What actually happens once a research paper has been published?

In this soundbite, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) volunteer Lynn Laidshaw asks Vaccine Breakthrough Project's Principal Investigator, Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh (Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh) what actually happens to health data research once it is published? How will the project's recent research findings be used in the real-world?

About the research
The paper is titled: Severe COVID-19 outcomes post full vaccination of primary schedule and boosters: A meta-analysis of national prospective cohort studies of 30 million individuals in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Here, researchers analysed data from across all four UK nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) to investigate which groups of people were most likely to fall ill with server COVID-19 despite receiving their primary COVID-19 vaccinations and a booster.

Where can I find out more?
Visit our webpage to read a full summary in plain English and view our infographic:

Or, visit our research site at: https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/eave-ii/connected-projects/vaccine-breakthrough-project

Where can I read the full research paper?
You can read the full paper for free at: https://edin.ac/3ERnUZR

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We would like to thank our collaborators from:
England: @University of Oxford , @RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre , Office of National Statistics
Northern Ireland: @Queen's University Belfast , @Public Health Agency
Scotland: @The University of Edinburgh , @Public Health Scotland , @University of St Andrews , @University of Strathclyde
Wales: @Population Data Science at Swansea University , @Public Health Wales - Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru , SAIL Databank