The way you are assessed for eligibility for a seasonal COVID booster in the UK is a short online questionnaire. I ticked that I “thought I might be at high risk of COVID” (I don’t, but I want a booster) and was able to book one without being asked for any extra supporting evidence.
Now, this could be bad if the NHS relies on survey response data to estimate how many people are actually at risk (this seems very unlikely to me, given that they must have much higher quality data on disease rates in the UK). It could also be bad if the UK is constrained on supply of vaccines—but again this seems unlikely to me.
All in, as a very mild act of civil disobedience, I think it’s net-positive, and worth it for me. I’d buy a dose if I was allowed to, but the UK gov won’t allow me to...
The way you are assessed for eligibility for a seasonal COVID booster in the UK is a short online questionnaire. I ticked that I “thought I might be at high risk of COVID” (I don’t, but I want a booster) and was able to book one without being asked for any extra supporting evidence.
Now, this could be bad if the NHS relies on survey response data to estimate how many people are actually at risk (this seems very unlikely to me, given that they must have much higher quality data on disease rates in the UK). It could also be bad if the UK is constrained on supply of vaccines—but again this seems unlikely to me.
All in, as a very mild act of civil disobedience, I think it’s net-positive, and worth it for me. I’d buy a dose if I was allowed to, but the UK gov won’t allow me to...