Oxfordshire reacts to Covid vaccine rollout

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The jab has been shown in studies to be 95 per cent effective and works in all age groups.

The UK has so far ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 10 million doses are expected to arrive by the end of the year.

Elderly people in care homes and care home staff are expected to be the first to be vaccinated, followed by over-80s and health and care staff.

Here's what you think about the vaccine being rolled out:

MATT CHAMBERS: "Happy to have this vaccine then I and my loved ones won’t be at risk. The only ones that would be at risk are those who won’t have the vaccine.

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"Should be issued certificates to say we have had it then people who have no certificate can be banned from travelling and other things then they will change their tune.

"Those that refuse can still get it and pass it on to loved ones who have not had the vaccine. It is not just their health they are risking but those of others around them which is why it is a selfish thing to refuse help. They can also be a burden on the NHS if they need treatment.

"To refuse a vaccine and take unnecessary risk is lunacy."

PAUL MARTIN GARLICK: "You go ahead and get yourself injected, that's your choice. I personally choose not to. That is my choice. And as in all of my 53 years - the past 40 of them without any vaccinations of any kind and yet never been seriously ill - I'll stick to my choice."

MEL JAYNE: "I don't want it, I'm quite happy to wait and see what happens. Sounds far too suspicious that we have done the job before any other country."

DANE SIMMONDS: "I certainly will be having it so I can enjoy myself."

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SUE BURKIN: "I would love to see my elderly in-laws again properly and for them to hug their grandchildren and squeeze the life out of them.

"I get emotional when I think of the time they have already missed and can not wait to create more memories with them. Also a nice sing song down the pub wouldn't go amiss."

DEE CAREY: "I will be having it. I want to get back to normality.

"It's been too long now. We've been told now this virus will never go away so if we want normality it makes sense to protect ourselves and our loved ones."

NIKI GILES: "I don’t trust this vaccine. It’s been made too quickly and given the all clear too quickly. You don’t really know what’s being put into your body or what the long term effects would be. Sorry just being extra cautious."

PAUL SILVER: Yes, I’ll be getting the vaccine. The long term effect of Covid on humanity far outweighs any potential side effects of the vaccine. This is the way of stopping future lockdowns."

SALLYROB HAMMOND: "I don’t want the American one, but I would have the Oxford vaccine - I can’t understand why the government has ordered the American vaccine and not the Oxford one which does not have to be kept at low temperatures etc."

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GLYN PLESTED: "I will have it in fact I will be queuing for it."

TIM GERARD DOWD: "I'm up for it so I can have a bit of safe normality. Don't need asking twice."

NIC CURZON: "These people are scientists this is their job and we should be grateful instead of moaning or saying it's been developed too quick. This is what they do, day in day out. The strain will more than likely change like the flu so the vaccine will change.

"If you don't want the vaccine because you don't trust the scientists then that's up to you, but us that want an end to this virus and some sort of normality back in our lives will have it."

RHIANNON CHAPMAN: "The best resources from all over the world have been thrown at it. And no medical research is starting from scratch. It makes no sense for countries to back a fallible vaccine.

"It will cost millions to administer it, for a start."