Question Number: 185
PDR Number: SQ22-000178
Date Submitted: 24/02/2022
Department or Body: Department of Health
Antibodies are developed to COVID viruses on infection in most individuals much sooner than three weeks. There is no scientific evidence available that suggests that spike proteins created in our bodies from the COVID-19 vaccines are toxic or damaging our organs.
After vaccination, the mRNA will enter cells and instruct the cells’ machinery to produce spike protein. Next, the cells display the spike protein piece on their surface. The immune system recognizes that the protein doesn’t belong there. This triggers our immune system to produce antibodies and activate other immune cells to fight off what it thinks is an infection. This is what our body might do to fight off the infection if you got sick with COVID-19.
The Infectious Disease Society of America estimates that the spike proteins that were generated by COVID-19 vaccines last up to a few weeks, like other proteins made by the body. The immune system quickly identifies, attacks and destroys the spike proteins because it recognises the protein as foreign.
