A Tory MP has defended accepting a Covid vaccine while volunteering at a hospital, despite him being 40 years old.
Vaccinations are currently limited to the Government’s four priority groups – the over-80s, over-70s, frontline health workers and people classed as extremely clinically vulnerable. The MP, first elected to his constituency in the 2019 general election, said: ‘As a volunteer I was also asked to have a vaccine.
I'm all right Jack
I can’t usually stand Tory MPs but give the guy a break, he was doing a shift on the frontline.
Bren4Bassetlaw What’s more worrying about this is the mis-information that in having the vaccine he is in some way protecting other people. He has a responsibility to put this right. He can still get Covid and pass it on.
I’m surprised that the Houses of Parliament don’t have there own vaccine Center for all the cronies it houses!
If you were in his shoes you would have taken it I certainly would have
It wasn’t going to be a wasted vaccine, the centre closes at 8pm, he was given it at 3:35pm, just a selfish chancer!!
Better than wasting it, don’t get me wrong I love Tory-bashing but this is unnecessary and divisive when the country is already politically polarised. By being vaccinated he contributed to herd immunity.
Anyone else imagine the headline 'Tory MP wastes vaccine by refusing to have it'?
Only the small-minded have an issue with this. He volunteers and it was going to be binned. Good for that trust for giving it to him. Also, remember he is now an example to many with concerns on taking it.
Not good optics especially by adversarial media. If genuinely there was no-one else around more vulnerable or older within the shelf life of the vaccine then much better to not waste it. Otherwise media outcry would be 'MP knowingly allows vaccine to be wasted'! Can't win!!
If it’s a leftover vaccine that was gonna be binned, What’s the problem?
People would have been happier if it had been thrown away? Don’t be ridiculous, make sure 0% wasted no matter what demographic someone falls into
Do you know what, this is the least scummiest thing a Tory could probably do. If we genuinely want both A people to volunteer and B to get vaccinated. . . he just did. Plus left over-vaccination can't be stored after being opened it gets thrown out.
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