Covid Confidence DWB Volunteer Session: Supporting Community with Covid Information
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
