ER Editor: Like The Expose below, we too hoped this is an April Fool’s joke. Boots is an iconic UK pharmacy chain, almost as much a pillar of British society as the NHS. Although as we discovered, Boots has long been bought out. See below.
One of The Expose journalists actually called Boots about this option to Covid-vaccinate the public outside of the NHS at private cost. Details below.
The Guardian also has this story from yesterday. It is a difficult story to read if you’re even minimally aware of Covid ‘vaccine’ harms. See —
Boots to offer Covid vaccines in England for nearly £100 a jab
Boots is to offer Covid vaccinations for almost £100 a shot, making it the latest provider to sell the jabs to those not eligible for a booster through the NHS.
The company has confirmed it will offer the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to healthy customers in England aged 12 and over from next week, at a cost of £98.95 a jab.
Boots is the latest company to capitalise on the decision by manufacturers to sell the vaccinations privately: last month, Pharmadoctor announced it would be offering Covid jabs to eligible customers through partner pharmacies in the UK.
See this on Pharmadoctor —
Pharmadoctor in the news – 1st UK provider of private Covid jabs
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And for those who didn’t know, like us, Boots was bought out by US chain Walgreens around 10 years ago —
Walgreens Boots Alliance
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Boots Pharmacy to Sell Covid Jabs On The UK High Streets For the First Time to Anyone Over 12 Years Old
PATRICIA HARRITY for THE EXPOSE
COVID-19 jabs will be sold on the high street for just under £99 from next week, as Boots becomes the first major pharmacy to launch a private vaccination service.
The single-dose Pfizer vaccine will be offered at 50 stores from April 1st to anyone aged 12 or over, at a cost of £98.95, The Times reported.
It is the first time a COVID-19 vaccine has been available outside the NHS since the mass vaccination programme was launched in December 2020 at the height of the pandemic.
ER: It would seem that the private pharmacy provider Pharmadoctor got in there first.
Since then, eligibility has been strictly determined by scientific advisers — with NHS booster vaccines restricted to those at high risk, including over-65s or patients with weakened immune systems due to conditions such as cancer.
Boots will offer the private vaccine to those aged 12 and over who do not meet the NHS criteria for a free booster. This means healthy adults will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine for the first time since the official NHS programme ended in 2021. Although healthier young adults are extremely unlikely to develop severe COVID-19, the vaccine can protect them from uncomfortable symptoms such as coughs and a sore throat. (ER: We assume Patricia Harrity is citing The Times here.)
A Boots spokesman told the Times: “We are launching a private COVID-19 vaccination service for people who are not eligible for an NHS vaccination but still want the option to protect themselves from the virus. Our private service builds on our existing delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations for the NHS and we are pleased we can now offer COVID-19 vaccinations both on behalf of the NHS and privately, as we have done with flu vaccinations for many years.”
Will Jones from the Daily Sceptic posits “The Times does say that healthier young adults are “extremely unlikely” to develop severe Covid, but no credit for failing to mention the reams of data now available on serious side-effects, including in younger people. Also it looks like children over 12 can get the vaccine without their parents’ consent – at least, I can see no sign on the the booking website of a note stating parental consent is required.
Still Pushing the Convid
Suitability
The Boots website advises that the service is available for people over 12 years old and over, and although they have a citation at the end of that sentence, it doesn’t link to anything further, such as, with parents consent, etc.
My Call to Head Office
However, I called the helpline to enquire if 12 year olds would need to be accompanied by an adult, and the call centre assistant could only say that they are not sure they would be administering the vaccine at this time, but they will be available for purchasing.
When asked what an individual would do with a jab, again she had no idea and even though it was a worker from head office and it is advertised both on their website and a national news paper, she said she would get her manager, who wouldn’t come to the phone, but gave the girl instructions to tell me that they would have more information during the week.
When I said that it was a disgrace that they had no idea about a product that they are pushing and clearly ignoring that it has been attributed to excess deaths, Myocarditis, strokes, etc., the head office assistant retorted “that’s your opinion!”
Is it still acceptable that pharmacy workers can rely on that line and are not required to actually research the products they are pushing? Needless to say, she got told.
We can only hope it is an April fools joke, but, I doubt it.
Sources
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Featured image source: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/03/high-street-giant-boots-is-taking-digital-healthcare-to-the-people/
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