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Boris Johnson has hit out at anti-vaxxers, declaring they are “completely wrong” and spreading “mumbo jumbo” as the environment secretary said the country would soon get past the peak of Omicron infections.
Speaking during a visit to a vaccination centre in Northampton, the prime minister said he wanted to keep a “voluntary approach” to COVID-19 jabs, noting that other European countries are “going for coercion”.
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But he said it was a “tragedy” that there was “all this pressure” on the NHS due to the Omicron variant, with Mr Johnson adding that 30-40% of those in hospital in this current wave are unvaccinated, and “you’ve got people out there spouting complete nonsense about vaccination”.
He continued: “They are totally wrong and I think it is time that I, the government, call them out on what they are doing.
“It is absolutely wrong, it is totally counterproductive, and the stuff they’re putting out on social media is completely mumbo jumbo.”
As he urged Britons to get the COVID jab, the PM said: “The saddest words in the English language are ‘too late’. When you’re in ICU and you haven’t been vaccinated, sadly it’s too late to get vaccinated, so get boosted now.”
An estimated 4.5 million people aged 18 and over in the UK have yet to receive a first dose, more than six million people have not had two jabs, and nearly nine million eligible people have yet to take up the offer of a booster.
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Mr Johnson also acknowledged that the NHS was under “huge pressure” at the moment, but said it is “not true” that the health service does not have enough staff to cope with the pressures it is facing.
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Source : skynews
