The government’s refusal to let GPs, midwives, and other specialist medical staff who are unvaccinated continue to work
has no medical foundation and is simply punishment because of their refusal to be vaccinated.
That situation has nothing to do with patient safety.
It is now firmly established that both vaccinated and unvaccinated medical professionals can pass on corona virus to
their patients so barring those unvaccinated from working is actually punishment of their patients as well.
A GP could have up to 25 people of mixed vaccination status in his home celebrating a birthday, yet those same 25 people
could not attend his medical practice and consult him on their medical issues.
A midwife could have up to 25 people of mixed vaccination status in her home celebrating a christening yet she is unable
to attend to the birthing needs of the pregnant mothers and expectant fathers in that same group professionally.
A dentist could have 25 people of mixed vaccination status in his home celebrating a house-warming yet those same 25
people cannot attend his dental surgery for treatment on their teeth.
Not only has the government's medical mandate taken away the livelihoods of those health professionals but more
importantly it is punishing patients by denying them the ability to get the medical care they need from the people they
choose to provide it.
If the government was serious about patient safety, as it says it is, then it would allow patients to sign an
acknowledgement of risk and consent form – the very same process that patients go through before an operation in
hospital – and then let them consult the medical professionals they wish in the premises they wish.
Those medical professionals can then get back to work doing what they are highly trained for and what we desperately
need them to do – provide the health care their patients deserve.
Given that both vaccinated and unvaccinated medical professionals can pass on corona virus to their patients, anything
less will simply prove that punishment, not patient safety, is the reason for denying patients access to their chosen
medical professional.