RUDN University scientists and students about vaccination

The students heard the opinions of experts from different fields of sciences on the main issues of the COVID-19 pandemic and were able to ask questions on the topics of each of the reports.

What have you learned?

Plenary session

Found out:

• More than 34,000 people took part in the Sputnik V vaccine study — one of the largest studies in world practice;
• 5 translation students of the RUDN Medical Institute helped the Moscow City Center for AIDS Prevention and Control in the first months of the pandemic;
• 23 vaccines have already been approved in the world.

Understood:

• the safety of adenovirus-based vector vaccines is well studied;
• vaccination is the only way to stop the epidemic;
• to date, collective immunity is 45.7%, and if vaccination is not carried out, the country may lose more than 2 million people.

Section "Mental health — new conditions of interaction, work, study"

Found out:

• "truckers" are people with long-term post-ovoid syndrome who, even after six months, could not return to their previous lifestyle;
• from 10 to 50% of those who have had COVID-19 become "truckers";
• signs of a healthy personality: goals (meaningfulness) - immersion in activity; people (communication) - proactivity; temporary competence — not "introspection", but concentration on opportunities.

Understood:

• the peculiarity of the new coronavirus infection is multitropism - the virus affects many organs and systems of the human body;
• the incidence of postcovid syndrome is 30-35%;
• with COVID-19, there is a risk of psychogenic diseases.

Section "Student volunteers on the front line: firsthand"

Found out:

• more than 10 thousand volunteers took part in the campaign "Vaccination Assistants";
• The RUDN Volunteer Center processed 1,169 orders;
• RUDN volunteers helped students and teachers in the transition to a remote mode of study and work.

Understood:

• during peak days, the load at the RUDN volunteer center was up to 50 orders per day;
• a group of 70 volunteers was formed in the center;
• during the pandemic, the number of people willing to become a volunteer has increased.

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