More people will now be able to access a Covid-19 vaccine as free return cab journeys are offered to those otherwise unable to travel. The new initiative will be funded by the Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care system, with the aim to encourage those who are yet to have their first, second, or booster…
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The complicated relationship of Covid-19 vaccinations and the sporting world
Like the rest of the world, sports people are facing the question of whether or not to take the Covid-19 vaccine. Sports and leagues have had differing responses both in uptake and what to do with those who choose to stay unvaccianted. As the global pandemic situation intensifies once again, the pressure for sports people…
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Austria’s compulsory vaccination: a stab in the back for liberal democracy.
It’s a strange and disorientating thing to think back to the pre-pandemic world and consider the length and breadth of the bizarre period we have since lived through. No more so than in considering the changing role of global governments in attempting to protect their populations and economies from the almighty human impacts of COVID-19….
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Experts at UEA Predict Rising Cases May Allow Virus to Evolve Into More Transmissible Variants
This discovery comes as a new article in the Journal ‘Virulence’ warns the lack of measures may allow for new virus mutations, resistant to vaccines. Experts at the University of East Anglia and the Earlham Institute suggest these rising cases, while restrictions are easing, allow opportunities for the virus to spread, and therefore evolve into…
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Vaccines Offered to 16-17-year olds
As the UK has rapidly implemented their Covid-19 vaccination scheme, the scope of people allowed to have the vaccine may soon be widened. Nicola Sturgeon has recently addressed whether vaccinations for those aged 16-17 might become available and has stated that within a few days, the government should be expected to receive the go-ahead from…
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Three hours in a Covid vaccine queue with a fear of needles
‘Over 25 years old? Grab the jab today.’ Not me. ‘21-24 years old? Use the NHS website to book your vaccine now.’ Still not me. ‘Hi Dolly, you have been invited for your first Covid-19 vaccination. Please click the link to book.’ This is it. Immediately I scramble to open the message, snatching up the…
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