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The Covid-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know

All the current research and how it works.

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At first, I was ecstatic by the announcement of the successful vaccines for Covid-19 made by Pfizer and Moderna. It felt like the nightmare of 2020 was coming to end.

Still, I had to wonder, should I trust a vaccine made in such a short timeframe? Was it completely safe? Were there side effects? What type of vaccine was it? I had no idea, but I knew I had to find out.

I’m not an anti-vaxxer by any means, but I had questions. And so, let’s look at the research about this new vaccine. Together, we can analyze the actual science so we can all know what we’re injecting into our bodies.

How Safe is the Covid-19 Vaccine?

The number one question is the safety of it. Regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of vaccination, you want to know this. A lot of misinformation exists on vaccines and has spread since the famous autism study by Andrew Wakefield which was later retracted and exposed as fraud.

I could go into that, but for the sake of time, please trust me. I have a degree in Psychology from UBC and I have spent countless hours reading articles on vaccines and autism. We’ve reached a pretty solid consensus and…