Dear Editor,
More people have to read and understand what science is doing today or they are going to be misinformed by ignorant people who do not know anything.
I cannot understand why people will not get vaccinated for Covid-19 . It’s for their own good and the good of their families and the community where they live. People, we have to make a stand against this virus for the good of our country. This virus is like the common flu, except some people are dying from it more than the common flu. I understand from my reading that over 6 million people worldwide have died from this virus. But in the land of plenty, the USA, where anyone can get the shot for nothing, people are not coming forward to help to stop the spread by getting vaccinated. Many foreign countries do not have enough vaccine for their populations to help stop the spread.
The vaccine has no live virus in it, like our flu vaccine. Please, people, encourage your neighbors to get vaccinated so we all can go back to living productive lives without fear. I for one am tired of wearing a mask and if more people come forward and receive their shots, it would be great to see many peoples’ faces again.
MRNA Vaccines (Messenger RNA ) Covid-19 vaccines contain instructions (mRNA ) that our cells use to make a harmless piece of a “spike protein ” found on the surface of the virus that causes Covid-19. After our cells make the protein piece, they display it on their surface. Our immune system recognizes that the spike protein or germ does not belong there, and responds to get rid of it. By doing so, our bodies learn how to protect against future infection.
MRNA does not interact with or affect our DNA. The cell gets rid of the mRNA after use. There is no live active Covid-19 in the vaccine.
Norma Wolff
Kingston, N.Y.
