As some countries re-enter full quarantine and others refuse to impose restrictions, one thing is clear: vaccination is the best way to protect yourself from COVID-19. Of course, transmission can still occur, albeit at a lower rate, but booster vaccine doses significantly increase protection against the new Omicron variant and can also protect against serious diseases.
Still, many people choose not to have the booster vaccine or even any dose, and Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, has some “special words” about such people.
“Obviously, if you’re not currently vaccinated and you have no health reasons for not getting vaccinated, you’re not only irresponsible, you’re also stupid. Really, you are,” the former Prime Minister said in an interview with Times Radio the other day. Blair went on to say that the new Omicron variant is very contagious, saying that if you are unvaccinated you are likely to unnecessarily strain healthcare.
In another interview later, Blair said that he regretted using the word “idiot”. “I was probably not very diplomatic in my use of language,” he said in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s PM programme.
As the daily COVID-19 cases in the UK rise above 100,000, the government is urging people to take the booster dose that will significantly increase the protection against the new variant.
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