Posted on 01/30/2022 4:13:43 PM PST by Enlightened1
Mandatory Covid jabs for NHS and social care workers are set to be scrapped, The Telegraph can reveal, after warnings of crippling staff shortages if the plan went ahead.
Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, will on Monday meet fellow ministers on the Covid-Operations Cabinet committee to rubber stamp the decision on the about-turn.
Multiple government sources said ministers are expected to end the requirement because the omicron Covid variant, now dominant in the UK, is milder than previous strains.
The move comes after warnings that almost 80,000 healthcare workers would be forced out of their jobs because they had declined to take two doses of a Covid vaccine.
The Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of GPs have all pushed for the requirement to be delayed, with warnings it would have a "catastrophic" impact.
The jab requirement for NHS workers was meant to come into force in April – making this Thursday, Feb 3, the last day on which staff could get their first jab in order to be fully vaccinated in time.
The legal requirement for care home staff to be fully vaccinated came into effect in November. An estimated 40,000 people lost their jobs over the policy. Under the new rules, they are expected to be able to return to work in the sector.
On Sunday night, care home representatives expressed fury at the handling of the issue, saying the flip-flopping had "devastated our workforce and brought providers to their knees".
The change of approach reflects Downing Street's increasing focus on how the UK must "learn to live with Covid" as the surge of omicron cases fades.
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I agree .44%
I agree .44%.
The military data is really damning. This was fraud. Was the #FDA and #CDC in on it or were they blinded by greed/power/incompetence. My guess is they claim incompetence.
The vax kills. The military data proves it.
Glad to do it. Like I said, I can’t vouch for the details. I don’t follow UK politics much at all. But I thought I’d throw it out there and let it be assessed by the forum.
It certainly seems like a strategy that could and should be tried IMO.
You bet it can and should be done. They must pay.
I’d bet the Canadians do it.
I hope so. The Australians too.
👍 It should snowball.
How long before its mandatory to take a shot of juice to make you more compliant????
For the good of society of course.
The NHS is very tight with a buck, so they must have done some cold economic calculations involving lost productivity, health care costs, training new personnel, that sort of thing.
Probably.
Your “cold equations” comments makes sense for the NHS.
In the US, of course, there are no calculations about costs and benefits of anything, just hysterical screaming, name calling and finger pointing and of course lots of lying with statistics for use with mass propaganda.
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