The most important benefits of #COVID19 vaccines are:
1️⃣ keeping people from having severe disease
2️⃣ keeping people out of hospitals
3️⃣ keeping people from dying
Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
Learn more:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
but what’s really important about omicron and about these vaccines is you really do need to get the booster dose in order to maintain and sustain the protection that you have from the primary series the benefit of the vaccines is really most important for you know preventing you from getting really sick and there is some protection against infection just because people may be getting infected or getting mild disease that doesn’t mean that the vaccines aren’t worthwhile they’re still very worthwhile because they’re keeping people out of hospitals they’re keeping people from dying they’re keeping people from having severe disease
