WHO’s Science in 5 on COVID-19: vaccines-when and why? – 19 March 2021

Hello and welcome to Science in 5, WHOs conversation in scienceIm Vismita Gupta-Smith and today we arecontinuing with our discussion about vaccines Answering some of your concernsis WHOs primary researcher, Dr Soumya Swaminathan Welcome, SoumyaHello, VismitaSo Soumya, amongst the questions we getoften is when am I getting my vaccine?What we need to understand is that the vaccinedevelopment and production processis extremely complexThe reality that we have, you comprehend, 8 to 10 vaccinesnow that are presently being made use of at scale itselfis a considerable achievement.Now to make 12 to 14 billion dosages tocover the whole worlds population– thatis a challengeSo this is where we can do some things to helpFirstly, there are a good deal of raw active ingredients thatgo into vaccines that are sourced from different places on the planet Now, we require to guarantee that thereis a complimentary flow of these active ingredients taking location in between nations, that there are other obstacles and noexport limitations to the seglobal supply chainsThats the very first thingThe second is we can motivate business, which have the capability to make, which have the bulk product, to explorewith companies which might have somespare capability todo what is called “fill and surface” where youtake the bulk item and then you putit into vialsAnd the 3rd strategy, which may take a littlebit longer, nevertheless its really looking ahead tothe future, is about improving the capability, increasing ability to produce vaccines in allparts of the world by innovation transferSoumya, the other issue we hear typically is thatsince we are still gathering evidence about howlong immunity will last from vaccines and thereare lots of variations now, why should I getvaccinated now?Why ought to not I wait?Yes, youre rightWe are finding something every dayWere likewise discovering from all the differentclinical trials of the vaccines that havebeen performed, specifically the vaccines that arenow licensed for usage, in addition to from therollouts that nations are bring out in theirpopulations and they are actually studying theimpact that these vaccinesare having on their populations for that reason what weve seen up until now is that themajority of the vaccines are exceptionally effectiveat preventing severe disease, hospitalization and deathAnd thats real across all of thevaccines that have actually been studied so farSo that is really importantAnd thats what we wantWe need to similarly keep in mind that the more individuals getvaccinated and construct up their resistance versus the infection, the less the chancesof the infection replicating, growing, increasing andspreading from specific to private and thus we reactually decreasing the chancesof more mutationsand more variantsThe concern that is being asked and wehear most is: what about these side effects?Im hearing about sideeffects and its concerning meWhat can you tell us about that?There are constantly some risksassociated with any drug or vaccineNothing is 100% safeBut the hazard may be that a person in a million peopleget a certain problem, particularly if theyare currently prone to it Or, one ina million individuals get a serious allergic reactionto the vaccineNow, these are hazards that if you comprehend, you can expect and you can notify individuals and you can avoid thatfrom ending up being a problemThere is a huge effort being taken into collectingthe unfavorable impacts or the side effectsof these vaccines.So what we require to see is, isthe vaccine connected in any approach to this event?And so you need to really thoroughly lookinto the private cases and search for whether theres a linkIs there a clinical description for the vaccineand its active components and what we are seeing happen?And is there a difference in the rates of theseevents in between those who are immunized and what would take place in the generalpopulation anywayAnd by having a look at this data very thoroughly, groups of specialists and scientists issue the conclusion of whether a particularproduct is unsafeand or safe if at all, we discover anything thats of concernwith any of the vaccines, we will put outan advisory so that federal governments can thentake action, depending upon what needs to be doneThank you, SoumyaThere you have itThat was Science in 5 todayDont forget to subscribe and share to our socialmedia channels so that you are the source of evidence-based scientific informationUntil next time then Stay healthy, stay safe and stay with science