Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert

Dr. John Lambert:

I am a fan of vaccines because my interest and background is in vaccine science. However, taking a vaccine every three to four months for the rest of your life is not a sustainable strategy. There are new vaccines coming along that are not mRNA vaccines but protein vaccines, similar to the flu vaccine that people get once a year. Technology is developing. I would push for populations that are severely immunocompromised, people who would die if they got Covid, to continue to get the mRNA vaccines. For the rest of the population we need to look a new solution, namely, better quality and new generation vaccines. Vaccines are important but they do not prevent people catching infection. We need to get back to face masks and prevention through the other mitigation strategies we are tired of hearing about for the last two years. We are in a new place. We need to find a way to live safely with Covid. I will not comment on whether vaccines are dangerous. Vaccines are important but some people have adverse reactions, so it is a balancing act.

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