Covid shot

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Vaccines against COVID-19 have a variety of advantages for people as well as for communities. Among the main benefits are the following: 

1. Safeguarding Against Serious Ailments:
The probability of being hospitalized, needing intensive treatment, or dying from COVID-19 is greatly decreased by vaccinations.

2. Lower Risk of Long COVID:
A person who gets vaccinated and then gets COVID-19 is less prone to experience chronic symptoms, sometimes referred as Long COVID.

3. Safeguarding At-Risk Populations:
- **Older folks (65+)**: The risk of hospitalization and serious consequences is reduced by around half by vaccines during the first few months.
- **Pregnant people**: Vaccination, particularly during the first few months of a child's life, aids in protecting both the mother and the infant.
- **Individuals with compromised immune systems**: Those with compromised immune systems can benefit greatly from even little defense.

 
4. Community Immunity:
Extensive vaccination helps to reduce the virus's transmission, shielding individuals who cannot be immunized or who might not react well to vaccines.

 
5. Less Risky Than a Natural Infection:
Vaccines educate your immune system without exposing you to the potential dangers of serious disease, consequences, or death that may result from an actual infection.

6. Revised formulas for new variants:
As the virus evolves, boosters and modern vaccines are designed to target circulating variants, which helps to keep people protected.

Contact your Best Value Pharmacy to book your Covid shot.