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It's understood the policy is now being reconsidered with a view in government that the landscape has changed because the omicron variant has not proved as serious as the delta wave, during which the policy was first drawn up. ministers will meet today to decide whether to continue with the plan. it's understood no final decisions have yet been made. the risk is that nhs chiefs, who've tried to defend it will feel undermined by any u—turn, and there will be demands for care home staff in england who lost theirjobs because of a similar compulsory vaccination policy to be reinstated. hugh pym,...

That answer should always be, "yes, of course i've been vaccinated and you should, too." there is no wriggle room ethically for doctor or a nurse or anybody talking to patients. it's understood the policy is now being reconsidered with a view in government that the landscape has changed because the omicron variant has not proved as serious as the delta wave, during which the policy was first drawn up. ministers will meet today to decide whether to continue with the plan. it's understood no final decisions have yet been made. the risk is that nhs chiefs, who've tried to defend it will feel unde...

Coming weeks. the decision to lift those mandates is due in part to high vaccination rates and fewer infections. in california where an indoor mask requirement has been in place for two years now, the government cited a 65% drop in cases since the height of the omicron surge. numbers have dropped in the past two weeks and they're at 1/3 of the peek we saw three weeks ago. but more people are dying each day from omicron than during the delta wave. the former head of the cdc said it may be too early to lift mask mandates. have a listen. >> i think the best practice is what's called a risk alert ...

With front—line nhs workers. so that's the principle source of frustration. at derby and other hospitals, they say they'll continue to urge staff to get vaccinated, to help protect patients. it's a privilege and an honour to work in the health servicel and look after patients, _ and one of those stipulations for me is, i have to be vaccinated in order to do that. - a similar policy mandating vaccinations for those working in social care in england was imposed. it was predicted thousands would leave the profession. itjust epitomises the government's position on social care. they trialled it, ...

Large surge, and it's going to become the common cold. certainly all of us hope that's true. if omicron has taught us anything, after the delta wave -- delta was so much more contagious. many of us thought whatever came next would be based off delta. omicron came out of left field, a whole different branch of the covid family tree. i think really the issue is -- and peter hotez has spoken to this as well as other experts, until we get a high level of vaccination everywhere around the world and we stop letting the vaccine transmit at will in populations of people in some parts of the globe wher...