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[AMHARIC] ሰል mRNA ( ኤም አር ኤን ኤ) አና COVID-19
[FILIPINO] Pag-unawa Sa mRNA Covid-19 Bakuna
[HINDI] यम.आर.एन.ए. (mRNA) कोविड-१९ वैक्सीन (टीका) की समझ
[HMONG] Nkagsiab Txog Cov Tshuaj Nkaug Tivthaiv tus Kabmob mRNA COVID-19
[OROMO] Waa’ee mRNA talalii COVID 19 Maal akka ta’ee Hubachuu fi 
[SOMALI] Fahamka Talaaladda mRNA caabuqa COVID-19
[SPANISH] Comprendiendo las Vacunas de ARNm COVID-19
[TIGRINYA] መረዳእታ ኤም.ኣር..ኤን.ኤ. ናይ ኮቪድ-19 ክትባት
[VIETNAMESE] Hiểu Biết Về Vắc-xin mRNA COVID-19

What You Need to Know

-mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine to protect against infectious diseases.
-MRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein—or even just a piece of a protein—that triggers an immune response inside our bodies.
-The benefit of mRNA vaccines, like all vaccines, is those vaccinated gain protection without ever having to risk the serious consequences of getting sick with COVID-19.
-Messenger RNA vaccines—also called mRNA vaccines—are some of the first COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States.

New Approach to Vaccines

mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine to protect against infectious diseases. To trigger an immune response, many vaccines put a weakened or inactivated germ into our bodies. Not mRNA vaccines. Instead, they teach our cells how to make a protein—or even just a piece of a protein—that triggers an immune response inside our bodies. That immune response, which produces antibodies, is what protects us from getting infected if the real virus enters our bodies.

A Closer Look at How COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Work

COVID-19 mRNA vaccines give instructions for our cells to make a harmless piece of what is called the “spike protein.” The spike protein is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19.

1. First, COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are given in the upper arm muscle. Once the instructions (mRNA) are inside the immune cells, the cells use them to make the protein piece. After the protein piece is made, the cell breaks down the instructions and gets rid of them.
2. Next, the cell displays the protein piece on its surface. Our immune systems recognize that the protein doesn’t belong there and begin building an immune response and making antibodies, like what happens in natural infection against COVID-19.
3. At the end of the process, our bodies have learned how to protect against future infection. The benefit of mRNA vaccines, like all vaccines, is those vaccinated gain this protection without ever having to risk the serious consequences of getting sick with COVID-19.

   Facts about COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
   -They cannot give someone COVID-19.
   -mRNA vaccines do not use the live virus that causes COVID-19.
   -They do not affect or interact with our DNA in any way.
   -mRNA never enters the nucleus of the cell, which is where our DNA (genetic material) is kept.
   -The cell breaks down and gets rid of the mRNA soon after it is finished using the instructions.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.