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“Vaccinated people die from coronavirus, so why should I get the vaccine?” – An expert answers

Former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell dies of coronavirus yesterday, while his family announced that he was fully vaccinated. He was 40 years old and suffering from multiple myeloma, a type of cancer.

U.S. health officials have expressed concern that vaccines will have the opportunity to claim again that the vaccines do not work, on the occasion of the death of Colin Powell. If you die while being vaccinated against Covid-19, why get the vaccine?

CNN is trying to answer this question with the help of the network’s medical analyst, Dr. Leana Wen, who is also a professor of health policy and management at George Washington University.

“When you see vaccinated people dying from Covid-19, how do you explain that it is worth getting the vaccine?” is the question she is asked and she answers: “We must start with science and what research shows. Coronavirus vaccines are extremely effective in preventing disease, especially severe disease. The latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that they reduce the chance of being positive by six times and the chance of dying by 11 times.

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This means that if you are vaccinated, you are six times less likely to get Covid-19 than someone who has not been vaccinated. And you are 11 times less likely to die from a coronavirus than one unvaccinated. This is really great.

However, the vaccines against coronavirus do not protect you 100%. No vaccine does, and no medical treatment is 100% effective. “It does not mean that the vaccine does not work, that you should not do it.”

“Think of the coronavirus vaccine as a very good waterproof”

Elsewhere, he notes: “Think of the vaccine against him coronavirus like a very good raincoat. It is great when it is raining, but when you are in a storm and a hurricane comes, you are much more likely to get wet. This does not mean that your raincoat is defective. It means that you have fallen into bad weather and that the raincoat alone will not protect you enough “, you must take other protection measures.

The case of Colin Powell

Specifically in the case of Colin Powell, he said: “We know that people who are older and have underlying diseases are more likely to become seriously ill and die after infection.

Those at greatest risk are the immunosuppressed. “Having multiple myeloma, General Powell belonged to this category, and in combination with his advanced age the risk was greater.”

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