It is very common for people who have received more than two doses of the coronavirus vaccine runny nose, headache, body aches, sore throat, and dry cough if they catch the virus.
However, people who have not received any dose, that is, who have not been immunized against the coronavirus, present, in descending order, headache, sore throat, runny nose, fever, and cough.
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To try to see the differences between people who have received more than two doses and those who have not received any inoculation, several researchers from the university King’s College de Londres have done a study through an application created by the technology company Zoe, in order to analyze the symptoms of covid that the more than 4.7 million users have that are registered on the platform.
Positive users have reported their symptoms and experts have analyzed the information and made a ranking of most common symptoms. This index varies as the pandemic evolves and the number of doses received.
Symptoms in unvaccinated people
- Headache
- Throat pain
- Moqueo nasal
- Fever
- Persistent cough
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Symptoms in vaccinated people
- Moqueo nasal
- Headache
- sneezing
- Throat pain
- Persistent cough
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The main difference they found is that unvaccinated people could have a fever at some point in the disease, which is, according to the research experts, “a more serious problem.”
More headaches and sore throats were also reported compared with people who had received at least two doses of the vaccine. “There are reasons to explain this change, such as the fact that vaccinated individuals have less severe symptoms», assured those responsible for the experiment in a publication made on the official site of the app Zoe.
“We also need to consider that a higher number of cases are reported in young individuals, who tend to report less severe and distinct symptoms», they add.
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Why do vaccinated people get covid?
Vaccines against the coronavirus do not exempt any citizen from taking the COVID-19. However, they serve to reduce the risk of complications, as well as being hospitalized or death.
The main objective of vaccines, regardless of the pharmaceutical company that created it, is expose our immune system to the virus safely so that the moment of contagion the symptoms are as less serious as possible.
According to BBC “This immune process is extremely complicated and involves a large battalion of cells and antibodies. The immune responsetherefore, it varies considerably depending on the type of virus, the ability it has to mutate, the way the vaccine was developed, the person’s pre-existing problems ».
Though vaccines do not help prevent the virushelp reduce damage and avoid serious complications, the same as happens with the flu or other pathologies caused by viruses or bacteria.
A proof of the efficacy of vaccines is in the new waves. People continue to get infected, but hospitalizations have decreased compared to 2020 – before the covid vaccination.
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