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Introduction: The coronavirus pandemic has cross the continents creating millions of infected people and hundreds of thousands of dead, subsequently, a race against time to produce an effective vaccine was the humanity goal and hope. Many vaccines were developed with different production strategies, and with different protection margins, and despite the reported high efficacy of vaccines, a small percentage of people who received the food and drug administration (FDA) recommended vaccine doses still acquiring symptomatic or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Objective(s): The main objective of this study was to compare the severity of COVID 19 symptoms in vaccinated and unvaccinated persons. Methodology: Data of a total of 930 volunteers were collected and divided in to two main groups of Covid-19 infected people:1-vaccinated and 2-non-vaccinated patients each group were subdivided in to two other subgroups: a-healthy patients and b-patients with chronic diseases, performing the research in Al-Basra province. A 17-item questionnaire was established and was covered by a massage explain the research purpose and background. volunteers rate the severity of their symptoms in four degrees scale: intense, intermediate, mild and none for each there was a correspondent number helped to make the statistical analysis from zero to three. Result(s): A total of 930 people took part in the survey. In 168 hours, from 6th of October to 22nd of October, 2021, we obtained 950 responses to the questionnaire. Overall, mean age of the responders was 32.8 years (SD +/- 4.026), The total sample for validation study was 930 people receiving the questionnaire, (417 registered males and 533 registered females). Only 930 agreed to participate in this study (total response 97.8%), (71.8%) of the participants had a mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in the acute stage. Conclusion(s): This study also shows that a large percentage of COVID-19 patients in Al Basrah province do not become infected after receiving the vaccine (74%), and that the symptoms of COVID vaccinated people are less severe than those of unvaccinated people. Copyright © 2022, Institute of Medico-legal Publication. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: The base stones in COVID-19 management were symptoms resolution and the mortality avoidance Consequently, there were a focus on the early recognition and the appropriate treatment however the assumption of that COVID-19 patients suffer ends with the end of infection were not completely write. Persistent post-COVID syndrome (PCS) also called long COVID is a pathologic state, which involves the persistent of a physical and medical abnormal conditions after three weeks of COVID-19 infection diagnosis. Objective(s): A study was conducted to compare the persistence of COVID syndrome and the infection period between vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients. Methodology: Data of a total of 756 volunteers were analyzed. and divided in to two main groups of Covid-19 infected people:1-vaccinated and 2-non-vaccinated patients each group were subdivided in to two other subgroups: a-patients with infection period less than 14 days and b-patients with infection period more than 14 days, performing the research in Al-Basra province. A 12 questions form was established and filled by making direct interviews with the volunteers. Result(s): 28% of individuals reported unvaccinated and 71.95% report vaccinated. vaccinated participants in the study (71.95%+/-12.56 SD) have an infection period of (1-14) days (78.62%+/-10.58 SD), whereas (21.25%+/-4.76 SD) have an infection period of more than 14 days. There were differences in the symptom spectrum between the groups. Long-term persistent symptoms such as cough, hair loss, impotence, loss of taste and/or smell, poor memory, and dyspnea were significantly associated with vaccinated participants when compared to the unvaccinated participants, who had the same duration of illness (1-14) days. Conclusion(s): People have to be more aware about COVID-19 and should get vaccinated, another topic is how longer residual PCS last and whether they have a long-term impact on quality of life. Copyright © 2022, Institute of Medico-legal Publication. All rights reserved.