'Two Inch Man' Offered Priority Coronavirus Shot in NHS Records Mix-Up
19 Feb 2021 A healthy 32-year-old man was offered a priority coronavirus injection because his height was recorded as 6.2cm — a little over two inches. Liam Thorp, who stands six foot two inches tall, was listed as just 6.2cm by the National Health Service (NHS) database, giving him a body mass index (BMI) of 28,000. The NHS classifies anyone with a BMI of between 30 and 39.9 as obese, with anyone over that range as morbidly obese. With an obesity rate off the charts, Mr Thorpe was put on a priority list for vaccinations as he counted as medically vulnerable. The mix-up suggests the NHS sys...