Covid Confidence DWB Volunteer Session: Supporting Community with Covid Information
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Covid Confidence
DWB VOLUNTEER SESSION – INFORMING AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
Agenda
1.
What issues come up when you talk about covid?
2.
Vaccines – understanding their role.
3.
Making sure information is clear for our community.
4.
What to do if you need a Covid test.
5.
Staying safe –
Space
Face Hands.
6.
Misinformation - Myths about Covid.
7.
Key Facts.
Discussion
What issues come up when you talk to friends, family and neighbours
around Covid?
What is difficult about this?
What would support you when having these conversations and supporting
others?
Vaccines Info and your feedback
How they work
Covid vaccine FAQs
How can we help spread the message in our community? Can you
suggest improvements to the info sheet?
Covid vaccine
Which vaccine is currently being rolled out in the UK?
The Pfizer vaccine
Trials showed the vaccine is up to 95% effective
It is given in two doses, three weeks apart
About 43,000 people have had the vaccine in trials, with no safety
concerns
What’s in the vaccine and how does it
work?
Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine (and Moderna's) uses bits of genetic code to
cause an immune response,
This is called an mRNA vaccine.
It does not alter human cells, but merely presents the body with instructions
to build immunity to Covid.
Why is the testing period so short, has it
been rushed?
Although it’s been done quickly, this vaccine trial hasn’t skipped any of the
usual steps
The only difference is that some of the stages overlapped so, for example,
phase three of the trial – when tens of thousands of people are given the
vaccine – started while phase two, involving a few hundred people, was still
going on.
Side effects usually show up quite quickly after vaccination and longer-term
effects are extremely rare – much, much rarer than long-term side effects of
the virus.
Usually vaccine trials are slowed down by long periods of waiting around,
applying for permission, funding and resources.
It’s those elements that were sped up, because of the huge global interest in
doing so.
Am I at a higher risk if a family
member has had COVID 19?
-
No genetic cause for
increased risk of getting
COVID 19
-
You will be at a higher risk if
you live in the same
household
-
Ventilate (open windows)
-
Avoid contact
-
Wash your hands
Face masks do not always
protect against the Coronavirus
TRUE
No mask can stop 100% of aerosolised particles either in or out,
however they do greatly reduce the distance they travel and
the amount that leaves the mask, as the graph on the top right
shows.
On the right is a simulation showing 2 mannequins 2 metres
apart, the top one shows no mask, the second shows sneezing
into an elbow and the third with a mask.
Face masks do not always protect
against the Coronavirus
Danger of Disinformation leading to Misinformation
Disinformation
Misinformation
6 ways
to fact
check
Source?
More than the title
Author?
Date?
Supporting
evidence?
What do trusted
websites say?
Websites you can trust
Snopes.com
Website dedicated to debunking theories
and fact-checking
The NHS website
The World Health Organisation website
The Government website
Thank you
Empower volunteers with information on Covid issues, vaccines, testing, and myth-busting. Engage in discussions, share vaccine info, and address concerns around vaccine rollout and safety. Understand mRNA vaccines, testing speed, and safety measures in trials.
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Covid Confidence DWB VOLUNTEER SESSION INFORMING AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
Agenda What issues come up when you talk about covid? Vaccines understanding their role. Making sure information is clear for our community. What to do if you need a Covid test. Staying safe Space Face Hands. Misinformation - Myths about Covid. Key Facts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Discussion What issues come up when you talk to friends, family and neighbours around Covid? What is difficult about this? What would support you when having these conversations and supporting others?
Vaccines Info and your feedback How they work Covid vaccine FAQs How can we help spread the message in our community? Can you suggest improvements to the info sheet?
Covid vaccine Which vaccine is currently being rolled out in the UK? The Pfizer vaccine Trials showed the vaccine is up to 95% effective It is given in two doses, three weeks apart About 43,000 people have had the vaccine in trials, with no safety concerns
Whats in the vaccine and how does it work? Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine (and Moderna's) uses bits of genetic code to cause an immune response, This is called an mRNA vaccine. It does not alter human cells, but merely presents the body with instructions to build immunity to Covid.
Why is the testing period so short, has it been rushed? Although it s been done quickly, this vaccine trial hasn t skipped any of the usual steps The only difference is that some of the stages overlapped so, for example, phase three of the trial when tens of thousands of people are given the vaccine started while phase two, involving a few hundred people, was still going on. Side effects usually show up quite quickly after vaccination and longer-term effects are extremely rare much, much rarer than long-term side effects of the virus. Usually vaccine trials are slowed down by long periods of waiting around, applying for permission, funding and resources. It s those elements that were sped up, because of the huge global interest in doing so.
Am I at a higher risk if a family member has had COVID 19? No genetic cause for increased risk of getting COVID 19 - You will be at a higher risk if you live in the same household - Ventilate (open windows) - Avoid contact - Wash your hands -
Face masks do not always protect against the Coronavirus
Face masks do not always protect against the Coronavirus TRUE No mask can stop 100% of aerosolised particles either in or out, however they do greatly reduce the distance they travel and the amount that leaves the mask, as the graph on the top right shows. On the right is a simulation showing 2 mannequins 2 metres apart, the top one shows no mask, the second shows sneezing into an elbow and the third with a mask.
Danger of Disinformation leading to Misinformation Disinformation Misinformation
Source? More than the title Author? 6 ways to fact check Supporting What do trusted Date? evidence? websites say?
Websites you can trust Snopes.com The NHS website Website dedicated to debunking theories and fact-checking The Government website The World Health Organisation website
