GOBSMACKED… BY CARE STAFF WHO REFUSE VACCINE

ROUGHLY one in five care home staff are refusing to have a Covid vaccine, according to multiple reports. And it’s the younger staff who have been most resistant, apparently. Frankly, I’m gobsmacked.

Care home residents have had a torrid 12 months. Tens of thousands died. Those who have survived have been isolated, and kept apart from their loved ones. Now this!

Carers play a vital role that puts them in close personal contact with those who are most likely to die from Covid.

I get that some people had reservations at the start of the vaccine rollout, but more than ten million Britons have now had it with no trouble.

It beggars belief that anyone, let alone those in a position of responsibility, could be dragging their heels.

Some care home providers are now telling staff they’re not allowed to come to work unless they’ve had a jab. Too right.