


Any side effects from getting the vaccine are normal signs the body is building protection. The benefit is that people get this protection from a vaccine, without ever having to risk the potentially serious consequences of getting sick with COVID-19. At the end of the process, our bodies have learned how to help protect against future infection with the virus that causes COVID-19.This is what your body might do if you got sick with COVID-19. This triggers our immune system to produce antibodies and activate other immune cells to fight off what it thinks is an infection.

Our immune system recognizes that the protein does not belong there. Next, our cells display the spike protein piece on their surface.After the protein piece is made, our cells break down the mRNA and remove it, leaving the body as waste. The spike protein is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19. Once inside, they use the cells’ machinery to produce a harmless piece of what is called the spike protein. After vaccination, the mRNA will enter the muscle cells.First, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are given in the upper arm muscle or upper thigh, depending on the age of who is getting vaccinated.
