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

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.

First Published May 4, 2021, 8:49 AM IST | Last Updated May 4, 2021, 8:49 AM IST

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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