{"id":12952,"date":"2022-01-08T12:52:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T12:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2022-01-08T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T12:52:26","slug":"unvaccinated-doctor-challenges-sajid-javid-over-jabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/01\/08\/unvaccinated-doctor-challenges-sajid-javid-over-jabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Unvaccinated doctor challenges Sajid Javid over jabs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A doctor has spoken to the Health Secretary about his refusal to be vaccinated despite working in intensive care since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve James, a consultant anaesthetist at King&#8217;s College Hospital in London, who has worked in the ICU since early 2020 treating Covid patients, told Sajid Javid why he did not believe in vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> In a video released by Sky News, the doctor told Mr Javid: &#8216;I had COVID at some point, I&#8217;ve got antibodies, and I&#8217;ve been working on COVID ICU since the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3242863103090386\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Between post ad -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3242863103090386\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4402460118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> &#8216;I have not had a vaccination, I do not want to have a vaccination. The vaccines are reducing transmission only for about eight weeks for Delta, with Omicron it&#8217;s probably less. &#8216;And for that, I would be dismissed if I don&#8217;t have a vaccine? The science isn&#8217;t strong enough.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"382\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 636 \/ 382;\" width=\"636\" controls src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/v.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Health Secretary politely expressed his disagreement and urged the public to get boosted during his visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: &#8216;I respect that, but there&#8217;s also many different views. I understand it, and obviously we have to weigh all that up for both health and social care, and there will always be a debate about it.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he took a parting swipe at the doctor, saying the government were taking advice &#8216;from&nbsp;people who are actually experts&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr James said he did not believe Covid-19 was causing &#8216;very significant problems&#8217; for young people, adding that his patients in the ICU had been &#8216;extremely overweight&#8217; with multiple other co-morbidities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the Health Secretary did not seem to agree with him but had listened to his opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;I wouldn&#8217;t say he agreed with me,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I had the feeling he was listening.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December, MPs approved mandatory vaccinations for NHS and social care staff by April this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the latest data, more than 90 per cent of NHS staff have had at least two doses of a coronavirus vaccine and more than 60 per cent have had a booster jab or third dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his visit, Mr Javid said he wanted to thank NHS workers across the country for &#8216;the amazing work they&#8217;ve been doing throughout this pandemic but particularly during these current challenging times&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A doctor has spoken to the Health Secretary about his refusal to be vaccinated despite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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