Explained: 'Vaccine can protect, can't prevent infection'

Asianet Newsable English | Updated : May 04 2021, 08:49 AM IST

While vaccination can ensure that you are safe from severe disease, it does not ensure that you don't get the infection. Here is AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria explaining the difference between the two.

Experts say that one of the main reasons why many who have taken the first vaccine shot are not lining up for a second jab is because they come across reports of inoculated people getting Covid.

What people don't understand is that while vaccination can ensure that you are safe from severe disease, it does not ensure that you don't get the infection.

Here is AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria explaining the difference between the two

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