"Don't worry, there's a vaccine, everything will be back to normal soon, just be patient?"
The two vaccines available now are mRNA vaccines that don't contain any portion of the virus and are only tested to prevent the symptoms of the disease. Unlike with traditional vaccines, vaccinated individuals can still spread the disease, similar to how HIV positive people can spread the disease while not being sick themselves.
So all the masks, social distancing, etc, will have to continue until a "traditional" vaccine is rolled out. The soonest contender looks to be early next year.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/blo...-and-masks
"In the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine trials, COVID-19 vaccines are primarily being tested to determine whether they prevent a person from getting sick, from having a prolonged illness, or hospitalization. Importantly, these clinical trials are not focused on whether a vaccine prevents someone from getting the virus at all. In other words, a COVID-19 vaccine may benefit the individual who gets vaccinated, but the virus may still invade the body and it’s possible – if not likely – that a vaccinated person can still spread the virus to others. This is a critical distinction that has received little attention."
"COVID-19 mRNA vaccines give instructions for our cells to make a harmless piece of what is called the “spike protein.” The spike protein is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19.
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are given in the upper arm muscle. Once the instructions (mRNA) are inside the muscle cells, the cells use them to make the protein piece. After the protein piece is made, the cell breaks down the instructions and gets rid of them." ( https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco.../mrna.html )
So take your vaccine... don't worry, they aren't injecting you with a virus, they are only injecting you with "instructions". You should feel safer already!
Also noteworthy, the available vaccines can only be given to people 16 and older.
The two vaccines available now are mRNA vaccines that don't contain any portion of the virus and are only tested to prevent the symptoms of the disease. Unlike with traditional vaccines, vaccinated individuals can still spread the disease, similar to how HIV positive people can spread the disease while not being sick themselves.
So all the masks, social distancing, etc, will have to continue until a "traditional" vaccine is rolled out. The soonest contender looks to be early next year.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/blo...-and-masks
"In the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine trials, COVID-19 vaccines are primarily being tested to determine whether they prevent a person from getting sick, from having a prolonged illness, or hospitalization. Importantly, these clinical trials are not focused on whether a vaccine prevents someone from getting the virus at all. In other words, a COVID-19 vaccine may benefit the individual who gets vaccinated, but the virus may still invade the body and it’s possible – if not likely – that a vaccinated person can still spread the virus to others. This is a critical distinction that has received little attention."
"COVID-19 mRNA vaccines give instructions for our cells to make a harmless piece of what is called the “spike protein.” The spike protein is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19.
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are given in the upper arm muscle. Once the instructions (mRNA) are inside the muscle cells, the cells use them to make the protein piece. After the protein piece is made, the cell breaks down the instructions and gets rid of them." ( https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco.../mrna.html )
So take your vaccine... don't worry, they aren't injecting you with a virus, they are only injecting you with "instructions". You should feel safer already!
Also noteworthy, the available vaccines can only be given to people 16 and older.