COVID-19 VACCINES: POSSIBLE REASONS THE VACCINES ARE MAKING PEOPLE SICK.

United States (SCIENCE MAG) -- Severe allergy-like reactions in at least eight people who received the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech over the past 2 weeks may be due to a compound in the packaging of the messenger RNA (mRNA) that forms the vaccine’s main ingredient, scientists say. A similar mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna, which was authorized for emergency use in the United States also contains the compound, polyethylene glycol (PEG). 

COVID-19 VACCINES: WHAT'S IN THEM AND HOW THEY WORK.

The first COVID-19 shot in the United States was administered on December 14, 2020. The first vaccine to be rolled out was from Pfizer-BioNTech. Afterwards, Moderna received FDA approval for its vaccine to be used for emergency use in the country. Meanwhile in the United Kingdom, both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are currently being used to inoculate the population. But what's in the vaccines? We hear scientists claiming that how the vaccines are made is due to ground breaking scientific research. We also hear talk about something called mRNA technology, implemented in the making of these new vaccines, which makes them more effective in the fight against this novel coronavirus. But, what is mRNA and how does it work? 

News: UK government advises its citizens against travel to Jamaica.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FDCO), a branch of the UK government, has advised its citizens against travelling to the island unless it is absolutely necessary. 

On the government's website it says, "FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the whole of Jamaica based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks." 

News: New Jersey doctor contracts COVID-19 and dies in India after being fully vaccinated.

Dr. Rajendra Kapila, photo courtesy of Rutgers.

Dr. Rajendra Kapila, a professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School has died of COVID-19. You might say, "Okay, he passed away. So? Persons are dying from this deadly virus across the world."

Well, the significance of his death is that he was fully vaccinated from the SARS-COV-2 aka COVID-19. Professor Kapila visited India in April (where he is originally from) with his wife, who happens to be a microbiologist working at a COVID-19 lab in New Jersey. The couple felt that going back they could help take care of their family in a country where a devastating upsurge of the virus has impacted so many lives.  

News: Foreigners competing for Jamaican jobs? Government to give foreigners one year residency to live and work in island.

Speaking last year at the opening ceremony for a new Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) office at the Fairview Plaza in Montego Bay, Minister of National Security Dr. Horace Chang, revealed that a submission will soon be made to Cabinet for the agency to grant a one year temporary residency to eligible foreign nationals.

Nearing the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Chang noted, an increase in travel to the island will be expected.