There seems to be a real misconception about vaccines. Obviously I can not speak about the Covid-19 vaccine, as this is currently an unknown. But, if it is anything like the other annual vaccines then it will not stop people getting Covid-19, it will just lesson the impact of symptoms and this is only in 40-70% of cases depending on age etc

I get annoyed when I hear the ‘push’ to have the flu vaccine to ‘protect others’, how and why will you getting the vaccine protect others? It won’t stop you getting flu, or spreading it, that’s why it is not given to everyone. It is only given to those people likely to suffer severe symptoms.

So how will this vaccine be any different? and why undertake mass vaccination when there is a massive percentage of the population that do not have any symptoms at all