Barrow GP on why you can be confident that the vaccine is safe

Vaccines are designed to prevent people from getting serious infections.

Vaccines can reduce the spread of infections and even eliminate some of them altogether. Since their introduction, serious conditions such as polio and tetanus have become extremely rare in the UK.

When a sufficient number of people are vaccinated, it becomes difficult for the disease to spread to those who cannot be vaccinated. Vaccination protects you as well as your family, friends and community.

It is much safer for the immune system to learn how to fight the disease through vaccination than to catch and treat the disease.

The vaccine goes through several stages of lab and clinical trials before it is approved for use.

Regulators will review the results of these trials to ensure that the vaccine meets the required levels of safety and efficacy.

When vaccines are used in the UK, they are also monitored for rare side effects from medicines.

And the Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).This is an important part of confirmation

Vaccines continue to meet safety standards.

You can read all about how vaccines are licensed, tested and monitored on the Oxford University Vaccine Knowledge Project website.

The most common side effects of vaccination are:

• Red, swollen, slightly painful areas of the needle for 2-3 days

• Your baby or toddler feels a little sick or gets hot for 1-2 days

Some children cry and get upset immediately after the injection. This is normal and you should feel better after hugging.

Rarely do you have a serious allergic reaction to vaccination.

If this happens, it usually happens within minutes. Those who vaccinate you or your child are trained to deal with allergic reactions and treat them immediately.

With prompt treatment, you or your child will have a good recovery.

The main component of the vaccine is a small amount of bacteria, viruses, or toxins that were first weakened or destroyed in the laboratory.

Vaccines may contain other ingredients that make the vaccine safe and effective. There is no evidence that any of these ingredients will cause harm when used in such small amounts.

Dr. Daughter said I was part of the “support bubble.” What does that mean?

A support bubble is a close support network between households with only one adult, or households with one adult and one or more children under the age of 18, and households of all sizes.

Once in the support bubble, you can think of yourself as being in one household with people from other households.

That means you can get in close contact with the household as if they lived with you.

It would be great if there was a support bubble with local households as much as possible.

This helps prevent the virus from spreading from areas that may have a high infection rate.

You must follow the guidance of social distance with people you do not live with who are not yet part of your support bubble.

This is important to keep you, your family and friends as safe as possible.

Two households can only form one support bubble. It is not possible to form a support bubble with multiple other households.

You can create a support bubble if:

Living Alone – Even if the caregiver visits you to provide support

An adult who lives with a child under the age of 18.

You will live with other adults, including if your caregiver lives with you, but if you live with your housemate, you can only form a bubble with one other household.

Once you create a support bubble, you cannot change the users in the bubble.

A single parent can form a support bubble with another household other than the one that includes the other parent of your child.

So you can form a bubble with your sister’s family, and your child can visit other parents even if that parent does not live with you.

If someone in the support bubble develops symptoms or tests positive CoronavirusPlease follow the curfew.

If you share the custody of your child and you and the other parent of your child are in separate bubbles, if someone develops symptoms, both foam members need to be at home There is.

This is important for controlling the virus as it helps prevent the virus from spreading to multiple households.

If NHS Test and Trace contacts you or anyone in your support bubble, you should follow their guidance.

If you are clinically very vulnerable to certain serious health conditions, you need to reduce social contact as much as possible. Limiting all contacts minimizes the risk of infection, especially with people who do not live with you.