More than 800 of 3000 Australians on a cruise ship have just contracted Covid. Every passenger was up to date on their vaccine and boosters
UCLA Newsroom | March 4, 2021
With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announcing emergency use authorization for the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, UCLA Health experts are continuing to share medically sound, evidence-based information about the safety and effectiveness of all of the vaccines.
Here we dispel some common myths that have cropped up.
Myth 1: I can get COVID-19 from the vaccines
Not true. You cannot get COVID-19 from the vaccines
None of the vaccines contain the live virus that causes COVID-19. All of the vaccines increase your body’s immune response by spurring it to make antibodies that block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering your cells. If the virus can’t enter your cells, it can’t reproduce and make you sick.