Turning to one conspiracy theory – that the vaccine increases infertility – Professor Van Tam said he’s never heard of a vaccine that affects fertility and described it as a “nasty, pernicious scare story, but that’s all it is.”
Read MoreSpacing out the two doses, as is happening in the UK, makes the vaccine more effective, it advises.
Read MoreProfessor Jonathan Van-Tam has claimed it’s ‘perfectly possible’ the UK will be giving coronavirus vaccines to children by the end of the year. England’s deputy chief medical officer revealed that ‘several’ trials were about to get underway to test whether the current crop of Covid jabs are both safe and effective in youngsters. The approved Read More
Read MoreAn unvaccinated pensioner followed Matt Hancock‘s advice and called his local jab clinic to get an appointment — only to be told they had run out. Paul Hardy, 70, from Barnard Castle in County Durham, said when he eventually got through the receptionist declared she wanted to ‘wring’ Mr Hancock’s neck. ‘She said, ‘Well I Read More
Read MoreThe World Health Organization has officially recommended the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for people over the age of 65 and said it should be used ‘without an upper age limit’. WHO experts have reviewed all the evidence from studies of the jab and said there is ‘no reason’ it shouldn’t be used against the South African variant Read More
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