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Vaccine Adverse Events Less Harmful Than Covid-19, Doctor Says

The president of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI), Alberto Chebabo, declared, this Friday (14), in an interview with CNN, that possible adverse events related to the Covid-19 vaccine are less harmful to health than the disease itself.

“Any adverse event related to these vaccines is already more than proven and clear, even because we have already applied millions of doses of vaccines in the world, that they are much less harmful to health, including children, than the disease itself. ”, explained Chebabo.

“The vaccine is a controlled disease. It is clear that a person vaccinated for having fever, headache symptom, being tired between 24 and 48 h. But the disease causes it many times more serious,” he continued.

The Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, said last Thursday (13), upon receiving the first shipment of Pfizer immunizers for childhood vaccination, that there are no reports of major adverse events after the start of vaccination for the age group. in the United States.

“Therefore, as far as we know at the moment, there is safety attested not only by Anvisa [Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária], but by other regulatory agencies for the application of these vaccines, and they are here in Brazil”, he added.

For Chebabo, the insistence on statements about adverse events confuses the population. “While we say it’s important, it expands the discourse of the adverse event. Of course, we have to be aware of all adverse events, that’s what post-vaccine surveillance is for”, he explains.

Reference: CNN Brasil

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