One in 1,000 people in the UK have already died after being infected with coronavirus during the pandemic. This is the known threat from the disease that any risks have to be balanced against.
In medicine there is an important difference between "safe" and "harmless" and between "risk" and something being "risky".
So, what do we mean when we talk about Covid vaccines being "safe" to use? BBC News
See also:
- Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK (open access) The Lancet
- Oxford Covid vaccine 'safe and effective' study shows BBC News
- Safety data on Pfizer jab released by US BBC News
- Covid-19 vaccine: GPs to starting immunising next week BBC News
- Rich countries hoarding Covid vaccines, says People's Vaccine Alliance BBC News
- Covid: The day the UK received 'a shot in the arm' BBC News
- Johnson & Johnson may know whether its one-dose coronavirus vaccine works by January The Daily Mail
- 'It has given people hope': patients and NHS staff on day one of Covid vaccination The Guardian
- Masks could be needed for another year, warns government chief scientific adviser The Independent
- A tribute to the NHS workers who have died with coronavirus The Independent
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