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 (DIR) Post #AXh0ePm5fC5QmiRgh6 by pwaring@fosstodon.org
       2023-07-14T16:44:21Z
       
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       Is it possible to get a Covid booster privately in the UK yet, if you don’t qualify for the free one on the NHS? This is an option for lots of other vaccines (flu, HPV etc.) but I can’t find anyone offering it for Covid. All the info seems to point to when the free programme was open to everyone, and therefore there was no reason to pay (other than maybe getting it slightly quicker).
       
 (DIR) Post #AXh0eQIhhwAsPrhjWq by jmacarthur@chaos.social
       2023-07-14T17:46:13Z
       
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       @pwaring I wrote to my MP asking that question; the answer is no for now, unfortunately.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXh0eR4uogjspOGEfw by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-07-14T18:01:57Z
       
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       @jmacarthur @pwaring How long ago was that? When they originally started the vaccinations they did something unusual in that they didn't do the normal 'marketing authorisation' as a medicine, they just allowed it to be special cased via the NHS, it looks like some of the vaccines now have marketing auth.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXh16c2VelqqvpZTyC by jmacarthur@chaos.social
       2023-07-14T18:07:03Z
       
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       @penguin42 @pwaring 6th April this year.