GMB: Dr Amir talks about mild effects of booster vaccine

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Only two thirds of people over 12 have had the jab in one part of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and older residents there believe younger people consider themselves “immune” so have declined the vaccination. Less than 60 per cent of people in the ward have had both jabs.

The low take up has angerred many pensioners in the seaside town. 

Speaking to Grimsby Live, one man said: “It’s the younger ones who are letting us down. They think they’re immune to the virus.

“Unfortunately, everybody suffers from their lack of respect.

“They may be healthy and fit but they can still catch it and spread it.

“A lot of the transmission stems from them, just because they think they know better.

“Many of them are out in pubs and clubs all the time when they’re unvaccinated.”

Older people are getting their jabs and boosters, but younger ones don’t seem bothered

A Grimsby resident

Everyone eligible is being urged to get a booster jab as the country faces a wave of Omicron Covid cases.

But others in Grimsby say young people are reading too much misinformation about the jab.

“Older people are getting their jabs and boosters, but younger ones don’t seem bothered,” Gary Loadman said.

“When I’ve been to get my vaccine, it has always been people around my own age. It’s the same with masks – the younger generation doesn’t bother as much.

“Part of the problem is how much they read and believe on the Internet. They don’t trust vaccines.

“Everyone else takes it seriously. I booked my jabs as soon as my date come up, and I think all of my friends and family did the same.”

North East Lincolnshire Council data shows that currently the younger an age group is, the less likely they are to have had any protection against COVID-19.

And one mum, who works in the town centre, said she’s finding hard to persuade her teenage son to take the second jab.

She added: “I was required to have my jabs and booster because of work, and I’m glad I’ve had them – I feel safer now.

“Getting my 16 year old to have his second jab is a lot more difficult though.”

More than 47 million Brits have had their second jab, and nearly 30 million of those have received their booster.

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