VACCINES - why you should take one

A thread

1/ Today’s news gives us a message of serious hope for the return to normality.

Vaccines save lives – polio, mumps, hepatitis etc.

And now Covid. Please take the vaccine + don’t listen to anti – vaxxers.

2/ Children receive vaccinations before adulthood.

Why?

Because they work! They save millions of lives a year.

3/ The UK has invested millions into research and development and has secured 357 million vaccine doses, which is amongst the highest per capita in the world.

Thanks to the Vaccine Taskforce, @MattHancock + all at @DHSC for their tireless work to get us to this stage.

4/ Pfizer/Biontech have concluded all three stages of their clinical trials and have been providing their safety data to the @MHRAgovuk throughout.

This is why the regulator has been able to work at breakneck speed. https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1334103395544805376

5/ The safety of patients has not been compromised by speed.

The @MHRAgovuk started their preparation to approve the vaccines in June and has been examining the data tirelessly.

JVT explains why it is safe to licence in a short space of time. https://twitter.com/dhscgovuk/status/1333863439265980418?s=21

6/ The @MHRAgovuk is a trusted regulator. They played a huge part in authorising the use of dexamethasone, which has led to better outcomes to #COVID19 patients.

Andy Burnham agrees: https://twitter.com/AndyBurnhamGM/status/1334054903178612737?s=20

7/ Vaccine hesitancy is a real issue.

But it is important we address people’s reasonable and key questions to persuade them to take the vaccine.

Well worth a watch/listen of this @IainDale show:

8/ The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation have set out a plan to deploy the vaccine.

The Government will prioritise vaccines to those who are most vulnerable first.

9/ We can now see light at the end of the tunnel.

Have the jab.

Save your life.

Save other people’s lives.