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Here's the proof anti-vaxxers have got it wrong - it's NOT the Covid jab making people ill, says PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY

Being known as the sick man of Europe is not the accolade anyone would want. But would it surprise you to learn that since Covid we've become even sicker?

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04.12.2024, 16:24

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Being known as the sick man of Europe is not the accolade anyone would want. But would it surprise you to learn that since Covid we've become even sicker?

The most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that 36 per cent of working-age people had at least one long-term health condition, an increase from 31 per cent pre-Covid.

Even more alarmingly, more than 2.5 million people were economically inactive because of long-term sickness, an increase of over 400,000 since the start of the pandemic.

And yes, there's no doubt that this is due to the damaging impact of our lifestyle, including obesity, lack of exercise and eating ultra-processed foods (which make up 60 per cent of the average Briton's diet).

But I want to suggest another factor – the long sting in the tail from Covid.

Now I know that plenty of people think what's driven the rise in ill health is the vaccine: I get a lot of stick and threats on social media when I write about the benefits of it, with people saying I'm missing the point about the harms and accusing me of being a vaccine zealot.

To a point, I can understand why some people are so overwrought: the mistrust many of us now have about drug companies generally, the failed hope (as I, too, initially believed) that vaccines would prevent you from getting Covid, and the lack of long-term safety data, have led many to question them.

However, the results of a new study finally put that argument to bed.

More than 2.5 million people were economically inactive because of long-term sickness, an increase of over 400,000 since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

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