{"id":877,"date":"2022-05-28T08:22:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T08:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/?p=877"},"modified":"2022-05-28T08:22:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T08:22:51","slug":"the-future-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-the-uk-the-essential-role-for-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/2022\/05\/28\/the-future-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-the-uk-the-essential-role-for-vaccination\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK \u2013 the essential role for vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Covid-19 vaccination, we have seen a substantial weakening of the link between Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations \/ deaths in the UK. But we don&#8217;t yet know how well this protection from serious illness and death will persist in the longer-term. We are also seeing &#8220;vaccine fatigue&#8221; set in with many people not keen on booster vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>For the UK, the future challenges will include determining how frequently and in what groups Covid-19 booster vaccines are needed; ensuring a high take-up of vaccinations in all eligible groups; and having vaccines that are updated when necessary to protect against new variants. We have already had one additional booster vaccination programme in the UK this year; which targeted people 75 and over, residents of care homes, and people who are immunocompromised. A larger booster programme is planned for later this year that will target a wider range of people, including NHS staff.<\/p>\n<p>Although some people are very optimistic about the future because of the recent decline in the number of Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths in the UK, this optimism does depend on maintaining high levels of Covid-19 immunity in the population. This won\u2019t be easy and we will see some areas of the UK and some population groups with low take-up of booster vaccines. We therefore need to ensure that we have a strong vaccine delivery system in place that can work with local communities to ensure a high-take up of vaccination \u2013 particularly in the most clinically vulnerable groups at highest risk of serious illness and death.<\/p>\n<p>Other Covid-19 control measures are also important and can be implemented when necessary, but ultimately it is vaccination that will allow UK society to function normally rather than these other measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Covid-19 vaccination, we have seen a substantial weakening of the link between Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations \/ deaths in the UK. But we don&#8217;t yet know how well this protection from serious illness and death will persist in the longer-term. 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