Independent pharmacy chain Well Pharmacy has reduced the cost of the flu jab by £5 to £10, as concern mounts over flu cases, cold weather and an increased sense of vaccine fatigue. With the majority of people under 50 not entitled to a free NHS vaccine, Well Pharmacy is urging people to get a flu jab as a matter of urgency.
Recent stats for the USA show the highest number of flu cases in over 10 years, and the pharmacy chain is worried that the UK is looking set for similar figures and is urging people who haven’t been vaccinated to do so, to protect themselves and others around them.
Well Pharmacy is concerned as the winter flu season is expected to be worse than usual – and research recently carried out by the chain shows that a quarter of people (25%) think that after so many Covid-19 jabs in the last few years, ‘vaccine fatigue’ has well and truly set in, leading to a perceived lack of motivation in others to get their jabs. The chain also wants to encourage people to have their Covid-19 boosters, as now people are spending more time indoors together, the virus has more opportunity to spread.
