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The rush to develop, authorize, and administer an effective COVID-19 vaccine has left many people skeptical about its safety and reluctant to get vaccinated. And there s plenty of misinformation (and disinformation) about how the vaccines got approved, how they work, and what the risks are. Here’s the truth about five common COVID-19 vaccine myths.
1. Myth: The mRNA vaccines change your DNA.
Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines use engineered mRNA strands that enter our cells and deposit instructions for building a copycat version of the coronavirus’s spike protein. Your immune system figures out how to fight that, and then it remembers how to neutralize actual SARS-CoV-2 particles if you were to get infected. But your DNA is stored in the cell nucleus, and this whole process happens outside it. In other words, it’s not possible for the mRNA to breach the nuclear membrane and interfere with your DNA in any way.
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How Pets Can Aid Your Health
January 11, 2021
Most people are eager to find ways to improve their health or maintain good health, and there are various factors that can have an impact. Naturally, we are not only talking about medicines and therapies. This includes things such as your diet, lifestyle, fitness levels, and stress levels, among other things. Since there are so many ways you can help yourself, it could be pretty hard to decide which of these approaches you should undertake first. Thankfully, there are some ways you can boost a couple of these categories.
There’s a thing that people often do not think about is the impact that having a pet can have on health. While some people have to stay away from pets due to problems such as allergies, we have come to realize that pets can also have a hugely positive impact on health in many ways. Furthermore, it should be said that these positive impacts are not only related to a person’s mental health.