Vaccines and
Impacts on Women VACCINES
By Noor Usmani
When 2020 came at midnight of New Years Eve, no one expected the reality of how the year actually turned out to be; instead of fulfilling new year resolutions of traveling to different countries, having fun trips, resuming everyday activities for the rest of the year, COVID-19 brought a halt to all these goals. What started as an epidemic in one country spread like wildfire to other countries in different continents, and the declared pandemic brought loss and alarm across the world. For many months, people stayed at home, learning and working virtually, waiting for COVID-19 cases to drop, and for a vaccine to be their savior. Luckily, developments for a vaccine started soon, and in less than a year, 2 tested, effective vaccines were announced safe to use by the FDA. The vaccines by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 are the ones being distributed and used currently. There are reported side effects of fever, headache, fatigue, muscle ache and soreness. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is given in 2 doses, each three weeks apart. In the US, more than 22 million Americans have received the vaccine alone, 70% reporting pain, 33% fatigue, 30% headaches, and the rest reporting chills, fever, swelling and muscle aches.
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