Compulsory vaccination for NHS staff members

[coluka]

Bill smokers for lung cancer? Bill drinkers for liver problems? Bill overweight people for just about any problem? It’s not an approach I’d like to take personally.

I suspect you know my answer to those is no, but it is not an area i have suggested going into with those things. Those things are self inflicted and don’t generally harm others, just themselves. Covid-19 gives someone the opportunity to infect and kill others as well, there is a difference.

 

[Laughing]

The vaccination uptake in London is very low compared with the rest of the country.

London:
First dose 51%
Second dose 30%

North East:
First dose 70%
Second dose 47%

UK:
First dose 75%
Second dose 48%

That it's very interesting bear, assuming the same availability.

 

[bear66]

That it's very interesting bear, assuming the same availability.

I presume there must be or there'd be vociferous complaints from London.

I don't know if there is an age demographic difference?

PS - London has a lower median age than the rest of the UK. May make up done of the difference.

London's population is comparatively young; the average (median) age in London is 35.6, compared to 40.3 in the UK overall. More than one in 10 people living in Inner London (11.4%) are aged between 30 and 34. This compares to just 6.3% of those in the rest of England.

 

[Laughing]

I presume there must be or there'd be vociferous complaints from London.

I don't know if there is an age demographic difference?

I live in the south and I have spoken to a couple of black people who won't get vaccinated. They generally don't want to talk about why, so I can't give any more information than that.

 

[atypical_boro]

I suspect you know my answer to those is no, but it is not an area i have suggested going into with those things. Those things are self inflicted and don’t generally harm others, just themselves. Covid-19 gives someone the opportunity to infect and kill others as well, there is a difference.

So does smoking. I just don’t think we should be breaching this kind of territory personally. It’s a very slippery slope in my view.

 

[coluka]

So does smoking. I just don’t think we should be breaching this kind of territory personally. It’s a very slippery slope in my view.

Smoking can harm yes we know that, but i would sooner sit in a smoke filled room for an hour rather than a covid filled one, how about you? I can move away from smokers, they are easily identifiable, not so covid-19 spreaders. Covid-19’s harm is far more instant than tobacco exposure as I am sure you realise. I am surprised you chose to equate the two actually but i appreciate it raises debate