Thread by @KonstantinKisin

I just wrote this letter to my MP who is thankfully voting against vax passports today. I know it may seem like a futile cause but for the reasons I try to explain in my letter, I think it's very important and not fruitless. Please write to your MP whichever way they're voting!

Dear Greg,

Thank you for your hard work on behalf of your constituency over these last 2
years. In 2019, I voted for the Conservative Party for the first time. I did so
very reluctantly and my decision was largely based on your personal voting

record and direct interactions we’ve had.

In view of this, I am delighted to see that you plan to
oppose the Government in the vote later today.

I am not naïve - it seems the PM will be able to force these
measures through with the help of the opposition but I believe your vote

matters nonetheless.

You will be well-familiar with the arguments against vaccine
passports, which are laid out in under 4 minutes by David Davis here ( ()).

Specifically:

- They don’t work to curb the spread of the virus

because, sadly, this is not a sterilising vaccine
- The sensible measure for preventing the spread
of the disease is rapid testing prior to entry into large venues
- The mandate for NHS and care worker vaccinations

will cause the loss of 30,000 care staff and 70,000 NHS staff at a time when we
can ill-afford to do so

Given how obvious it is that these measures will not stop
the spread, it seems credible that their actual purpose, at least in part, is
to encourage people to be vaccinated.

Due to my public opposition to these
measures I know and speak to a disproportionately large number of people who
this may be aimed at. I can tell you with 100% certainty that these measures
will likely have the opposite effect and discourage people from taking up

boosters or ever considering being jabbed at all.

Firstly, everyone who wants to be vaccinated is already vaccinated.
And, contrary to the media narrative, the overwhelming majority of unvaccinated
people are not looneys – they have good reasons for not taking the jab:

-

Many, like me, have already had COVID and have
naturally-acquired immunity

-
Some have legitimate concerns about the adverse
effects of the vaccine. Mercifully, these cases are very rare but if, like a

colleague of mine, you watched a close friend collapse after taking it (despite
no history of seizures) and nearly die, reluctance is understandable. Yes,
statistically-speaking you are more likely to be injured by COVID than by the

vaccine, but to coerce someone into having an injection which nearly killed
their friend in front of their eyes seems to be the height of cruelty-
The increasing authoritarianism the Government
is engaging in, combined with outright medical segregation we see on the

continent, is making a growing number of people uneasy at the direction of
travel and will only entrench opposition among people who are already hesitant –
since we know these measures won’t stop the spread of the disease, what will
the Government try next?

I know that it may seem fruitless to vote against a measure
which appears certain to pass but you should know that it is not. As someone
born in the Soviet Union, I watched hundreds of great men and women, including

members of my own family, stand up for what they knew to be right in the
knowledge that they would achieve nothing except marking themselves out for
punishment. But, over time, the chorus of dissent they generated became
impossible to ignore.

I know that exaggerated comparisons have been made between COVID restrictions
and some of the worst atrocities in human history, including by fellow MPs.
What is happening now is clearly not the Holocaust and to suggest otherwise is
silly.

But to pretend there are no

historical lessons that are useful is equally myopic - this is not the first pandemic
in human history and as someone from a Jewish background, I know all too well
that the human desire to find a scapegoat for natural disasters is sadly very
strong.

I hope this letter might be helpful in maintaining your
resolve to oppose these and future measures and encouraging others to do so.

Very sincerely,

Konstantin Kisin

Should have tagged @GregClarkMP in this! Thank you for taking the stand you are, Greg!