COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ

We all want this pandemic to end. By February 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic caused 100 million confirmed infections and 2.2 million deaths worldwide. In the United States, 26 million people have been infected with COVID-19 and nearly 500,000 people have died. This winter, 3,300 U.S. lives were lost every day to a surge of COVID-19 infections. These striking numbers underestimate the actual spread of the virus because only people who have been tested are counted. Widespread use of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines will end the pandemic when 70% to 85% of people are vaccinated, experts believe. The fact that we have safe and highly protective vaccines should lead us all to want to be vaccinated. UCI Health infectious disease experts provide answers to the following questions people have asked about the vaccines. Why Vaccinate? Which Vaccine? What’s in the