Dr. John Lambert:

We know that these vaccines are mRNA vaccines. They do not prevent infection, but they prevent one from progressing to serious acute illness. Vaccines are a good thing. The question is of whether getting a vaccine will prevent one from getting long Covid. The answer is that getting vaccinated has not really decreased the number of patients who are at risk from long Covid. That is not the way these vaccines work. If there is a benefit, it is minimal. The only benefit of vaccines, which is important, is that they keep one from dying if one gets Covid. They do not keep one from getting infected and they do not necessarily keep one from getting long Covid.