These workers have their hepatitis B injections so, why not COVID vaccinations.

So, there is freedom of choice, but this should work both ways, so should not patients and other cared persons also have the freedom of choice to decide if they wish to be cared for by vaccinated staff or unvaccinated staff.

Also persons can catch COVID whether they be vaccinated or not, but by being vaccinated the likelihood is minimised and if they do it could well be that its effects will be minimal as well, so are these not of major importance also.

We each have a duty to each other to do all we can for each other, so being vaccinated should be good for everyone.

All being said it should be that all will be vaccinated, but we know there are some medical exceptions, so the authorities should also be doing all they can to find other means to have some protection from COVID, for COVID is here to stay and we do, really need to find out how to live with it. So research on nasal sprays, tablets and patches and any others needs to be extended and expedited.

What should not be is Governments doing what they feel is good for them, as their main priority should be doing what is good for the population.

Thank you for expressing these facts Bob.

Please read this article from the Lancet (an infectious vaccinated person posses the same risk to your cancer patient as an infectious unvaccinated person):

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(21)00258-1/fulltext

I Appreciate peoples fears, however that’s not good reason to dismiss peoples rights. An unvaccinated person may equally have legitimate fears about what vaccination means for their unique health circumstances as balanced against the risk covid poses to them. I’m fully vaccinated but I support my colleagues right to decline and continue in their roles. What Would people say if we mandated peoples right to a service be based on covid vaccination? This would surely be a gross violation of human rights? Then why isn’t the same courtesy applied to workers? There is therefore a discrimination of the application of rights where mandatory vaccination for health and social care staff is concerned where they are being treated less favourably in their right to body autonomy and self determination around healthcare treatments than the people they work with. This would be a breach of article 14. And the use of coercion through loss of employment means there is no valid consent as consent has to be voluntary.

It is also not so simple to quantify risk of someone who is unvaccinated and suggest they are a direct threat to an individual due to their unvaccinated status. This is a too black or white assumption to make. The particular situation would require proportionate risk assessment to determine a number of variables and also most importantly does the unvaccinated person have antibodies? Until there is clear proof of the unvaccinated persons particular risk to vaccinated people then we are just dismissing their rights based on assumptions. And there are other ways and means of protecting people such as regular testing, PPE, using vaccinated workers instead of unvaccinated in the event that the person being visited is highly vulnerable and can’t be vaccinated for example.