PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY: There's a very good reason for us all to have a Covid booster. So why isn't anyone allowed to pay for one?
1 year, 3 months ago

PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY: There's a very good reason for us all to have a Covid booster. So why isn't anyone allowed to pay for one?

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Being a frontline NHS worker is not the easiest job in the world, but it does have its advantages. Most notably, it gave me a ticket to get a free Covid booster Also, like any vaccine, it does have potential side-effects: in the case of the AstraZeneca jab, there’s an incredibly rare risk of inflammation of the heart When I first got jabbed, I thought that it would be the solution to Covid. Among the unvaccinated, 1.4 per cent developed long Covid, compared with only 0.4 per cent of those who’d been vaccinated — and the more boosters you had, the lower the chance of getting long Covid. We know this definitively thanks to data published just a few weeks ago in the BMJ Vaccinated pregnant women had lower rates of Covid during pregnancy compared with those who weren’t vaccinated. The jab is proven to help prevent long Covid, and patients’ best interests must come first when it comes to medical decisions.

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Why Americans are opting out of getting a COVID booster shot
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Why Americans are opting out of getting a COVID booster shot

Daily Mail  

A recent survey reveals that a significant number of Americans are unlikely to get a COVID-19 booster vaccine this season. Conducted by the Pew Research Center between October 21 and 27, the survey of 9,593 U.S. adults found that 60% of respondents said they would 'probably not' get an updated vaccine. A full 81% of Republicans said they probably wouldn't …

Now experts call for more people to get a Covid booster as health bosses pull forward vaccination programme for vulnerable amid fears surrounding Pirola variant - but MPs call for calm and to 'treat i
1 year, 6 months ago

Now experts call for more people to get a Covid booster as health bosses pull forward vaccination programme for vulnerable amid fears surrounding Pirola variant - but MPs call for calm and to 'treat i

Daily Mail  

Experts today called for Covid booster eligibility to be widened amid fears the new 'concerning' Pirola variant could trigger a fresh wave of infections. Yesterday health officials u-turned again on the autumn Covid and flu jab drive start date, bringing it forwards from October to September 11, with some experts already calling to 'vaccinate everyone'. Ministers said the rollout would …

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