Caprice Bourret has received her first coronavirus vaccine after she was praised on Tuesday for her ‘on the money’ Covid predictions in a resurfaced video.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the former Dancing On Ice star, 49, shared a picture of herself receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab due to a ‘last-minute’ slot amid patients cancelling their appointments over ‘unproven blood clot fears’.
It comes after Caprice was praised by Twitter users on Tuesday after she was dismissed for championing face masks and travel restrictions in a resurfaced clip from Jeremy Vine on March 16 2020.
First jab! Caprice Bourret has received her first coronavirus vaccine after she was praised on Tuesday for her ‘on the money’ Covid predictions in a resurfaced video
Writing a lengthy caption alongside her vaccination snap, Caprice revealed she was ‘thrilled’ to receive the jab and that she was now ‘one step closer to getting back to some form of normality’.
Caprice also lamented the fact there have been cancellations due to the EU’s mass revolt against AstraZeneca’s jab over ‘unproven blood clot fears’.
She penned: ‘I did it!!! Better in my arm than in the bin there have been cancellations I suppose because of the controversy surrounding blood clots and AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine so I was able to get in at last minute.
‘If 12 countries think 30 ppl getting blood clots after the vaccine out of 17 million ppl already vaccinated is 2 dangerous then why r 1 in 14,000 allowed to develop blood clots through their contraception.
‘Last-minute’: Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the former Dancing On Ice star, 49, shared a picture of herself receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab due to a ‘last-minute’ slot amid patients cancelling their appointments over ‘unproven blood clot fears’
Praise: It comes after Caprice was praised by Twitter users on Tuesday after she was dismissed for championing face masks and travel restrictions in a resurfaced clip from Jeremy Vine on March 16 2020 (pictured)
‘Furthermore, 1,000 ppl naturally suffer from blood clots every year .. so wouldn’t u expect out of 17 mil vaccinated already … 17,000 would develop blood clots????
‘With this kind of statistic ppl developing recent blood clots that have taken vaccine are much lower than would be expected in general population.’
Caprice encouraged her 100K followers to research and look at their own statistics before receiving the vaccination.
She continued: ‘If you are dubious research first lots of stats available from scientists and other authoritative sources and no proof to substantiate there claims that the vaccine has links to blood clots to begin with.’
‘Thrilled’: Writing a lengthy caption alongside her vaccination snap, Caprice revealed she was ‘thrilled’ to receive the jab and that she was now ‘one step closer to getting back to some form of normality’
Cancellations: Caprice also lamented the fact there have been cancellations due to the EU’s mass revolt against AstraZeneca’s jab over ‘unproven blood clot fears’
Protection: Phillip Schofield, 58, and Lorraine Kelly, 61, (L-R) became the latest celebrities getting their Covid vaccinations last week
Caprice added that she was ‘thrilled’ over her vaccination and even poked fun at her ‘salt and pepper roots’ in the photos shared.
She concluded: ‘I AM THRILLED I DID IT!!!! one step forward to us getting back to some form of normality and protection against this very scary virus btw the salt and pepper roots are embarrassing sos hairdresser!!!!!’
Caprice joins a slew of stars who have been vaccinated against coronavirus with Stephen Fry, Phillip Schofield, Lorraine Kelly and James Norton also getting jabs.
Doctors have claimed that British patients are cancelling their coronavirus vaccine appointments because of the EU’s mass revolt against AstraZeneca’s jab over unproven blood clot fears.
Last year: Caprice (right) got into a row with medical expert Dr. Sarah Jarvis (left) during an appearance on the Jeremy Vine Show in March 2020 as they discussed coronavirus
Medical professionals involved in the UK’s rollout say Brits due their second dose have called with concerns about the vaccine, despite the EU’s own drug regulator, as well as the UK’s and the World Health Organization all insisting it is safe.
Doctors and officials warn that it is far more dangerous for people to not get vaccinated and even the EMA has urged people to keep taking the vaccine because blood clots aren’t actually any more common than usual.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has also urged people to keep getting the vaccine and said Britain must ‘keep calm and carry on jabbing’ if it wants to get life back to normal.
The NHS continues to steam ahead with its vaccine rollout and is now offering jabs to everyone over the age of 50.
Elsewhere, Twitter users have hailed Caprice ‘the most sensible Government adviser in the country’ a year after she was dismissed for championing face masks and travel restrictions as methods for tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.
Praise: On the anniversary of the show airing, social media users re-posted the clip and praised Caprice for being so ‘well informed’ and ‘on the money’. Others have called fora formal apology from Jeremy Vine and Dr Jarvis
On March 16 2020 – a week before the UK went into lockdown – the model appeared on the Jeremy Vine Show where she clashed with GP Dr Sarah Jarvis on how best to curtail the pandemic’s growth.
Caprice drew the ire of the medical expert when she suggested the UK go into a total shutdown for two weeks to contain the virus – a model which she insisted had worked in Asia – and drew attention to the efficacy of face masks.
Dr Jarvis and presenter Vine both dismissed Caprice’s contribution, while viewers questioned what ‘right’ she had to challenge the ‘expert’ on a medical topic.
On the anniversary of the show airing, social media users re-posted the clip and praised Caprice for being so ‘well informed’ and ‘on the money’. Others have called for a formal apology from Jeremy Vine and Dr Jarvis.
Caprice drew the ire of the medical expert when she suggested the UK go into a total shutdown for two weeks to contain the virus – a model which she insisted had worked in Asia – and drew attention to the efficacy of face masks.
Former Dancing on Ice contestant Caprice drew the ire of the medical expert when she suggested the UK go into a total shutdown for two weeks to contain the virus – a model which she insisted had worked in Asia – and drew attention to the efficacy of face masks
Dr Jarvis replied that the strategy had ‘categorically not worked’, adding: ‘With the greatest respect, unless you have read every scientific paper and statistical modelling paper that’s come out, you cannot argue with me on that. You can have an opinion but it’s not a fact.’
Caprice stood firm, shooting back: ‘But I can, I have an opinion. Let me read you the facts: In Taiwan and Singapore early on everyone was wearing surgical masks…’ before Dr Jarvis quipped: ‘Which make no difference at all.’
When Caprice asked to be allowed to finish her point, host Jeremy then interjected with: ‘Alright, but Sarah is the expert, but go on.’
Caprice continued: ‘This is from a newspaper! This is from somebody from WHO!’
Hitting back: The clip resurfaced on the anniversary of the show, with Twitter users defending Caprice as ‘smarter than the Government advisers
Mr Vine then interrupted her again commenting: ‘I just don’t want to get into things where we have the newspaper on the one hand and the expert on the other and we give them equal weight.
To which Caprice insisted the point she was referencing came from a spokesperson from WHO.
At the time many people took to Twitter to question why Caprice was even invited to debate such a topic on the show.
However the clip resurfaced on the anniversary of the show, with Twitter users defending Caprice as ‘smarter than the Government advisers’.
One tweeted: ‘One year anniversary of Caprice being the most sensible government adviser in the country – and being talked over by a smirking Jeremy vine and a GP.’
Another wrote: ‘This has not aged well for @DrSarahJarvis, completely outsmarted by Caprice. Prelude to a public health disaster.’