Elizabeth II, “testimonial” of vaccines as early as 1957 (with the help of little Carlo and Anna)

Medical affairs of royalty usually remain strictly private, especially when they involve the queen. But the ninety-four Elizabeth II, in recent days, broke the protocol by making it public – with a statement from Buckingham Palce – his vaccination against Covid (and that of the ninety-nine year old Prince Philip). To raise awareness among subjects and encourage them to do the same. Settling, as the Sunday Times, a “powerful blow to the no-vax movement.”

His Majesty made an identical choice in January 1957, when anxiety about the potential side effects of the new had spread polio vaccine. The sovereign, despite the contrary opinions of the court councilors, made known of having vaccinated princes Carlo and Anna who were 8 and 6 years old at the time.

A press release from Buckingham Palace he specified that the children had taken two doses one month apart, and that they had been vaccinated doctor Sir Wilfrid Percy Henry Sheldon, pediatrician of the British royal house from 1952 to 1971. According to Times, the news helped to allay the fears of the British. Millions rushed to vaccinate their children.

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