{"id":1149846,"date":"2021-12-24T10:04:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1149846"},"modified":"2021-12-24T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:04:29","slug":"boris-says-getting-jabbed-for-others-is-the-teaching-of-jesus-christ-in-christmas-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-says-getting-jabbed-for-others-is-the-teaching-of-jesus-christ-in-christmas-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Says Getting Jabbed for Others &#039;Is the Teaching of Jesus Christ&#039; in Christmas Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fboris-says-getting-jabbed-for-others-is-the-teaching-of-jesus-christ-in-christmas-message%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=1149846&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-496642686-e1640348288793-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that \u201cGetting jabbed\u2026 not just for ourselves\u201d but for others as well is \u201cthe teaching of Jesus Christ\u201d in a Covid-heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1474288744094183428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1474288744094183428%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">Christmas message<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two years of this pandemic, I can\u2019t say that we\u2019re through it,\u201d Prime Minister Johnson began, somewhat less than optimistically given the circumstances.<\/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>\u201cHow can I, when Omicron is surging, when we all know we must together try to stop the spread of this new variant?\u201d he continued woefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must test ourselves and take extra care when meeting elderly or vulnerable relatives. We know that things remain difficult,\u201d the Tory leader asserted, adding on a slightly brighter note that people could at least \u201ccelebrate together\u201d this Christmas \u2014 before marring it with a depressing suggestion that Britons \u201craise our glasses to those who can\u2019t be with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Johnson further suggested that the reason families have not been separated this year is because \u201cwe\u2019ve been giving each other an invisible and invaluable present\u201d in the run up to Christmas \u2014 namely \u201cthat vaccination\u201d, which he said \u201cprotects us and stops us infecting others.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, the BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-59077036\">reported<\/a> in October that people \u201cwho have had two vaccine doses can be just as infectious as those who have not been jabbed\u201d, citing research published in&nbsp;<em>The Lancet<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Harvard Gazette<\/em>&nbsp;did&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2021\/12\/vaccinated-who-get-breakthrough-infections-less-contagious\/\">report<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this month that \u201cPeople who are vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 but get breakthrough infections may be less likely to spread the virus because they shed it for a shorter period than unvaccinated people\u201d, citing research by the&nbsp;Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, but it is unclear on what basis Johnson felt able to imply that vaccination \u201cstops us infecting others\u201d altogether.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xRSgirIVqa\">pic.twitter.com\/xRSgirIVqa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1474288744094183428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI hope I can be forgiven for taking pride in the immense spirit of neighbourliness that the people of this country have shown,\u201d the Prime Minister continued, waxing lyrical on people \u201cGetting jabbed not just for themselves, for ourselves, but for friends and family and everyone we meet\u201d and how \u201cthat, after all, is the teaching of Jesus Christ, whose birth is at the heart of this enormous festival, that we should love our neighbours as we love ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so let\u2019s think of all those who are being good neighbours and thinking of others,\u201d he went on, somewhat labouring the point but stopping short of directly attacking the unvaccinated as bad neighbours \u2014 or bad Christians.<\/p>\n<p>For the unvaccinated and un-boosted, he said only that there \u201cis still a wonderful thing you can give your family and the whole country, and that is to get that jab,\u201d punching towards the camera for emphasis.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sajidjavid\/status\/1460716716951056395\">abrasive<\/a> Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, has shown rather less carrot and more stick towards the unvaccinated in recent days, however, guilt-tripping them to \u201creally think about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/19\/uk-health-secretary-unvaxed-must-really-think-about-the-damage-they-are-doing-society\/\">the damage they are doing to society<\/a>\u201d on national television.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Now Investigating Three Alleged Lockdown-Busting Downing Street Christmas Parties <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2B2e0ZCm7N\">https:\/\/t.co\/2B2e0ZCm7N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1469015545139933193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that \u201cGetting jabbed\u2026 not just for ourselves\u201d but for others as well is \u201cthe teaching of Jesus Christ\u201d in a Covid-heavy Christmas message. \u201cAfter 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