If 60% had refused it that might be a point but I don't see how 7 people in every 100 present a threat to the population by not having a vaccine which doesn't affect transmission.

This obsession with the fact that transmission remains a possibility whether vaccinated or not, is to entirely miss the point.

The primary benefit, and the original expectation, of the vaccines was always to mitigate the severity of any infection. Reducing symptoms should, in turn, indirectly reduce infections, thus gradually introducing herd immunity.

Anyone, whatever the % of the population, who could have participated in the effort to beat this disease but refused without a valid reason to do so, deserves to be called out in the hope that they would not do it again should a similar event ever occur again.

Selfish behaviour is something that I find intolerable.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Yep, the logic makes no sense.

Also, if someone gets vaccinated and then thinks they are protected their social interactions are going to increase significantly exactly because of that belief....hence the transmission rate isn't going to decrease.

This is exactly what the statistics showed once the vaccines started.

But hey, it isn't about actual reality just whatever fantasy they choose to obsess about.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The “comic”, apart from not being the least bit funny, is missing the point completely. As it seems so do you and those who rush to agree with you.

The issue was never about whether the unvaccinated could infect the vaccinated, or visa versa. That’s quite obviously a ridiculous idea.

The issue was about the unvaccinated being likely to demand greater NHS resources, should they become infected, than would have been the case had they been vaccinated.

At a time when the NHS was already under strain, with waiting lists growing, any avoidable additional strain imposed unnecessarily by people without good reason was selfish. This wasn’t just a theoretical problem. For a time during the roll out of the vaccines the hospital wards that were devoted to Covid patients were full of overwhelmingly unvaccinated people.

That people over relaxed as soon as the vaccination programme started and began to ignore the other measures like social distancing and hand washing is another issue completely. One that no doubt will be addressed by the enquiry. I have no doubt that clearer messaging will be given in any new outbreak.

That does not excuse the selfish behaviour of the unvaccinated.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

I made an informed decision to remain unvaccinated for health reasons. My decision affected absolutely no one else.

I don't care if you got vaccinated or did not get vaccinated or even got your 12th Booster at the weekend. I fully support anyone's decision.

Indeed, whatever decision an adult takes on their health is their business and this attempt at shaming people is about as ridiculous as it gets.

When it comes to shame this guy should evidently look in the mirror.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)