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Myths vs. Facts: Getting Vaccinated Against COVID-19

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

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When so much wrong information is readily available, convincing people to get vaccinated has proven to be a huge challenge. Vaccines save millions of lives each year. The development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines is a crucial step in helping us get back to doing more of the things we enjoy with the people we love. On the other hand, Myths took hold among the unvaccinated as their reasons not to get the shots. Some of their reasons are as follows: the vaccine will make women sterile; the vaccines are too new; the shots have a microchip in them; the vaccine itself will give me COVID; I’m immune because I had COVID; breakthrough cases prove vaccines are useless. 

And many more– but none of them are true.

But no matter how convincing and irrefutable the science and the data about the COVID-19 vaccines are misinformation spreads so easily and quickly through social media networks.  It become a major barrier stopping the United States from reaching higher levels of vaccinated people.
The Brink took some of the most widespread myths to two leading infectious disease experts, Davidson Hamer, and Sabrina Assoumou gave answers to some of the myths that are spreading all over. Here is an example.
MYTH: The COVID vaccines were not rigorously tested, which is why they have only emergency authorization approval and not full Food and Drug Administration approval. (Update: Pfizer’s vaccine received full FDA approval on August 19)

FACT: “Vaccine developers didn’t skip any testing steps, but conducted some of the steps on an overlapping schedule to gather data faster.”—Johns Hopkins Medicine

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Crucial /ˈkruʃəl/ adjective מַכרִיעַ

    (of a decision or event) extremely important because many other things depend on it

    Her work has been crucial to the project's success.

  • Myths /mɪθs/ noun מיתוסים

    a commonly believed but false idea

    Myths and ghost stories abound on any normal day.

  • Irrefutable /ɪrəˈfjutəbəl/ adjective שֶׁאֵין לְהַפרִיכוֹ

    impossible to prove wrong

    This was really irrefutable evidence.

  • Rigorously /ˈrɪgərəsli/ adverb בקפדנות

    in a careful way so that every part of something is looked at or considered to make certain it is correct or safe

    Rigorously tested, this landing gear will withstand incredible loads.

  • Overlapping /ˈoʊvərˌlæpɪŋ/ adjective חוֹפֵף

    having some parts that are the same or happen at the same time

    She had several overlapping commitments that day.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. Do you think everyone should be vaccinated? Why or why not?
  2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting vaccinated in your own opinion?
  3. Why do you think misinformation spreads so easily?
  4. Do you believe in myths? Why or why not?
  5. How can you convince people to get vaccinated?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What is the reason for the unvaccinated people not to have their shots?

  2. According to the article, the following are some of the myths that people believed in except for?

  3. According to a myth, The COVID vaccines were not rigorously tested what is the explanation of the disease experts to it?

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