Comparing and Contrasting Astra Zeneca Vaccine Articles

This report compares and contrasts two articles on the Astra Zeneca vaccine, discussing different perspectives and side effects. It emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated and dispels misinformation.

Task Two – Compare
and contrast

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body...................................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................6
REFERNCES..............................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
In present time COVID 19 has become an emerging issue for all the countries across the
world. It is an infectious disease which caused due to virus and can be easily transmit from one
to another. There are some vaccines have been developed for treating COVID patients. The
present report is about Astra Zenceca Vaccine which has been developed by Oxford University
(Yang, Tian and Liu, 2020). Now, vaccine is considered as the only way to deal with the
situation and curb the transmission of the virus. The present report is based on comparing and
contrasting two different articles which contain different point of views in terms of respective
vaccine.
Main Body
In present time, the whole world is facing the most emerging issue of COVID 19 which is
related to transmission of infectious diseases. It was first identified in Wuhan in the year of 2019
and has been spread in different countries across the globe. It is the ongoing outbreak which put
a lot of serious impact over economy of different countries such as America, UK, and India etc.
The virus has disrupted daily life of individuals. For controlling the condition, a lot of nations
imposed strict lockdown due to which individuals are not allowed to step out from house without
any necessary reason. The common symptoms of this virus are fever, cough, breathing issues,
loss of small and taste and more. It is said that older generation have most serious impact due to
the virus. It is analyzed that because of COVID 19 a lot of people across the globe has loss their
lives (Romero and Bernstein, 2020). Also, there is not proper diagnose system is present for
dealing with this situation. Due to this, it has been identified as worldwide pandemic by World
health organization. Now, there are some vaccines have been developed for dealing with the
virus. These vaccines are Astra Zeneca, Pfizer BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine and more. It is
monitored that countries also have been developed indigenous vaccines for minimizing the
negative impact of virus. For instance, in India the indigenous vaccines are Covishield, Covaxin
and Spuntnik. Vaccines cannot be considered as the only medium to deal with such a hard
situation. So, people need to take the necessary measures such as using mask, maintaining social
distancing for save themselves to get infected.

The both articles are based on Astra Zeneca Vaccine which is provided under the brand
name of Covishield and Vaxzervria. This vaccine is developed by Oxford University and
Astrazeneca. This vaccine is used for protecting against COVID 19 and has the efficacy of nearly
81.3% after the second dose. This vaccine was approved on December 2020 for the first use
within UK and have started trail from 4 January 2021. The first article has been written with an
aim to convenience people that there is no connection between the blood clot issue and use of
vaccine. It is stated that there is a lot of rumor within UK and other markets for Astra Zeneca
Vaccine. People are afraid to use this due to side effects reported during the trials. It has been
said by the prime minister of Ireland that there is no specific connection between death of patient
and use of vaccine. It comes after the death of three people due to blood clotting in adults after
receiving vaccine. It is also said that using vaccine has also serious impact such as
thromboembolic events and more. According to the article, deep vein thromboses (DVT) is a
common issue which likely to arise in 1 person per 1000 each and every year. So, it has no
relation with vaccine. Whether, people take or not take the vaccine they still will get this
problem. So, the article is for demonstrating that there are no serious implications of receiving
vaccines. Also, some side effects such as fever, cough are normal and also likely to arise while
even people do not receive vaccine (Mahase, 2020). Therefore, it is not wise to interlink these
events. The criticism which vaccine is receiving across the world is just due to human tendency
of linking something with the recent event. As per the article, during trial both the groups who
received actual vaccine and only the control injections both faced some kind of side effects. In
this 38% are those volunteers who received actual vaccine and 28 % are those who didn’t even
get the vaccine. Despite this, they recorded some issues which clearly shows that there is no
problem with the vaccine.
It is analyzed that after getting vaccine people are more likely to have some mild issues
such as fever, tiredness, headache and more. There is nothing about to worry in such mild
problems. It is not about Astrazeneca, if one is getting other vaccine such as Pifzer also likely to
face such issues. So, through the article, the authorities try to convey message to majority of
individuals who are still hesitate in receiving vaccine. The information about harm from vaccine
is not right and just misguiding to the people. So, they need to avoid such misinformation and get
vaccinated as soon as possible.

According to the second article, is related to reassurance by higher authorities after
getting reports of blood clot due to receiving vaccine. Due to side effects, ample of countries
such as Netherland, Denmark, Norway, Thailand and more suspended the use of Astrazeneca
Vaccine. It is also analyzed that as per recent report issued by WHO and European Medicines
Agency, there is no link between vaccine and issue of blood clot. For dealing with such issue, it
is imperative to get vaccinated. If, people still avoid vaccine then there will be a great surge in
deaths and COVID cases across the world. There is no evidence of having any kind of serious
issues due to use of vaccine. There are only some minor side effects such as mils fever, tiredness
and more. So, they urge to individuals to have faith and get vaccinated without any hesitation.
Otherwise, it might bring some serious implications which will affect the whole world in adverse
manner.
It is analyzed that the first article is related to getting trust of people and give clarification
about the side effects which were recorded due to receiving vaccine. Here, higher authorities
presented some facts so that people believe that there is no relation between blood clothing and
vaccine (Lakdawala and Menachery, 2020). They present the fact that blood clotting is a normal
problem which also used to arise before vaccine. Here, higher authorities also urge to individuals
do not trust over misinformation and getting vaccinated without any hesitation. It is required for
saving the life and whole nation. On other side, the other article has been published with an aim
to reassure people that using Astra Zeneca vaccine is safe. Also, there are no such evidence
which prove link between blood clotting and using vaccine. The main reason of this step is
suspension of this vaccine in some nations and fear prevailing within individuals. Here, main aim
of authorities is to get familiar to people about the seriousness of current situation. They also
tried through the article to convince people for receiving vaccine as it is necessary to prevent
deaths and save the whole world. Therefore, both the articles are related to get the trust and faith
of people in Astra Zeneca vaccine with an aim to deal with current outbreak in an efficient
manner.

CONCLUSION
Out of above discussion, it is concluded that COVID 19 is an emerging issue which is
affecting the whole world significantly. It is regarded as an infectious disease which can be
easily spread due to droplets in environment. It can be caused due to getting exposed with any
infected person and have some serious implications which sometimes caused death also.
Discussion, has been carried out about Astra Zeneca Vaccine which is facing great criticism
across the world due to serious side effects. It is summarized that authorities are urging to people
do not lose faith and trust in the vaccine with the help of relative evidences.

REFERNCES
Books and Journals
Lakdawala, S.S. and Menachery, V.D., 2020. The search for a COVID-19 animal
model. Science, 368(6494), pp.942-943.
Mahase, E., 2020. Covid-19: Moderna vaccine is nearly 95% effective, trial involving high risk
and elderly people shows. BMJ: British Medical Journal (Online), 371.
Romero, J.R. and Bernstein, H.H., 2020. COVID-19 vaccines: a primer for clinicians. Pediatric
annals, 49(12), pp.e532-e536.
Yang, L., Tian, D. and Liu, W., 2020. Strategies for vaccine development of COVID-19. Sheng
Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao, pp.593-604.