Why get the vaccine if it doesn’t really work?

Two doses of Pfizer are 80% effective against the Delta variant of Covid-19 (the main one in the UK).

So getting your jabs doesn’t mean you are completely immune, but it does lower your risk of serious illness if you do get Covid-19.

In fact, two doses of Pfizer are estimated to be 96% effective against hospitalisation.

All figures taken from the Office for National Statistics latest insights report.