Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effects, Experts Explain the Nocebo Effect Problem

Suara.com – Vaccination is one solution to overcome a pandemic corona virus Covid-19, although it can cause side effects unpleasant for some.

Many people report side effects the Covid-19 vaccine, ranging from pain in the injected arm, fever to signs resembling other minor illnesses.

Previously, experts had confirmed that the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine were normal. These side effects indicate that the body is responding well to the Covid-19 vaccine.

However, some people are fortunate not to feel the saping effects of the Covid-19 vaccine. Even so, many people may still wonder what causes the side effects of the vaccine if it does not contain a live version of the virus.

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Professor Martin Michaelis and Dr Mark Wass from the University of Kent explained the side effect was a response of the immune system to the vaccine, even though sometimes the symptoms resembled that of a person being infected with the disease.

Martin also emphasized that none of the Covid-19 vaccines available in the world contain live viruses. So, it is impossible for a vaccine to get you infected with the Covid-19 corona virus.

Because, making the Covid-19 vaccine uses a different strategy that uses only a small portion of the virus to the immune system and will not trigger infectious diseases.

Then, the Covid-19 vaccine can cause side effects similar to those of an infected person, because the disease and the Covid-19 vaccine cause a similar immune response.

“Many symptoms of infectious diseases are not caused by our own immune response, therefore many symptoms seem to resemble other diseases,” explained Martin. Express.

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For this reason, a person cannot distinguish the symptoms of an infectious disease and not without using tests.

However, there are certain phenemones that can cause side effects after the Covid-19 vaccine. Experts explain that the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine can also be caused by effects nocebo. The nocebo effect is the opposite of the placebo effect.

A placebo effect occurs when the placebo actually makes you feel better or improves your symptoms. The nocebo effect, on the other hand, occurs when a placebo makes you feel worse or elicits a negative response.

“This negative response resulted in discontinuation of therapy in up to 25 percent of patients in the placebo clinical trial arm,” he explained.

At times, side effects were higher in the placebo group than in the group receiving active treatment. Similar negative response rates were reported in the treatment and placebo groups that had Covid-19 vaccine trials.

The Covid-19 vaccine is unable to infect people without SARS-CoV-2, the corona virus that causes Covid-19. So, the negative response is most likely due to an immune response to the Covid-19 vaccine or the nocebo effect.

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