Share on Twitter COVID-19 vaccines have been proven to reduce severe illness, hospitalisation and death, and they're considered our ticket out of lockdowns by federal, state and territory leaders. In the United States, nearly all COVID-19 deaths are now in people who aren’t vaccinated. It demonstrates what the jabs can do when almost 50 per cent of the total country is fully vaccinated. But despite their success, there are still falsehoods circulating about COVID-19 vaccines. Here is why some of the most common myths don't hold up, as explained by infectious diseases physician and Australian National University professor Peter Collignon.