On
Newstalk Breakfast this morning, Trinity Professor of Experimental Immunology Kingston Mills said the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) should now clear the vaccines for use.
“I think people have to remember that no medicine, whether it be a vaccine or a regular medicine to treat some disease, is without some side effects,” he said. “It is all about benefit versus risks.
“You have to weigh up the risks for a person getting COVID-19 and the consequences of hospitalisation and death if they are older or have an underlying medical condition. That is the benefit-risk analysis that each individual has to do when they are deciding whether to get the vaccine or not.”
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Big questions unanswered in Government s vaccine plan
Updated / Saturday, 30 Jan 2021
09:37
Political Reporter
There were sighs of relief around Government Buildings as approval came through for the one vaccine it has hailed as a game changer.
Yesterday, the European Medicines Agency cleared the AstraZeneca jab for use for all adults - including those over 65.
And while the row over supply continues, the move means the Irish vaccination plan has cleared a hurdle in the race to protect the population.
But the manufacturing problems and the question marks over protection for older people has exposed the vulnerability in the Government s plans as it wrestles to deliver a mammoth operation with many unknowns.