rule for us and one rule for them. rings do need to change. | rule for us and one rule for them. rings do need to change.- rule for us and one rule for them. rings do need to change. i think it is very well rings do need to change. i think it is very well deserved. rings do need to change. i think it is very well deserved. many - rings do need to change. i think it is very well deserved. many of us | is very well deserved. many of us made is very well deserved. many of us made huge is very well deserved. many of us made huge sacrifices is very well deserved. many of us made huge sacrifices over- is very well deserved. many of us . made huge sacrifices over lockdown, me included made huge sacrifices over lockdown, me included i made huge sacrifices over lockdown, me included. i shielded made huge sacrifices over lockdown, me included. i shielded for made huge sacrifices over lockdown, me included. i shielded for about - made huge sacrifices over lockdown, me included. i s
medical condition so i had a heart attack in 2020. attack in 2020. but your prime minster and attack in 2020. but your prime minster and chancellor - attack in 2020. but your prime minster and chancellor didn t, | attack in 2020. but your prime - minster and chancellor didn t, how does that make you feel? annoyed and u set as does that make you feel? annoyed and upset as well- does that make you feel? annoyed and upset as well. yeah, does that make you feel? annoyed and upset as well. yeah, quite does that make you feel? annoyed and upset as well. yeah, quite upset. - upset as well. yeah, quite upset. you think they upset as well. yeah, quite upset. you think they can upset as well. yeah, quite upset. you think they can stay upset as well. yeah, quite upset. you think they can stay in - upset as well. yeah, quite upset. you think they can stay in their i you think they can stay in their jobs? you think they can stay in their “obs? . ., you think they can stay in th
schools. i understand your use of the word mandate. . again, that s very important. that s very important. people who have co-morbidities, immune suppressed, nervous about it should wear masks. they are required to wear masks. and i think that in a state like new york, we can stop mandating it and we can leave these decisions to parents or local school boards, but the lowest level of government possible. i do think this is not a one size fits all situation any more. i understand your plan, i m sorry, i don t mean to cut you off. we are short on time, i want to ask you one other question. it is this. sure. we know this is a hot button issue around people are passionate about it f. these rules change soon, it may no longer be a political story for you at the mid-terms. right now it actually s. you know, we ve done a lot of stories on it. we talked to a rejs standard democrat in ohio, a mother, registered democrat in ohio. a mother, she said if you told me two years ago, i w
terms of reducing outbreaks. you look at the science every day, i imagine. what is your best assessment of what the science shows here? well, i think masks work. they work to help prevent you and those with whom you come in contact. there are some people who can t be vaccinated because they re immune suppressed. they depend on those around to protect them. the next two weeks it is reasonable to wear masks. i understand we re all getting tired of this. i m getting tired of this. i think that we re almost also we have vaccines that have been available for the 12 to 15-year-olds since may. only 55% of vaccinated. we have vaccines available for the 5 to 11-year-olds since the beginning of november, more than three months and only a little more than 20% vaccinated. when we have the options available to us, we should take them. if we care about protecting our children, then vaccinate them. right. let s put a button on this, effective masks in children, in schools work in your opinion,
them to extend testing beyond england, where free testing for the general public ends on april the 1st. ., . ., ., ,, general public ends on april the 1st. ., . ., ., ~ ., 1st. iain watson, thank you from westminster. 1st. iain watson, thank you from westminster. we 1st. iain watson, thank you from westminster. we can 1st. iain watson, thank you from westminster. we can speak i 1st. iain watson, thank you from westminster. we can speak nowj 1st. iain watson, thank you from i westminster. we can speak now to paul hunter, professor of medicine at the university of east anglia. good afternoon. you were listening to the statement and some of the debate. what did you make of it? i debate. what did you make of it? i think some of it we were expecting and some of it is welcome. the big area that we haven t really had any good information on is what we will do about more vulnerable citizens because there is still a great deal of uncertainty around that. it is very good that we are going