Attention upper school students, vaccines are officially open in Campinas for teenagers ranging from 12 to 17 years of age. This is a great opportunity for us Giants to have a safer environment at school, and it is encouraged that if you can, please vaccinate. To further inform our community, here is an article including all the information about how to register for the vaccine, and how the process works.
To register, access the website Vacina Já (link) to schedule a date and time for your vaccination right here in Campinas. You can check out the vaccination posts on this website (link), or when making your appointment at the first website.
When you arrive at the vaccination site (whichever you choose from the appointment), you have to hand in the papers specified when you made the appointment, along with your Brazilian residence ID, and some other papers. Then, you will be given a number, and once your number is called, you will be taken to a room (with someone responsible in the case you are under 18-years-old). There, you will present your papers again, and you’re responsible to check the expiration date of the vaccine, to make sure that it’s completely safe. After that, they will inject the vaccine into whichever arm you chose beforehand, and that’s basically it. After having the vaccine injected, a date for you to take your next dose will be chosen, in the case that you are taking the Pfizer vaccine, which is the one that is being given to teenagers at the moment. Then you will receive your vaccination card. Make sure to keep this vaccination card safe since it will be needed in several important situations, for instance, taking your next dose.
As for after-effects of the vaccine, it’s very rare that you have any apart from having pain in whichever arm you took the vaccine in, which most likely will cause great difficulty in raising your arm. This arm pain will last very little, you should only have it for a maximum of 2 days. That is the most common side effect that can come with the first dose. The following ones are extremely rare and barely happen, but are possible. These are tiredness, headaches, muscle pain, fever, or nausea. Even though they can happen, they are very uncommon and barely happen at all.
As members of the EAC community, you are all highly encouraged to take your vaccines as soon as possible, because at the end of the day we have to be Giants protecting Giants. The vaccine is a great way to protect yourself and protect your peers and people that you are within your daily life.
EAC Press student Murilo Libonati taking the vaccine
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