This effort is being led by many community leaders who are passionate about making sure you have accurate information to make an informed decision on getting Vaccinated. Here are the facts below: 55% of Iowans are Vaccinated 50% of Asian Iowans are Fully Vaxxed 23% of Black Iowans are Fully Vaxxed 40% of LatinX Iowans are Fully Vaxxed Types of COVID-19 Vaccine The United States, there are three COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna and J&J. People need 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine or the Moderna vaccine. People need only one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Pfizer and Moderna The first dose starts building protection against COVID-19 by helping the immune system recognize the virus. The second dose makes the immune system’s response stronger. • Pfizer’s vaccine was 95% effective after both vaccines. For the Pfizer vaccine, people need to get the second dose 3 weeks after the first dose. • Moderna’s vaccine was 94.5% effective after both vaccines. For the Moderna vaccine, people need to get the second dose 4 weeks after the first one. • If people don’t get the second dose, the vaccine won’t be as effective. • They both use the technology to ensure people are fully vaccinated. The only difference between both vaccines is the way they are stored and the companies who make them. Johnson & Johnson You need one dose of the J&J vaccine. This is a typical vaccine. The J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine was 66.3% effective in clinical trials (efficacy) at preventing laboratoryconfirmed COVID-19 infection in people who received the vaccine and had no evidence of being previously infected. People had the most protection 2 weeks after getting vaccinated. In the clinical trials, the vaccine had high efficacy at preventing hospitalization and death in people who did get sick. No one who got COVID-19 at least 4 weeks after receiving the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine had to be hospitalized. There is so much information about Vaccinations and some of the information is incorrect. Below are a few answers to questions that have come up concerning the Vaccine. Is the mRNA vaccine considered a vaccine? Yes. mRNA vaccines, such as Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, work differently than other types of vaccines, but they still trigger an immune response inside your body. This type of vaccine is new, but research and development on it has been under way for decades. The mRNA vaccines do not contain any live virus. Instead, they work by teaching our cells to make a harmless piece of a “spike protein,” which is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19. After making the protein piece, cells display it on their surface. Our immune system then recognizes that it does not belong there and responds to get rid of it. When an immune response begins, antibodies are produced, creating the same response that happens in a natural infection. In contrast to mRNA vaccines, many other vaccines use a piece of, or weakened version of, the germ that the vaccine protects against. This is how the measles and flu vaccines work. When a weakened or small 29
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