Clear messaging that all three vaccines are safe is 'a must', say GPs

Dr Denis McCauley, chair of the GP subcommittee of the IMO, said that there would not be any supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine “sitting in a fridge” while the over-85 cohort was vaccinated with the Pfizer and Moderna drugs

A coordinated approach with a very clear message is required from National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC), the HSE and Nphet about all three vaccines available in Ireland, according to Co Clare GP Yvonne Williams.

“The last thing anybody wants to see is a patient refusing a vaccine or waiting for a different type of vaccine — so we have to be very clear with our messaging — that the three vaccines that are approved in Ireland are all really safe and they are all safer than waiting and taking a chance and getting a Covid infection,” she told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.