The lead singer of pop band Right Said Fred, Richard Fairbrass, was hospitalized with the virus last week, but still refused to receive the COVID vaccine. Highly infectious Delta variant.
The 67-year-old Fairblas is known for his popular 1991 hit song. I’m so sexy Last weekend, he reported having difficulty breathing and was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Berkshire in southern England.
The singer underwent four nights of observation in the hospital, then was discharged from the medical center and recovered from the virus at his home in Windsor, Berkshire.
However, even though he had been treated for COVID in the hospital, Fairblas, who had previously called the vaccine for the virus a “scam,” told the Daily Mail that he would still not receive the injection.
“This vaccine is only for experimental use. It will be tested until 2023. If there is no long-term data, whoever gets it will be stupid. By 2023, if everything is fine, I will do it. I definitely won’t have one now,” Fellbrass Tell the media.
Although the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine’s “estimated study completion date” is May 2023, the vaccine has already been given Emergency use authorization In the United Kingdom and the United States and several other countries in the world.
It is standard practice for pharmaceutical companies to continue to research vaccines. Vaccines can only be used by the public after they have been authorized to use them after undergoing safety inspections and testing phases.
At the same time, the UK’s NHS website stated that “millions of people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19), and the safety of the vaccine continues to be monitored. Reports of serious side effects are very rare.”
According to the Department of Public Health of the United Kingdom, “Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has an effective rate of 96% for hospitalization after 2 doses”, while “Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has an effective rate of 92%”.
So far, approximately 71% of the British population has had at least the first shot, of which Research shows that vaccination Compared with previous virus infections, it provides the greatest protection against COVID.
Speaking of his time in the hospital, Fellbrass confirmed to MailOnline that he had tested positive for COVID and described his symptoms as “a little bit out of breath” and “very tired”.
Right Said Fred first sparked the controversy surrounding COVID in September 2020, when they were Twitter Ferblas participated in an anti-blockade protest with his band members and brother Fred Ferblas.
The band has repeatedly used its social media handle to post messages against wearing masks and blockades, claiming that after the company stated that only vaccinated people can sit in its store, they will never eat at Subway again.
Weekly newspaper A Fairbras representative has been contacted for comments.
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