COVID-19
A muchas personas les preocupan las vacunas Covid-19. ¿Hay efectos secundarios a largo plazo? ¿Podría la vacuna afectar mi capacidad para tener hijos? ¿La vacuna afectará mi ADN? Tal vez quieras esperar y ver cómo afecta a todos los demás.
Su salud es importante y es prudente por su parte sopesar los riesgos y beneficios de su salud y la de su familia.
Queremos ayudarlo a tomar decisiones informadas y fundamentadas con respecto a su salud, por lo que hemos incluido información para su consideración.
6 DATOS SOBRE LAS VACUNAS COVID
Both COVID-19 and flu can have varying degrees of symptoms, ranging from no symptoms (asymptomatic) to severe symptoms. Common symptoms that COVID-19 and flu share include:
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Fever or feeling feverish/having chills
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Cough
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Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
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Fatigue (tiredness)
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Sore throat
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Runny or stuffy nose
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Muscle pain or body aches
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Headache
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Vomiting
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Diarrhea (more frequent in children with flu, but can occur in any age with COVID-19)
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Change in or loss of taste or smell, although this is more frequent with COVID-19.
Differences:
If a person has COVID-19, it could take them longer from the time of infection to experience symptoms than if they have flu. Typically, a person may experience symptoms anywhere from one to four days after infection. A person may experience symptoms anywhere from two to five days, and up to 14 days after infection.
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On average, people can begin spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 2-3 days before their symptoms begin, but infectiousness peaks one day before their symptoms begin.
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People can also spread the virus that causes COVID-19 without experiencing any symptoms.
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On average, people are considered contagious for about eight days after their symptoms began.
How it spreads:
Similarities:
Both COVID-19 and flu can spread from person to person between people who are near or in close contact with one another. Both are spread mainly by large and small particles containing virus that are expelled when people with the illness (COVID-19 or flu) cough, sneeze, or talk. These particles can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby and possibly be inhaled into the respiratory tract. In some circumstances, such as indoor settings with poor ventilation, small particles containing virus might be spread longer distances and cause infections.
Most spread is by inhalation of large and small droplets; however, it may be possible that a person can get infected by touching another person (for example, shaking hands with someone who has the virus on their hands), or by touching a surface or object that has virus on it, and then touching their own mouth, nose, or eyes.
Differences:
While the virus that causes COVID-19 and flu viruses are thought to spread in similar ways, the virus that causes COVID-19 is generally more contagious than flu viruses. Also, COVID-19 has been observed to have more superspreading events than flu. This means the virus that causes COVID-19 can quickly and easily spread to a lot of people and result in continual spreading among people as time progresses.
The virus that causes COVID-19 can be spread to others by people before they begin showing symptoms, by people with very mild symptoms, and by people who never experience symptoms (asymptomatic people).