Thobari explained that vaccination is not the same as medicine.
This means that vaccination results can be seen through the impact on the population as a whole.
“After carrying out the vaccination program, what will be seen is the effectiveness of a decrease in the incidence of infection, a decrease in hospitalization, a decrease in mortality, and how much a decrease in the number of severe Covid incidents,” he explained.
Given that the vaccination process has not been carried out evenly, adhering to the protocol of wearing masks, maintaining distance and washing hands (3M) is the only best way to protect yourself and your family from exposure to the virus, at least until this pandemic ends.
This article has been published on Grid.ID with the title “Already vaccinated against Covid-19, Do You Still Need 3M Health Protocol?“
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