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    • One of your roles as a health professional is to offer reliable information so that patients can make an informed choice. This includes information about side effects, and also about many common concerns about Covid and Covid Vaccines.  
      This section offers: 
      Reliable, concise information about side effects of the vaccines, as well as reliable information for you to use in your conversations with patients 
      The chance for you to create your own short info video to help build a student-led collection of reliable, patient-centred tips.  


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      SIDE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 VACCINES

      It is important to let patients know about common side effects as well as possible benefits of the vaccine.

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      This information is from the NHS:

      The COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the UK have met strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness.

      They can cause some side effects, but not everyone gets them.

      Any side effects are usually mild and should not last longer than a week, such as:

      • a sore arm from the injection
      • feeling tired
      • a headache
      • feeling achy
      • feeling or being sick

      More serious side effects are very rare.

      Find out more about COVID-19 vaccines safety and side effects


    • COMMON COVID VACCINE CONCERNS AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM URL
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      Concise evidence-based answers to common Covid vaccine concerns, available in many languages. From the Islamic Medical Association 

      [NB They use the term "myths", but feedback from our community suggests that this can seem dismissive of peoples' genuine concerns. When speaking with patients, it is probably more helpful to refer to them as "concerns" or "rumours" rather than myths]

    • RECORD A SHORT COVID VACCINE INFO VIDEO URL
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      After you have browsed the collection of videos and articles representing the views of  the vaccine hesitant, record a short video in which you offer people reliable information using the following structure:

      1 Argument or concern against vaccination.

      2 Counter-argument, supporting vaccination


    • Example: addressing a common concern 

      How can the vaccine be safe if it was developed so quickly?

      Lots of collaboration!!

      Two key facts:

      1. Process is usually done in sequence (requiring separate funding and ethical approval at each step). This time many preparatory steps were done in parallel

      2. This was a highly prevalent infection – so lots of people were at risk. That made it easier to test in trials
      Source; WHO 

    • NHS COVID-19 VACCINE INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS URL
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      Evidence-based information about the Covid-19 Vaccine, from the NHS

    • COVID-19 FACTS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS URL

      Experts from Johns Hopkins Medicine review some common myths circulating about the vaccine and clear up confusion with reliable facts.