Professor Martin Cormican:

When anybody takes a medicine or injection of any kind it is understandable that they will have questions and concerns about it. That is perfectly natural. It is part of the training for people involved in healthcare to deal with those questions and answer them. Of course, it is understandable that people have concerns. When advice changes, and changes for very good reasons because of changing evidence, it is understandable that creates concerns for people as well.

However, we can reassure people that the vaccines in use have been through a very rigorous process. We have good evidence about how they perform. We have seen that the benefits are huge in reducing the risk. People do, of course, have questions. The vaccinators, doctors and nurses, will be able to answer those questions and give them the information they want. It is understandable that people are concerned but they can usually be given the answers they need and, overwhelmingly, the answers make it clear to them that the benefits hugely outweigh any risks.