Coronavirus was thought to be pneumonia in December 2019 Wuhan, China but was first registered as COVID-19 in January 2020. Over 127 thousand people have died from COVID-19 since .
It has been reported from health professionals that the lack of vaccinations has led the virus to mutate further leading to new variants and a rise in the number of cases each day.
Omicron
Scientists and researchers are working hard to learn about the new variant Omicron that has had its first set of cases within the UK since the end of November.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday night, that there were 75 further cases of the Covid-19 Omicron variant identified in England. Which brings the total number of confirmed cases in England to 104 with 134 in the UK as a whole.
Public Opinion
A member of the public Nathan Mitchell who has not yet had the booster due to falling ill after having the previous vaccines AstraZeneca . He says ” We want to know more about it to put our minds at ease. I know in terms of my opinion it’s more a personal worry that there could be side effects later down the line and I don’t want to be having to get a booster jab every six months. ”
There are also concerns about the lack of research and quick turn around time in the distribution in the booster jabs as to whether these will be effective long term. Nathan added ” I believe it should be yearly like the flu jab. I don’t know if I will get it but I know if I do I need to do a lot more research to put my mind at ease”
His lingering question is “what’s actually being put in these vaccines to help save the world?”
