TY - JOUR N2 - COVID-19 has been devastating the health of millions of people around the globe and causing untold damage to the economy for many months. Teams of researchers have been working tirelessly on developing an effective vaccine since the outbreak of the pandemic, and we are on the threshold of a breakthrough. However, a large proportion of our society has been expressing concerns about the vaccine. In this statement, we discuss the possible risks and explain why vaccination is the only rational choice which will help us emerge from the pandemic, save the lives and health of countless people and limit the damage already inflicted on the economy. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/119178/PDF/N%23121-01-Stanowisko%20PAN-1.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/119178 PY - 2021 IS - No 1 EP - 13 DO - 10.24425/nauka.2021.136301 KW - COVID-19 KW - vaccinations KW - vaccines KW - pandemic KW - science advice A1 - Zespół ds. COVID-19 przy Prezesie PAN PB - Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN DA - 2021.02.09 T1 - Statement no. 7 by the COVID-19 Advisory Team to the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Vaccination is the only rational solution which will help us defeat the pandemic SP - 7 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/119178 T2 - Nauka ER -