I'm not one to keep quiet about my political or indeed apolitical leanings in 'real-life' but for some undefined reason I don't regularly post politically minded pieces on here (or at least not for a while). Perhaps it's in part because politics was the fiery spark and continued flame throughout my previous blog - ecomonkey.blogspot.com - which I wrote for around 10 years and got a little burnt out by towards the end. This journal was a deliberate move away from that kind of discussion - from politics to poetry!
In these 'pandemic' days of fear and confusion however, it seems that almost every conversation, every nervous or determined silence, every thought, idea, deliberate or unconscious action or non-action, every poem even is political in one way or another.
To reveal one's political thoughts, aspirations or allegiances puts one in a very vulnerable position. Yet to keep them hidden seems to me even more detrimental to one's health, mental state and indeed the nature of the culture in which one finds oneself. And if one's purpose is to better the culture and society one lives in, then exposing one's own truths seems like the only viable option..
So, today I completed the UKGOV Health & Social Care Sector consultation around ending mandates - Revoking vaccination as a condition of deployment across all health & social care. I stated why I am opposed to Vaccine Mandates and why I think there should be no discrimination based on choice. You can have your say too by filling in the short form here:
The consultation ends on 16th February 2022 so please do voice your opinion as soon as you can.
The last two questions of the consultation are the meat of the piece and I took some time to lay down my thoughts before sending. I've copied my answers below in case it might help you to express your own opinion. Some of the details and figures come from the Together Declaration who informed me of the consultation. The rest are my thoughts and opinions based on months, sometimes years of research.
Of course you may disagree with my reasoning, perhaps agree just a little.. whatever you feel about this issue, I think it is important for us to take opportunities like this to voice our thoughts, if for no other reason than to cathartically release pent up anger, fear, confusion or apathy that can stagnate if kept quiet inside..
Q. Which particular groups might be positively affected and why?
Every group will be positively affected by the permanent eradication of mandatory vaccination procedures - whether upfront or covert - for the following reasons:
- Mandatory vaccination procedures
will result in the loss of 120,000 members of staff, in addition to the
60,000 workers in care-homes and other ancillary posts.
- The NHS is already in need of
95,000 staff so such sickening losses will be devastating to the nation’s
health.
- Added to the current 2 year
multi-million NHS waiting list, mandatory vaccination procedures will be a
monumental disaster, ensuring myriad damage and fatalities across the
population including those who are vulnerable and protected.
- It is well known that Omicron is
mild, VACCINES DO NOT STOP TRANSMISSION, and that natural immunity from
having had Covid is higher (see the Israeli and other studies). Thus it is
clear vaccination is to protect the person having it. Not anyone else.
- Omicron presents no more of a
threat to public health than the winter flu. It does not require mass
vaccination.
- Those who do seem to catch and
suffer from all variants particularly Omicron, are those who are
vaccinated not those who have chosen to abstain or wait until vaccine
testing is complete to decide.
- It is clear that the government
intentionally ignores the latest clinical and scientific advice and uses
only that which fits with its agenda purposely fabricating ‘science’, ‘the
numbers’ and deliberately confusing the public.
- If it was the government’s aim to
achieve public health and safety as it claims, restrictions would have
taken place far sooner than they did and would have only been necessary
for a short period of time without generating undue stress, fear and
mental health issues on the public as well as denying care to those with
genuine needs.
- Constant repetition of the lie
“vaccination is our very best line of defence against COVID-19” will not
make it true.
- NHS and care-home staff have a
professional duty to protect their patients/clients by being there to
provide the best health care possible in accordance with their training
and the patients/clients wishes, not to adhere to government whims and
fancies.
Q. What actions can the government and health and social care sector take to protect the groups identified if vax not a condition of deployment?
To protect all the groups identified the
government and health and social care sector must take the following action:
- Government can ensure that the NHS
is well funded and staff well paid (not just adequately) so that vacancies
are filled and staff are able to fulfil their roles - to care for patients
and clients - efficiently and in the necessary compassionate, unhurried
manner.
- Government can admit to
fabrication of truths about Covid and the false, confusing tactics used to
confuse the public and generate fear. It can put measures in place to
ensure that such abuses of power do not take place in the future.
- Government can listen to the
science (not their own convenient and convoluted ‘science’) and act in
accordance - issuing advice rather than mandates about how to manage and
live with Covid and other viruses that may be forthcoming.
- Government can put an end to
stealth privatisation of the NHS, embedding private interests, fragmenting
our national institution, entrenching political posts & private
providers and instead provide the funds and support needed for the NHS to
survive and then thrive in its public capacity. E.g. eliminate systemic
bias when awarding contracts, end the use of public money to build
unnecessary private hospitals, rescind the abhorrent processes of private
US companies buying our GP services which will inevitably result in loss
of care for all and so on..
- Health and Social Care sectors can
continue to provide the best services possible focusing on lifestyle and
health as well as pathology.
