Main headline on todays Daily Mail.. A lot of brainwashed comments on this one..

NHS care worker, 36, posts emotional video after losing her job because she refused to get vaccinated - as hundreds of care homes face closure over new rules compelling staff to be double-jabbed, with 60,000 workers set to quit or be fired

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10175097/Care-worker-posts-video-losing-job-refused-vaccinated.html

Louise has worked in the care sector for 14 years, but refused to be vaccinated regardless of the new government rule, and sobbed as she was forced to leave her job.

Speaking within minutes of finishing her last shift, Ms Akester sobs as she says in the video: That's the hardest thing I've ever had to do, saying goodbye to everybody, all the people that I've cared for, for so long, the people I've worked with.

'It's been so emotional, this is so unfair. I just can't believe what the bloody government is doing to us, I just don't get it, I don't understand.' She previously said she was refusing to get the vaccine until 'we know more about the potential long-term side effects'.

Figures suggest some 60,000 care home employees in England — roughly a tenth of the entire workforce — are still yet to turn up for two jabs, and half of these have not even had their first dose. They all face the axe by Thursday.

Although the care worker refused to get vaccinated, as part of her job requirements, she still tested three times a week for Covid, wore PPE equipment and followed 'all guidelines relating to infection control'.

Ms Akester says the situation is 'unfair' because care home residents and their visitors are not required to be vaccinated by the government.

She said she hasn't ruled getting the vaccine in the future but does not wish to be vaccinated now.

The 36-year-old says she speaks to represent the 40,000 care home workers in England who are to lose their jobs by November 11.

Ms Akester, who worked at Alderson House for three years, last week told HullLive: 'When I have to leave that building at the end of my final shift knowing that I can no longer return as an employee, all because apparently now I’m not good enough to protect them due to refusing the vaccines.

Around 60,000 unvaccinated care home workers in England face the sack within days when 'no jab, no job' policy kicks in

Tens of thousands of care home workers face being sacked within days because they are not fully vaccinated against Covid, unions have warned.

Figures suggest some 60,000 employees in England — roughly a tenth of the entire workforce — are still yet to turn up for two jabs, and half of these have not even had their first dose.

Homes in Manchester, Nottingham, Westminster and Birmingham face the biggest crisis, with around one in five employees still yet to be double-jabbed.

Unions yesterday warned a mass staff exodus could be the 'final straw' for the sector, and leave many homes 'no longer able to operate'.

Some sites in the South West have already stopped taking patients from hospitals, leaving ward beds blocked.

Elderly care home workers are legally required to have had both of their Covid jabs by November 11, next week, to keep working in the sector.

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Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the measure in June, saying it would help to boost uptake and protect vulnerable residents.

But care home sources have called for the deadline to be delayed, and said making them compulsory has only had 'a little' impact on uptake.

'This choice should be my basic human right. I do not deserve to be punished for saying "no".'

She added: 'I genuinely love my job with all my heart, I only earn minimum wage so believe me it isn’t the money keeping me there.'

'I've been swarmed by messages of support and thanks,' Louise said.

'They've contacted from all over nationally, not just Hull. Some in the Hull area want to meet up in the future and compare notes on our experiences.

'It's nice to know I'm not alone, that there's other people in my shoes. I wish we had something much nicer in common, but it is what it is.'

NHS staff should be forced to have the jab before winter, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock declared today.

Mr Hancock, writing in The Daily Telegraph, warned ministers against delaying mandatory jabs for nurses and doctors.

The Government decided not to make two jabs compulsory for healthcare workers this winter, with the controversial rule not expected to be enforced until April.

Mr Hancock, who was responsible for making vaccines mandatory for care home workers, wrote: 'Having looked at all the evidence, I am now convinced we must require vaccination for everyone who works not just in social care but the NHS - and get it in place as fast as possible…So as we prepare to a face a difficult winter, let's use all the tools we have to save lives.'

The government has been warned by NHS industry bodies and Labour frontbenchers that adopting the policy too soon, however, could result in a mass exodus of NHS staff ahead of the winter.

The mandate for vaccinations for all care home staff comes into force on Thursday.

Mr Hancock added: 'To me the logic is crystal clear.

'Medicine is founded on science - and the science of the Covid vaccine is comprehensively proven.

'Mandating the use of the best science isn't controversial - it's common sense.

'There are some people who say this isn't the way we do things in Britain.

'But we already mandate vaccination against Hepatitis B for doctors.

'The British historic precedents for compulsory vaccination go back to the 1850s.'

Mr Hancock's call comes as official figures showed a fifth of NHS staff in England are still not fully vaccinated against Covid at trusts lagging furthest behind in the rollout.

NHS England statistics show there are still more than 1,000 workers at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust out of its 6,000-strong workforce that are yet to get two doses of the vaccine (79.5 per cent).