Vaccines can't do everything, says government adviser
geemong > 10-23-2021, 05:57 AM
Vaccines can't do everything, says government adviser
Prof Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the government's JCVI vaccine expert group, has been on BBC Radio 4's Today programme - and in a pandemic rarity, in the studio in person.
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He says people are coming forward for booster jabs but not at the same rate as they did for first and second doses, acknowledging that there has been "a bit of confusion" about how to get the third dose.
Anyone who had their second dose more than six months ago can dial 119 or go on the NHS website to book their booster, he says.
Prof Harnden says cutting the wait to five months is "something we will need to consider in due course", saying it is similar to when the gap between first and second doses was reduced from 12 to eight weeks because of the high infection rates.
He says a six month gap is the "sweet spot" according to the data, however.
But he says the public need to maintain other Covid precautions. "Vaccines are very important, they can do the heavy lifting but they can’t do everything," he says.
"We should still be maintaining social distancing, we should be wearing masks in crowded spaces, and we should all remain sensible."