Liam Thorp, 32, was so surprised to have been offered the vaccine that he asked his GP why he was in line for it so soon. Unbelievably he was later told that his BMI had been noted as off the charts at 28,000 instead of a healthy 24 because his six foot two height had been registered at his surgery as 6.2cm.
Liam told the Echo : "When I received a text saying it was time for my first Covid-19 vaccine I was really surprised - but what came next was frankly surreal. "I'm 32 years old with no underlying health conditions, and while I could be described as on the chunky side, I wouldn't have thought of myself as clinically obese (even after lockdown)."So I rang my GP to ask if there had been a mistake and was told that I had been placed into.