'I think there is a sense that Covid has gone away' one GP says
Dr Rosemary Leonard, a south-east London GP said she was surprised by the low turnout for jabs at her surgery in Dulwich.
She said staff had struggled to fill vaccine appointments recently. She has also had to throw away supplies of the vaccine when booked patients did not turn up."People don't perceive it as a risk and they also feel they have had so many [booster jabs] they must be immune anyway.However she warned that protection from the vaccine wanes after five-six months.
"We are going to have a cohort of people, older people, who are more vulnerable to serous illness from Covid".However, the head of the WHO said at least seven million people died in the pandemic.
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