If you don’t get vaccinated, you’ll get infected Since the highly contagious delta variant has determined the pandemic, one thing is clear with a high degree of probability: anyone who does not get vaccinated will become infected with Sars-CoV-2. According to experts, herd immunity that also protects the unvaccinated can no longer be expected with … Coronavirus vaccination: Why waiting is so dangerous
Why should pregnant women get vaccinated against Covid-19? Pregnant women are, by their very nature, usually quite young. Nevertheless, severe courses of Sars-CoV-2 infections are considerably more frequent among them than among other women of the same age. And these endanger not only the mother, but also the child. Vaccination protection is therefore particularly important … Corona: Vaccinations During Pregnancy
Vaccination reactions – annoying but quite normal According to the current status, the Corona vaccines approved to date are generally well tolerated. However, relatively many vaccinated persons experience vaccination reactions. Strictly speaking, these are not side effects, but rather the natural reactions of the immune system to the vaccination. These include flu-like symptoms that subside … Corona Vaccinations: Side Effects, Allergies, Long-term Effects
Brief overview Definition: PIMS (PIMS-TS, also MIS-C) is a severe, acute inflammatory disease affecting multiple organs. PIMS usually manifests two to eight weeks after coronavirus infection in children. In addition, doctors also observe the so-called MIS-A – the “PIMS syndrome in adults” – in very rare cases. Frequency: PIMS is extremely rare; it is estimated … PIMS: Symptoms, Cause, Treatment
Brief overview What is Long Covid? Novel clinical picture that may occur as a late sequelae of cleared covid-19 infection. Causes: Subject of current research; presumably direct damage due to viral replication in acute phase; indirect damage due to inflammation, autoimmune phenomena, circulatory disturbances or altered blood clotting; consequences of intensive care; possibly persistence (persistence) … Long Covid (Post-Covid syndrome)
Children and young people are also often afraid for their parents and grandparents. And although they themselves only very rarely fall seriously ill with a Sars-CoV-2 infection, some of them also fear for their own health. All of this places a huge emotional burden on children and young people during the pandemic – and is … Corona: psychological consequences for children and teenagers
Mutations are normal The emergence of new viral variants is nothing unusual: viruses – including the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen – repeatedly change their genetic material at random during replication. Most of these mutations are meaningless. Some, however, are advantageous for the virus and become established. In this way, viruses are able to adapt quickly to the … Coronavirus mutations
General or for specific groups? There are different levels of mandatory vaccination. One of these has already been decided: the facility-based mandatory vaccination, which will apply from March 15, 2022, to staff in facilities with vulnerable people, such as clinics, doctors’ offices, facilities for the disabled and nursing homes. Arguments for compulsory vaccination End the … Corona: Will there be a Vaccination Mandate?
What is the digital Corona vaccination certificate? With the digital “Corona vaccination certificate” you prove that you currently have a complete vaccination protection against Sars-CoV-2. Via an individual QR code that can be called up on your smartphone, you can use the new vaccination certificate to quickly and easily show the vaccination certificate when traveling … Digital Corona Vaccination Certificate: Facts, Answers
Can children also get long covid? Long Covid (also: post-Covid) is the term used by doctors to describe various symptom complexes that can occur after a Covid-19 infection. This also applies to infected children and adolescents. Long Covid not only develops after severe courses, it also often affects people who were originally only mildly ill … Long Covid in Children
Equal number of pregnancies among vaccinated patients The all-clear has already been given in this respect by the largest phase 3 study of the Comirnaty vaccine from BioNTech/Pfizer. 38,000 people took part – half received the vaccine, the others a placebo. A prerequisite for participation in the vaccination study was a negative pregnancy test for … Can Corona Vaccinations cause infertility?
What is the purpose of antibody tests? Antibody tests allow conclusions to be drawn about a previous infection with the coronavirus. In some cases, they can also be used by physicians to detect low-symptom Covid 19 disease courses in retrospect. In principle, it is also possible to use them to check the effectiveness of the … Antibody Tests: Benefits, Application, Procedure
