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Winter 2015

COVID-19

Medical team treating patients with coronavirus infection (Covid-19) and patient care for patients i

There were many doubts about the reality of the COVID pandemic at the beginning, but the truth is that COVID is real, and people are dying as a result of an upsurge in variants. I believe that every medication has risks. Of course, there are positive risks and negative risks, and we have to consider the weight of both. The negative risks of tested vaccines are something around 1 per million deaths, and the negative risks of infecting by COVID is almost two per cent. This means that logically we have to get the vaccine to prevent being infected by the virus and becoming seriously ill. And morally, we must all get the vaccine to help stop the outbreak and spread of the virus.

Everything about this virus is still unknown. We do not have enough knowledge about its side effects. We do not know what will happen to those who get sick and recover. Is the virus changing every couple of months? And do we have to fight a new version of the virus every time? Despite all these concerns, I believe that humans have a high level of knowledge to fight this new virus, and definitely, scientists will eventually find the best solution. Till this time, everybody has a responsibility to prevent the spread of viruses. By taking responsibility and being proactive, we could slow down the reproducing chain of viruses and its deadly effects.