According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.” Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines and these vaccines have undergone the most thorough safety monitoring in US history to help make sure that COVID-19 vaccines are safe. The vaccination helps in keeping you from getting COVID-19. All COVID-19 vaccines in the United States have shown to be highly effective in preventing someone from getting COVID-19. Currently there have been more than 40 million vaccinated and 13 doses given per 100 people in the United States.

Currently, there are two vaccines authorized and recommended to prevent COVID-19: The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Allows you to get two shots that are 21 days apart, which are given in the muscle of the upper arm. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is recommended for people who are aged 16 years or older. Based on evidence from clinical trials, “The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was 95% effective at preventing laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 illness in people without evidence of previous infection.” The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine also requires a person to get two shots, but 28 days apart. It is also recommended for people aged 18 years and older. Based on evidence from clinical trials, “The Moderna vaccine was 94.1% effective at preventing laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 illness in people who received two doses who had no evidence of being previously infected.” Both type of vaccine shots do not contain eggs, preservatives, or latex.

The COVID-19 vaccines contain the virus that causes COVID-19, which means that a COVID-19 vaccine cannot make you sick with the virus. Stated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Sometimes this process can cause some symptoms. These symptoms are normal and are a sign that the body is building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.” After exposure, people can be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 but not feel sick. Experts call this asymptomatic infection, which is intended to teach our immune systems how to recognize and fight the virus that causes the disease. The CDC also mentions a concern which some people have, that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines do not change or even interact with our DNA in any type of way.