Professor Galia Rahav, director of the infectious diseases unit at Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital, spoke this morning (Friday) with Nissim Mash’al on 103FM, and tried to reassure the public just before the extensive vaccination campaign against the corona begins. She clarified that the vaccine is indeed safe, the side effects for healthy people are minor and transient, and sought to warn against the “dangerous conspiracies” that its opponents are spreading.
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“I think there will be no choice but for some kind of restriction, tightened, reinforced restraint, do not know what restraint or closure but something needs to be done and it is a pity that it was not done two weeks earlier.”
Does this lead us to another closure?
“Partly, do not know if full closure but reduce. So many come from abroad with corona without being tested, contagious further, it was at first only in the Arab population it was possible to prevent the spread now it has penetrated all bodies. That is a shame. “
Brakes?
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Let’s talk about the vaccine, there are close to 24 percent in the public who are afraid and do not intend to get vaccinated.
“The disease is much more frightening, its morbidity, its mortality than the vaccine. Vaccine is the only thing that has really prevented or stopped severe pandemics in the world. I think it’s true, there are things we are not familiar with and it is a relatively new technology, but it seems very safe. “Or measles, they are in principle much more dangerous vaccines than this vaccine. But there is still no information about the corona vaccine. I think that when you look at what against what there is nothing to compare and we must do something to stop this pandemic.”
Get vaccinated without fear?
“I do not want to say there is no fear, the fear is theoretical compared to the real risk we face. The theories? There are a thousand theories, so many have said that the measles vaccine makes autism and refuted.”
Side Effects?
“From what we know at the moment it does a little pain in the place, may cause redness, some muscle pain and fatigue. It is true that so far there have been four cases of people who have developed a significant allergic reaction so at this point we decided not to vaccinate anyone with significant allergic reactions. “We will vaccinate them, but perhaps with more supervision. There have been six cases of facial nerve palsy, this is not beyond the usual prevalence in the population.”
Does not mean to get vaccinated?
“I say, explicitly. I’m not saying there are no side effects, here and there someone develops a fever, and I definitely say it out loud – go get vaccinated. I can not say there is no side effect but it seems that this vaccine is safer than other vaccines and I am quite convinced That the vaccines in the future will be made with this technology. “
Not waiting for a modern day vaccine?
“I do not think there is a significant difference between these vaccines. In people over the age of 65 the vaccine was effective 84 percent and not 94 percent. Things should be seen famous in the literature.”
When do you get vaccinated?
“On Sunday we start.”
Are you first?
“Me? Sure. Either Saturday or Sunday night, I don’t know yet but definitely.”
Can the vaccine cause genetic changes?
“Absolutely not, RNA is a substance that breaks down in a chick. It does not penetrate, it is only found in the cytoplasm, it does not penetrate the DNA, it forms a protein and breaks down.”
Conspiracies.
“It’s so dangerous these conspiracies. Opponents of measles said it makes autism and a lot of parents didn’t get vaccinated so there were a lot of measles outbreaks.”