Five reasons you might hesitate to get the COVID vaccine, and why you should probably get it anyway: 0:46 - Unknown risks 1:48 - Effectiveness 2:28 - Fake news 3:30 - COVID conspiracy theories 4:00 - Your right not to be vaccinated Even if you are worried about getting the COVID vaccine, or are c
If you could protect yourself or your children from developing cancer through taking a shot, would you? This week, Risk Bites looks at why HPV vaccines are recommended for protection against cervical and other cancers, and how the risks and benefits pan out. The Risk Bites Team: Producer: Andrew M
To build up immunity against viruses, there are different vaccine variants: Inactivated vaccines, vector vaccines and mRNA vaccines. Authors: 3sat/nano/Fynn Hendrichs,Franziska Ehrenfeld/Silke Cronauer/Jochen Schmidt Translation and dubbing: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.co
Whether children can tolerate the COVID vaccine at all has hardly been tested. The tests are not entirely harmless, as side effects can occur. That is why tests are first done on strong and healthy people, mostly young adults. Authors: ZDF/logo/Timo Amling/Marion Brand/Heidi Stifel/Jochen Schmidt
Vaccinations protect both humans and animals from a wide range of preventable and potentially serious illnesses. With vaccines, we take advantage of one of the most important aspects of the immune system: the ability to develop immunological memory. This means that once a person or animal is expose
How do you decide whether you should be worried about communicable diseases like measles? University of Michigan’s Professor Brian Zikmund-Fisher returns to Risk Bites to explain the "availability heuristic" – the way we all use our memory and feelings to inform our risk perceptions about infectious
The first goal is to protect those who are most at risk: People who could get very sick and die from contracting the virus, or people who interact with high-risk groups or large numbers of people at work. Author: ZDF/logo/Judith Vehar/Marion Brand/Tim Rizzo/Jochen Schmidt Translation and dubbing:
An online conversation series on the consequences and management of the pandemic
Until it was suggested I made a Risk Bites video about the flu, I hadn't had a shot. Why not? Time for some flu risk-introspection. For further information on the flu and flu shots, check out: Flu.gov: http://www.flu.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/ Universi
Vaccination can help against viruses. In an active vaccination, parts of the viruses are injected. In passive vaccination, antibodies obtained in the laboratory are injected. Author: 3sat nano/ Raketenfilm/Titus Gust/Konstantin Fuchs Translation and dubbing: alugha Click here to see more videos:
The World Health Organisation works with countries across the globe to raise awareness of the value of vaccines and immunization. It emphasizes how immunization saves lives and supports people everywhere to get the vaccinations needed against deadly diseases. Our video explains the vaccine journey.
