The Health Secretary Sajid Javid said he was not interested in imposing mandatory vaccination – saying it was “ethically wrong and wouldn’t work”.
But he urged people to get vaccinated, saying that the Omicron variant of coronavirus was spreading and could reach one million infections by the end of the month.
When challenged on the Christmas party which took place in Downing Street during coronavirus restrictions last year, he said he was upset by the video of civil servants laughing, and understood the anger people felt having seen it – and shared that anger.
Watch his interview with Niall Paterson here in full.
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Stuttering words is a guilty man.
The words health and vaccination should never be mentioned in the same sentence.
A Chinese problem will require a Chinese digital economic solution.
Confucius he say bald man with sweaty head should probably change his underpants.
He's already mandated it on the entire NHS and Care Home sector, many who so badly don't want it they will have to loose their jobs. Pillock.
All the sheep are doing by getting the vax is filling blackrocks pockets
Now I recognise him, he’s that Baddie from Thunderbirds!
3 new vaccines for omicron from new year on top of the 3 previous for the 2019 version..
Its like updating windows operating system with new updates..hint hint
So in 2 months he’ll implement it.
Of course it's ethically wrong. Putting anything in my body against my will is RАРЕ and TERRORISM. And I would react accordingly.
Make vaccination compulsory in the uk for everyone.make it the law to stop the spread of this virus omicron .that everyone should have mandatory vaccine treatment .it should be made law .other countries have done it so why dont england do the same.so many people in the uk want it made law. So come on boris make it the law and save peoples lives
Carry on codswallop spreaders❤️
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Jeez these people couldn't be anymore foul. And its not labour against Tory, its ALL of that lot against all of us lot.
So nice to see him sweating
Blah blah blah
Like we trusted this Government in the first place?
Is it just me, its sickening every mp who is interviewed always manages to get that line out.. Get your booster… At the end of every interview as its so obvious they've been told maybe trheatenened to say it, they really think the public are thick
They will cross the Rubicon soon, and as soon as it happens we have a duty to not comply, if we dont fight back against this everything our forebears fought and died for will be lost.
Shouldn't even be thought let alone discussed. Look what they have tried to do to us people.
Vaccinated or not, makes no difference, if this was to happen all your choices would go.
If this government impose mandatory vaccine u can drag them in court this is about freedom act
They know there will be an increase in spread ,it's a winter seasonal respiratory virus.
Everyone opposed to mandatory vaccination should sign as many petitions online as possible. Some petitions I have seen on petition websites have under 100 signatures. Together we could all make these numbers into millions.
Boris has very bad advisers.
If he stands against QR, he will make The Great Britain more great .
The free country from global nonsense.
All kind of top of the top professional people will be happy to leave and work in England. And, more, they will come with own money and won't ask for any grants.
Ethically wrong but we're do it anyway as agenda 2030 must go ahead lol
Criminal in a suit.End of
Country need a new team of leadership please Ok Thanks
Stop mandatory vaccination for anyone.Stop coercion.CHOICE , INFORMED CONSENT for everyone no matter what their job is.People don't need this continual patronizing finish to every Dictatorship member opening their mouth 'Remember to get your vaccination'If we want one we will get one if we don't we won't.No state re-education required.
Liar liar pants on fire.
He is going against the Nolan principles, which we all work by, he is a disgrace to try and bully people to take part in an experiment, which is a lottery of who gets what and who gets hurt or not. Can I make the point that people are getting different strengths and different vaccine products within this experiment, which is never discussed. This is why people's reactions are different. He should be struck off for not being honest and transparent on what people are actually being asked, bullied to participate in.
Parliament should be renamed to the house for the criminally insane.
So, the government are happy to be ethically wrong then? Here goes.
They spowt a lot of rubbish.The science says we will never get in top of this virus and these measures imposed will not stop the spread and as for the vaccine and even the tests do not work against the new variant.
But still the vaccine is being pushed,even though it clearly, DOES NOT stop transmission!
As for the parties, what's the betting that this investigation will fall flat,and nothing will happen about it.
Just try to distract with OMICRON,COVID, VACCINE,over and over again.
everything about this so called pandemic is wrong.
"No"; end of discussion.
The same man who said no experimental injection passports all corrupt to the core wriggling out of everything… he’s wanting to be PM god help us
most are get over it bloody typical england trying to be heros
Boris is a hypocrite and has no shyness. If he had shyness, he would have resigned and he is still slandering on the spot and is not ashamed
He has "U-Turn" tattooed on his back. Do not ask me how I know this.
Make it law ,and if people are on welfare cut their money it's mostly unemployed who are against the vaccines
That's a sweaty lip
I've got in boat and rowed a very long way from the shore
The 2005 UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. Article 3.2 “The interests and welfare of the individual should have priority over the sole interest of science or society.” Seem to rule out the use of ‘for the greater good’ as a coercion tactic. Our leaders are ignoring the rule of law.
If it's ethically wrong for the general population, why is it not ethically wrong for NHS staff?
Whilst I’m happy that government officials are currently taking the stance that mandatory vaccines are ethically wrong, the feeling is somewhat undermined by the knowledge that less than a year ago they were saying the same thing about vaccines passports.