UCD Health Affairs: COVID-19 Vaccination Webinar

UCD Health Affairs with the assistance of the Dean of Students office have worked together to produce this information video with questions and answers session on COVID-19 and vaccination.

Speakers include:

Dr Karina Butler - UCD Clinical Professor of Paediatrics, Consultant Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin and Temple Street Children's University Hospital. A former president of the Infectious Diseases Society of Ireland (2018-2020), Dr Butler chairs the National Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and is Chair of PENTA Foundation UK. Appointed to the National Public Health Emergency Team in late 2020, she is also a member of the COVID-19 Expert Advisory Group of the Health Information and Quality Authority.

Dr Cathal O'Broin - Consultant in Infectious Diseases at St Vincent's University Hospital. Dr O'Broin is the clinical lead for the COVID Assessment Hub and a member of NIAC as well as lecturing in infectious diseases and global health in UCD.

Dr Nuala O Connor - Irish College of General Practitioners Clinical Lead for COVID-19. Dr O Connor is also the GP lead on the HSE Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention and Control team AMRIC.

Webinar Timeframe:
1:07 Dr Cathal O' Broin's presentation
30:02 Dr Karina Butler's presentation
1:07:06 Dr Nuala O' Connor's presentation
https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunis...
1:24:48 Questions and Answers session
1:24:52 Should I get the vaccine if I have a cold or a flu?
1:25:55 Does the current vaccine offer to reduce or remove transmission of the virus?
1:26:33 What is the risk of the vaccine in relation to side effects (in particular, AstraZeneca vaccine and small blood clots etc.) compared to the risk of COVID-19?
1:27:23 Do we have the genomic sequencing capabilities or power needed for proper assessment of this vaccine?
1:28:23 Am I free to decline the vaccine due to personal choice?
1:30:48 How do you handle that as a GP, if you have a patient declining the vaccine due to personal choice?
1:34:11 Will I have to get a booster vaccine?
1:35:53 How immune am I after the first of the two vaccines?
1:37:16 Can I get the vaccine privately?
1:37:22 Will I get a certificate when I'm fully vaccinated?
1:39:08 Can I pass COVID-19 to another person after I'm vaccinated?
1:39:52 Does your reaction to the vaccine (e.g. fevers, sore arms etc.) predict your response to the vaccine?
1:40:28 Where is the best place to find information about the vaccine? https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunis...
1:40:40 Is it true taking a painkiller before the vaccine helps with temporary side effects?