11/25/2021
Can the vaccine give you Covid-19?
No, the vaccine might make your arm sore or make you feel tired for a day, but it CANNOT give you Covid-19.
The mRNA vaccines don’t have any live virus, they work by teaching our cells to make a harmless piece of “spike protein” found on the surface of the virus that causes Covid-19. After making the protein piece, cells display it on their surface. Our immune system recognizes that it does not belong there and responds to get rid of it. When an immune response begins, antibodies are produced, creating the same response that happens in a natural infection.