Number 10 Plays Down Idea That Vaccine Passports Are Dead and Buried
Number 10 is already downplaying the idea that vaccine passports are dead and buried, insisting that they could still form a "first-line defence" against a winter wave of Covid.
Number 10 is already downplaying the idea that vaccine passports are dead and buried, insisting that they could still form a "first-line defence" against a winter wave of Covid.
Some Tory MPs are concerned that plans for vaccine passports have simply been put on hold rather than scrapped altogether, given that Sajid Javid says ministers will "keep them in reserve as a potential option".
Pfizer initially turned down an offer to develop a Covid vaccine because executives believed the virus could be “controlled” and that mRNA technology was too experimental.
ITV journalist Robert Peston highlighted the recent PHE data showing higher infection rates in the vaccinated and wondered why this was not being more widely reported – then quickly found out.
Ministers may be scrapping plans to introduce vaccine passports this month but they seem determined to push on with the vaccination of 12-15 year-olds, with reports suggesting the roll-out could begin on September 22nd.
President Joe Biden doesn't seem put off by the prospect of legal challenges over his plans to impose vaccine mandates on federal workers, telling his critics: "Have at it."
As debates on the vaccination of children against Covid heighten, Pfizer is preparing to seek approval for its vaccine in 5-11 year olds from medicines agencies in the U.S. and across Europe.
Chris Whitty is expected to say that children aged 12 and over should be vaccinated to benefit their mental health and social development, after spending months supporting policies damaging to both these and much more.
Ministers seem keen to ignore the JCVI's advice and roll-out vaccines to children, but a new study shows that teenage boys are far more likely to suffer heart problems from the vaccine than to be hospitalised from Covid.
Ministers are said to be having second thoughts about vaccine passports, especially following firm criticism of their plans from Tory MPs. Perhaps the rhetoric was always empty, intended only to increase vaccine uptake.
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