Claim: Vaccines don't stop you getting Covid-19 or spreading it.
Fact-check: There is evidence vaccines reduce risk of Covid-19 illness - Full Fact
Verdict: the pfizer and astrazeneca covid-19 vaccines reduce your chances of getting sick with covid-19. there's some limited evidence the pfizer vaccine may stop you being infected with covid-19 at all.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2021-02-26T00:00:00