The Vaccine almost certainly reduces the impact of the virus, although it seems it's strength reduces over time (hence the booster jabs).
Fact remains without the vaccine we would now be in some sort of lockdown.
I think the challenge with flu vaccines is the flu has been out in the wild for longer so has more mutations and it can only cover 4 or 5 (from memory, exact figure might be different). I did have it in the winter of 17-18 and went on to get the flu so it certainly isn't foolproof but it's...
I had mine yesterday as well. Was shivering last night, although getting into bed mainly dealt with that, and am achy today.
Touch wood I have turned a corner now but regardless better than the alternative.
In terms of this country it is about the vaccine with track and trace and mass testing as a fallback if we get any outbreaks and to keep a look out for new variants.
There will come a point in the not too distant future that masks and social distancing become optional.
I am not into compulsory vaccinations but unless you have a medical reason not to everyone should have the vaccination when offered. We might be getting to the stage now where we are vaccinating people with a low risk of dying but it is still extremely nasty and we don't know much about long...
My instinct is people are working themselves into a frenzy over this for little reason.
The vaccine was always sold as a two stage process, albeit with some protection after the first one. If the NHS want to wait 12 weeks before a second dose there is probably an extremely good scientific...
I suspect later in the year there will be a transitional period where infections are still quite high due to most of the working age population not being vaccinated bu hopefully hospitalisations and deaths will be low.
I don't agree with mandatory vaccines but good luck trying to go on holiday abroad (bearing in mind freedom of movement round Europe ends on January 1st as well) without one.