‘Where’s the logic?’: how England’s ‘no jab, no job’ policy will hit a care worker

By Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Debbie Vickers is among tens of thousands of care home staff likely to lose jobs because of Covid vaccine rules

Carol Thomas, a retired health academic who lives with multiple sclerosis, is about to lose not just a carer but a companion because of the government’s “no jab, no job” policy.

Unless the policy is changed, which looks unlikely after the health secretary, Sajid Javid, this month told un-jabbed care workers to “get out and get another job”, the 62-year-old’s days of being cared for by Debbie Vickers are numbered.

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