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On December 2, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a video on Twitter encouraging people to get COVID-19 boosters and wrote: "I just received a booster injection."
But some people doubted whether this really happened.
“Boris Johnson was stimulated by a nurse without gloves and a needle with a blue cap today,” wrote the description of a photo of the British Prime Minister shared on Facebook.
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In the photos posted on Facebook and other photos and videos of the Prime Minister's acceptance of the booster, the part of the syringe that presses on his arm is blue-but not the cap of the needle.
In publications such as Insider, The Guardian, and Forbes, you can see images of such shots in news reports about the COVID-19 vaccine. The needle sticks out of the blue plastic. In this photo from the Associated Press, a medical worker is preparing Pfizer injections, which is especially obvious.
But it is also evident in other photos and videos where Johnson received the booster.
BBC reporter Alistair Coleman posted a photo like this on Twitter, refuting claims that the booster shooting scene was staged. The same is true for the Associated Press. In this 51-second video posted by Bloomberg on YouTube, the needle can be seen from multiple angles.
The Associated Press reported that some people mistakenly believe that the blue part of the needle cap is actually called the "center", which connects the needle to the syringe barrel.
We believe that Johnson did not get his booster is wrong.
Reuters, British Prime Minister Johnson receives a COVID-19 booster injection on December 2, 2021
YouTube, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received a COVID booster injection on December 2, 2021
Associated Press, British Prime Minister’s booster syringe is not "capped", December 6, 2021
Associated Press photo, UK virus outbreak, December 2, 2021
Insider, the UK is taking risks to expand its coronavirus vaccine supply, scientists are divided on untested strategies, December 30, 2021
The Guardian of Japan will discard millions of doses of Pfizer vaccine because it used the wrong syringe, February 9, 2021
On December 22, 2020, Forbes, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna tested a vaccine against the new Covid-19 variant circulating in the UK
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