Vaccine hesitancy has been blamed on the surge in infections of the Indian variant of coronavirus. But why are some people not taking up their jabs and what’s the truth behind their concerns?
Here, Azeem Majeed, professor of primary care and public health at Imperial College London, answers your questions... I’d rather wait to see if vaccines really are safe.
What’s wrong with that? Covid-19 vaccines were tested extensively before they went into general use. Subsequent data from their widespread use in the UK and other countries in many millions of people show that all the vaccines are very safe and that serious side effects are very rare.