Updated: 9:02 AM CDT May 20, 2021 KOCO Staff KOCO 5 is bringing your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine to local health experts all week long. Here are the questions we featured on Thursday.Liliana asked why some people have severe reactions and others don t.“The severe reactions are very, very rare, but each time we get a medication or vaccine, our body reacts to that and people s bodies react differently. They call it the Goldilocks phenomenon where when we have a reaction, we want it to be just arrived, not too little, so that it doesn t work very well or not too much. We re cause a severe reaction. And again, fortunately, there are very few severe reactions,” said Dr. Alice Mankin, Vice President of Mercy Primary Care Clinic. Melanie asked: What are the possible long term side effects of the vaccine? Cancer, infertility, sterilization, seizures, blood clots, death, etc. “Most of the side effects associated with the COVID-19 vaccine are short term
Updated: 8:39 AM CDT May 19, 2021 KOCO Staff KOCO 5 is bringing your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine to local health experts all week long. Here are the questions we featured on Wednesday.Misty asked if people are vaccinated, can they still be carriers and pass it to someone who is not vaccinated?“So there have been instances of patients who are vaccinated testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, and with that testing positive if you re around someone who is unvaccinated, there is always that risk that you could transfer the virus to others who are unvaccinated. The chances are low, because likely you re not shedding as much as if you were unvaccinated, but it s not zero,” said Dr. Angela Hawkins with SSM Health Medical Group.James said he s vaccinated and asked when he can return to a normal life: “The CDC has just recommended that if we are vaccinated, we can, in many instances go without our mask, there may be a couple of exceptions, like on fli