{"id":1141154,"date":"2021-12-22T09:04:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141154"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:04:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:04:33","slug":"jabs-for-life-ex-british-pm-tony-blair-calls-for-fourth-jab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jabs-for-life-ex-british-pm-tony-blair-calls-for-fourth-jab\/","title":{"rendered":"Jabs for Life: Ex-British PM Tony Blair Calls for Fourth Jab"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjabs-for-life-ex-british-pm-tony-blair-calls-for-fourth-jab%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1338658577-e1640173856791-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for preparations for a fourth vaccination rollout to be put in place for when it\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change\u2019, a pro-globalisation non-profit organisation, has predicted that a \u201cfourth dose of the vaccine may soon be needed\u201d in Britain and so have recommended that a&nbsp;\u201ccommand and control\u201d public-health emergency operations centre be set up to facilitate this.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Alongside a push for preparing for a fourth jab, the Institute\u2019s report also mentioned that 6.2 million people in the UK \u201cremain completely unvaccinated\u201d and that \u201cbespoke\u201d plans using \u201cbehavioural science\u201d must be created to&nbsp;\u201cpersuade them to get the jab\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute\u2019s calls for a fourth jab appears well ahead of even the government\u2019s own curve, as the UK is in the middle of rolling out its third wave of vaccinations, with the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/25m-boosters-in-uk-as-public-urged-to-get-boosted-now\">reporting<\/a> on the 16th of December that less than half of the population have had the booster.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic \u201cCovid passes\u201d were also called for in Blair\u2019s report, highlighting that it was Blair\u2019s organisation who pushed for them <a href=\"https:\/\/institute.global\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-files\/Tony%20Blair%20Institute%2C%20The%20Case%20for%20Digital%20Health%20Passports%2C%20February%202021_0.pdf\">last February<\/a>. The report acknowledged that the British government already requires Covid passes for large events, but the Institute is keen for the government to go a step further and expand their use into areas such as the \u201chospitality sector\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.047619047619\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Blair: Govt Should Vaccinate &#8216;Nursery&#8217; Age Children and Impose Vax Passes to Prevent Another Lockdown <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zdErkQ0Y3m\">https:\/\/t.co\/zdErkQ0Y3m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1439659303736987649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blair\u2019s Institute also suggested the government should no longer accept debate around Covid passes, and instead they recommend that \u201cthe government should now ignore the vocal minority who view Covid passes as a form of excessive state coercion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cvocal minority\u201d appears to include the&nbsp;126 MPs who voted against the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/14\/boris-relies-on-labour-votes-to-pass-draconian-covid-passes-legislation\/\">Plan B<\/a> which introduced Covid passes at large venues.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/aboutus\/transparencyandgovernance\/freedomofinformationfoi\/childdeathsandhospitalisationsinvolvingcovid19andchickenpox\">low impact of coronavirus on the child population<\/a> compared with adults or elderly, the <a href=\"https:\/\/institute.global\/policy\/staying-ahead-covid-curve\">report<\/a> advised the government \u201cauthorise the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 as soon as possible\u201d, and to consider \u201cencouraging\u201d the use of masks in schools for \u201cchildren aged 10 and 11\u201d, until \u201c60% of children aged 5 to 11 are fully vaccinated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in support of the Institute\u2019s suggestions <em>GB News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.uk\/news\/tony-blair-preparation-for-fourth-covid-jabs-needed-to-stay-ahead-of-curve\/187589\">reports<\/a> that Mr Blair said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>The lesson of Omicron emphasises yet again that Covid-19 surprises us usually on the downside. This report is about how we stay ahead of the curve, rather than constantly playing catch-up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report has been released at a time where Mr Blair has indicated his interest to re-enter the political arena. In 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/05\/01\/blair-return-politics-hands-dirty\/\">Blair said<\/a> he was&nbsp;ready to \u201cget [his] hands dirty\u201d again and return to politics, and has been increasingly vocal in British politics throughout the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Blair\u2019s \u2018Institute for Global Change\u2019 employs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/lockdown-has-fuelled-blairs-dreams-of-a-comeback-ljgtmbkkt\">about 230<\/a>&nbsp;people, with the majority of the staff working in the government advisory arm.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.969512195122\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Prime Minister Tony Blair \u2018Secretly Advising\u2019 Macron on How to Stop Brexit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Psb3M6kxtO\">https:\/\/t.co\/Psb3M6kxtO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1105031233862582274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for preparations for a fourth vaccination rollout to be put in place for when it\u2019s needed. \u2018The Tony Blair Institute for Global &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}