If the person you’re talking to, the social media post you’re reading, or the YouTube video you’re watching doesn’t say where they’ve found the information they’re sharing, it’s worth being sceptical. Both methods have the same result: they prompt our immune system to make antibodies that ‘match’ the antigen. Once approved and licensed, the vaccine needs to be produced in large enough quantities before finally being given to the population.

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While this collaborative approach means vaccines were made available sooner, it doesn’t mean any shortcuts were taken. People with an allergy to the ingredients of the vaccine should not receive it – however, those with other allergies (such as to food and other medicines) are able to. Your healthcare professional is there to answer any questions or worries you might have about the vaccine.We have implemented these transitional arrangements with the greatest care and have worked to make the process as fair and straightforward as possible. There have been reports of other countries pausing their rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to certain groups. While your body may have built up some natural immunity to coronavirus if you’ve already had it, we don’t know for certain how long this immunity lasts or how well it protects you from catching it again. In August 2020 - and following the largest consultation in the BBC’s history - the process was started to transition over 75 households from free to paid-for TV licences, following the Government’s decision to withdraw the concession. We apologise to everyone who has encountered an issue, and we have been working hard to resolve issues as quickly as possible.

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There is substantial evidence of the benefits of the vaccine in preventing illness from coronavirus. Last year, over 10 million people trusted us to help them with some of the biggest issues in their lives.Scientists identify the specific antigen to the virus that causes the disease, then develop a vaccine to trial. At Age UK, we get all of our information from reputable sources including the NHS, academic experts, scientific publications, pharmaceutical companies, the World Health Organisation, and the organisation that approves the vaccines: the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). If you see something unnerving, run through the rest of this checklist to see if it is likely to be true.

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There is still plenty of time to get set up and payment plans are available to help spread the cost. Wherever a vaccine is developed, it must be granted approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) if it's to be used in the UK. After vaccination, if the virus gets into our body, our immune system remembers what to do and produces antibodies to fight it. There are often long gaps between phases while organisations wait for funding before moving to the next stage. There are many types of vaccine, but the purpose of a vaccine is always the same: to train our immune system to respond to a germ as if it has seen it before and remembers how to tackle it.While there are different vaccines available, no one will receive a vaccine that hasn’t been properly approved and shown to be safe. How you’re feeling and whether you have any symptoms that would stop you from being able to have the vaccine. Any vaccine offered to you has been licensed and approved and has gone through all the necessary stages of development to make it safe and effective. The latest published data shows that as at 30 June 2020, there were no people in prison for failing to pay a fine related to the non-payment of a TV licence in England and Wales. No enforcement action has been taken against anyone who has previously held a free over-75s TV licence.

This is the part of the virus that attaches to the cells in our body – something they need to do to replicate and cause an infection.From the outset, we have planned for this transition process to take time and we are making good progress. What may have been thought to be true a month ago may have been improved upon, disproven, or understood better by now.