the big calls, this prime minister has actually got the decision is right, including on 0micron before christmas. right, including on omicron before christmas. ~ ,, , christmas. with the sue gray report ever change christmas. with the sue gray report ever change that christmas. with the sue gray report ever change that from christmas. with the sue gray report ever change that from 10096, - christmas. with the sue gray report ever change that from 10096, or - christmas. with the sue gray report i ever change that from 10096, or would ever change that from 100%, or would you stay 100% irrespective of what she says? and that is not a theoretical, hypothetical question. that last sentence, you recognise that it that last sentence, you recognise thatitis that last sentence, you recognise that it is hypothetical. ikla i that last sentence, you recognise that it is hypothetical. no i phrase it an a that it is hypothetical. no i phrase it anyway so that it is hypothetical. no i phrase
also remind parents with children aged in the secondary school age, to go and get there, so the 12 15 year olds, we have a ready past the 80% first dose for that group. we need to get to the second dose. we are over 75% so we are closing in on it. a reminder, it is notjust five to ii year olds that are on the back to school list. make sure for the 12 15 s, back to school list. make sure forthe 12 15 s, if back to school list. make sure for the 12 15 s, if they haven t had their second dose, to go and get those as well. i also want to note that reinfection on 0micron can occur. so all this nonsense about covid parties, it s ridiculous. 0k? reinfection can occur with 0micron. so if you think you can go out there, get the virus and get it over with? that s not how it works. that s not how the virus is writing the rules. so continue to take
much today. we have even got a cabinet minister on a newscast, that is how serious things have got. the cabinet minister of the education secretary, nadhim zahawi. i have been watching the news all day, i have been calling it the cabinet fightback. you have all been instructed to hit the airwaves and go on any gram you can find and defend the prime minister. is that how these things work? figs defend the prime minister. is that how these things work? defend the prime minister. is that how these things work? as i m sure ou how these things work? as i m sure you know. how these things work? as i m sure you know. chris how these things work? as i m sure you know, chris knows, how these things work? as i m sure you know, chris knows, i how these things work? as i m sure you know, chris knows, i regularly. you know, chris knows, i regularly do the immediate rounds, as many of my cabinet colleagues do as well. i have been doing them since the prime minister made me the vaccines minis
that a professor of primary care and public health at imperial college london. good to see you once again. first of all, on 0micron, how worried are you about a? there are a mix report about this variant. some people are saying it spreads really rapidly, others saying perhaps these symptoms are relatively mild. brute symptoms are relatively mild. we still don t symptoms are relatively mild. - still don t really know. good evening, ben. ithink still don t really know. good evening, ben. i think at this stage is too early to say how serious it is too early to say how serious it is we need to be cautious about 0micron but not get over anxious and need to wait to find out how infection the variant is and whether it causes a more severe illness and whether it will evade vaccine. that will come through in the next few weeks and hopefully that will reassure us. in the time being we need to be cautious but not over anxious. :, :, , , :, :, anxious. cautious but not over anxious- anxious. cau