Exclusion zones around schools could be used to prevent ‘idiot’ anti-vaxxers from targeting children, according to Sajid Javid
A total of 79% of schools in England have received emails threatening legal action for carrying out COVID-19 vaccinations on children and 13% have had protesters outside their gates, a poll by the Association of School and College Leaders found.
The headteacher of a top London school said they recently received an 18-page letter, also sent to other schools, which likened giving children the vaccine to a war crime and said the British public will demand"Nuremberg-style trials".Mr Javid said local police have been"fantastic" at helping out schools but"only so much can be done" as"completely fake" letters are being sent to parents.
He said advice being posted to parents is"based on lies" and said if anti-vaxxers do not want the jab then"that's their choice, nobody's going to force them"."They shouldn't really be passing on these kinds of false, vicious lies to ordinary people, especially parents who are trying to do the very best for their children."
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