No need to restart vaccine programme - JCVI member - BBC News
Adam Finn was speaking after a study showed waning protection for the double-jabbed.
This study on waning vaccine effectiveness once again illustrates why we need to get used to Covid circulating.

This is not a virus that’s going to go away.

The vaccines do not work like they do for measles which provide life-long immunity.

Immunity was always expected to wane.

And another factor to consider is that repeated exposure to the virus is likely to increase the risk of a breakthrough infection – the increased likelihood over time of infection post-jabbing may not be all related to waning immunity.

Whatever the cause though, experts have been clear we should expect to be repeatedly infected over our lifetimes.

The important thing is that each re-infection should be milder as the vaccines remain highly effective at preventing serious illness.

What the vaccines have effectively done is taken the edge off the virus – given our immune system a head-start so those early infections are milder than they would have been for most.

What’s not clear yet is the merits of offering the most vulnerable a booster jab. It is likely to be a fine judgement call as there are so many unknowns – although the expectation is some will be offered it.