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Oct 14, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
As an NHS clinician, prior to covid vax program, I was required to prove update training on vaccine consent. It is clear. No UK clinician can ethically or legally vax someone who does not freely consent or if there is pressure. Thus vax mandation is surely unethical/unlawful. If this were not the case, ie if it can be legally found that a clinician *can* administer a vaccine where consent was not freely given, where does that leave the Mental Capacity Act 2005 which enshrines capacitous consent/dissent as a right, even if clinician has different view?