FREE COVID-19 AND FLU VACCINATIONS AT BATH SPORTS AND LEISURE CENTRE

Free Covid-19 and Flu vaccinations will be available at Bath Sports and Leisure Centre on Wednesday 31st January, 10:00am to 11.30am.

A nurse will be at the Centre to help vaccinate those who are eligible.

To be eligible you must be:

• Aged 65 years old or over (you need to be 65 years old by 31 March 2024)
• Aged 6 months to 64 years old and are at increased risk
• Living in a care home for older adults
• A frontline health or social care worker
• Aged 16 to 64 years old and are a carer
• Aged 12 to 64 years old and live with someone with a weakened immune system

If you have any questions about vaccinations, please come and chat with a clinician.

• Vaccinations are free
• You do not need proof of address
• You do not need an NHS number
• Your details will not be shared with immigration

 

To check your vaccine eligibility, you can call 119 or visit the NHS website www.nhs.uk 

 

Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent many infectious diseases.

Be aware of anti-vaccine stories

Anti-vaccine stories are often spread online through social media and offline.

Always get your vaccine and health information from trusted sources, such as the NHS or World Health Organisation (WHO).

The vaccine information on social media may not be based on scientific evidence.

All the current evidence tells us that getting vaccinated is safer than not getting vaccinated.

 

Vaccines:

Do

• Help to protect you and your child from many serious and potentially deadly diseases
• Protect other people in your family and community – by helping to stop diseases spreading to people who cannot have vaccines, such as babies too young to be vaccinated and those who are too ill to be vaccinated
• Undergo rigorous safety testing before being introduced – they’re also constantly monitored for side effects after being introduced
• Sometimes cause mild side effects that will not last long – you may feel a bit unwell and have a sore arm for 2 or 3 days
• Reduce or even get rid of some diseases – if enough people are vaccinated

Don’t

• Do not overload or weaken the immune system – it's safe to give children and adults several vaccines at a time and this reduces the amount of injections needed
• Do not contain mercury (thiomersal)
• Do not contain any ingredients that cause harm – only ingredients essential to making them safer and more effective and only in very small amounts
• Do not cause autism – studies have found no evidence of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism