VIVA – Vaccine be one of the most effective prevention of a number of diseases caused by infection, including for diseases COVID-19. However, the number of questions surrounding vaccines in society is quite massive.
One of them is related to how long it takes for a person’s antibodies to form after receiving the vaccine? Related to this question, Vaccineologist and Internal Medicine Specialist, dr. Dirga Sakti Rambe spoke up. He said he was still waiting for data on the results of phase 3 clinical trials to find out about this.
“So we are still waiting for data on the results of phase 3 clinical trials. So how long will the protection take, how many injections or need to be repeated or not. Therefore, the government is taking a precautionary stance to wait for the results of phase 3 clinical trials so that the vaccine used is safe. and effective, “said Dirga.
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He conveyed it deeply Vaccine Productive Dialogue: Effective and Safe Public Health Interventions which is published in streaming of YoTube Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery, Tuesday 3 November 2020.
In addition, Dirga also answered several questions about the post-immunization follow-up incident (AEFI). He explained that AEFI defined undesirable things after vaccination. Dirga gave an example, one day someone did the MMM vaccination.
Then in the afternoon he suddenly felt a headache. For the principle of caution, a headache should be reported after vaccination. But he said, not all AEFIs that occurred were related to the vaccine.
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“It is considered that AEFI has a headache. But keep in mind that the IP that is reported is not necessarily due to the vaccine, there is already a method to prove whether the complaints that are complained are related because it could be coincidence, for example, late afternoon lunch, the headache. ,” he said.
Furthermore, Dirga said that vaccines do have side effects like other medical products. However, he said the majority of symptoms were mild and only in the form of a local reaction, namely pain at the injection site, partly as well as fever.
“But (the fever) is a sign the vaccine is working,” he said.
On the other hand, Dirga also provides an example of success vaccine in dealing with infectious disease problems. Like in the 1900s where the smallpox vaccination program was.
“One of the most phenomenal examples of the success of the vaccination program is the elimination of a disease called smallpox since the 1900s. This disease has disappeared. Whereas in the past 1 in 3 people died,” he said.
On the other hand, for the time being the world is also working to eliminate or eliminate measles and polio.
“And we can see that in the last few years Indonesia has been declared polio-free, this is clear evidence of high immunization,” said Dirga.
As is known, the number of COVID-19 cases is currently still high. For this reason, the most effective way to prevent transmission is to comply with health protocols and always do 3M: Wear Masks, Keep Distance and stay away from crowds and Wash Hands with Soap.
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