Cork scientist warns about Covid vaccine uptake

Professor Fergus Shanahan believes health experts should carefully consider how they will convince the public to take the vaccine once it becomes available.

Resistance towards mask-wearing and social distancing by some sectors signals another looming challenge for the Government — securing real public buy-in once a vaccine becomes available, according to a top Cork scientist.

The answer, he believes, may be in promoting real-life, human stories of people who were not vaccinated and who became infected with the potentially lethal virus.