1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:13,010 I'm 3 00:00:13,010 --> 00:00:15,066 Lieutenant commander , Christy Stone 4 00:00:15,066 --> 00:00:17,232 Garza infectious disease . Doctor with 5 00:00:17,232 --> 00:00:19,343 first medical battalion . Today we'll 6 00:00:19,343 --> 00:00:21,232 be talking about COVID-19 vaccine 7 00:00:21,940 --> 00:00:23,996 Bottom line up front . The currently 8 00:00:23,996 --> 00:00:26,600 available COVID-19 vaccines are safe 9 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:29,030 and effective . Neither of them effect 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,580 or interact with our DNA . In any type 11 00:00:31,580 --> 00:00:34,460 of way . However , if service members 12 00:00:34,460 --> 00:00:36,627 still have questions or concerns about 13 00:00:36,627 --> 00:00:38,571 a vaccine , please speak with your 14 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:41,130 commands , medical officer . Now I 15 00:00:41,130 --> 00:00:43,241 would like to answer some of the most 16 00:00:43,241 --> 00:00:44,297 common questions . 17 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:52,390 Will the Covid 19 vaccine changed my 18 00:00:52,390 --> 00:00:56,280 DNA ? No , The COVID-19 vaccines do 19 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,300 not change or interact with our DNA in 20 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:01,570 any type of way . There's a lot of 21 00:01:01,580 --> 00:01:03,691 information out there . What types of 22 00:01:03,691 --> 00:01:05,636 vaccines are currently available ? 23 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,384 Currently , there are two types of 24 00:01:08,384 --> 00:01:10,218 COVID-19 vaccines that have been 25 00:01:10,218 --> 00:01:12,030 authorized and recommended for 26 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:14,150 emergency use in the United States 27 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,320 Pfizer and Moderna . Our Messenger RNA 28 00:01:17,330 --> 00:01:20,220 or MRNA vaccines and johnson and 29 00:01:20,220 --> 00:01:22,460 johnson is a viral vector vaccine . 30 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,570 Neither one of them affect or change 31 00:01:25,580 --> 00:01:28,560 our DNA . How do the vaccines work ? 32 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,100 Think of the COVID-19 virus as a 33 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:33,560 cookbook of a five course meal . And 34 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,610 the vaccine is a recipe for one of 35 00:01:35,610 --> 00:01:38,270 those five courses . The difference 36 00:01:38,270 --> 00:01:40,590 between the two types of vaccines is 37 00:01:40,590 --> 00:01:42,370 how that part of the recipe is 38 00:01:42,370 --> 00:01:45,740 delivered in the M . RNA vaccines . The 39 00:01:45,740 --> 00:01:48,200 recipe is delivered by a bubble of fat 40 00:01:48,210 --> 00:01:50,850 that absorbs into the cells but never 41 00:01:50,860 --> 00:01:52,971 enters the nucleus of ourselves where 42 00:01:52,971 --> 00:01:55,630 our D . N . A . Is located in the viral 43 00:01:55,630 --> 00:01:58,140 vector vaccine . The recipe rides on a 44 00:01:58,140 --> 00:02:00,940 common cold virus that has been changed 45 00:02:00,950 --> 00:02:03,006 so that it can't give you the cold . 46 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:05,484 The viral vector does not have the 47 00:02:05,484 --> 00:02:08,560 means to interact with our DNA . This 48 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,970 means that it cannot replicate or make 49 00:02:10,970 --> 00:02:14,160 more of itself in our bodies . Remember 50 00:02:14,170 --> 00:02:16,740 neither one of them change or affect 51 00:02:16,740 --> 00:02:19,680 our DNA . So they are not going to 52 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,220 affect my DNA . No none of the 53 00:02:23,220 --> 00:02:26,090 vaccines have the capability or means 54 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:28,620 to affect or change our D . N . A . In 55 00:02:28,630 --> 00:02:32,130 any type of way . So my 56 00:02:32,140 --> 00:02:34,630 DNA is safe . But will the available 57 00:02:34,630 --> 00:02:37,260 vaccines actually give me covid 19 ? 58 00:02:38,340 --> 00:02:41,470 No , because none of the vaccines use a 59 00:02:41,470 --> 00:02:44,790 live virus that causes COVID-19 . This 60 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:47,850 means that you cannot get Covid 19 from 61 00:02:47,850 --> 00:02:50,570 receiving the vaccines . It also means 62 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:53,760 that you cannot pass Covid 19 virus to 63 00:02:53,770 --> 00:02:56,270 others from the vaccine . So the 64 00:02:56,270 --> 00:02:58,603 vaccines will not change your D . N . A . 65 00:02:58,603 --> 00:03:00,770 And they will not give you the virus . 66 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,930 Thank you . And remember , please speak 67 00:03:03,930 --> 00:03:05,986 with your commands , medical officer 68 00:03:05,986 --> 00:03:08,208 for more information including where to 69 00:03:08,208 --> 00:03:09,430 receive the vaccine . 70 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,350 Mhm . Yeah .