UK flu jab rates prompt complacency warning
During the 2019-20 flu season, 3.16 million people under the age of 65 with a serious health condition were vaccinated, 130,000 more than there were five years before.
London and the east of England are suffering from particularly low uptake rates among vulnerable patients and in schools.Source: Public Health England At West London NHS Trust, which looks after mental health patients in Hammersmith and Ealing, some 1,471 of its 2,880 frontline staff took the jab last winter.
While many fear the jab or nasal spray can cause illness, she believes most underestimate the severity of flu."It doesn't have the same aggressive 'anti' sentiment we see against some of the childhood vaccines." It is not suitable for vegetarians and, last year, the Muslim Council of Britain said it was not permitted in Islam except under exceptional health circumstances.
Prof Barclay said:"My issue with Public Health England is if they don't make the message strong enough - so parents think: 'It's only the flu, my kids will be fine'."
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