Post by fretslider on Feb 9, 2021 7:32:29 GMT -5
You're risking the lives of black people: Equalities campaigner Trevor Phillips blasts Charles Gordon founder of new BLM-inspired political party
The founder of a new political party inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement has been caught peddling conspiracy theories about coronavirus vaccines – amid mounting evidence that ethnic minorities are failing to come forward for jabs.
Charles Gordon, the flamboyant businessman behind the Taking The Initiative Party, has been accused of risking the lives of black people by casting doubt on the safety of the injections.
Last night, Trevor Phillips, a former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, led criticism of Mr Gordon, saying: 'Anybody who peddles this kind of nonsense is killing people. Frankly I would say to anybody from a minority community, protect yourself and your family, take the vaccine, and if these people come to your door just shut it in their faces.'
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9205891/Trevor-Phillips-blasts-founder-new-BLM-party-anti-vax-conspiracies.html
How about that. The true party of the black community is anti-vaccination.
The John Scott inoculation hub in Hackney, East London, claimed ‘really slow patient uptake’ forced it to close at 2pm on three days last week.
The centre, which is open to patients from 40 GP surgeries, had been administering vaccines from 10am until 8pm every day until the sudden drop-off in appointments.
Health chiefs fear vaccine hesitancy among black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) groups is behind the poor uptake in the diverse inner London borough. Around 45 per cent of Hackney’s population is made up of people from BAME backgrounds, predominantly of black African or Caribbean ethnicity.
bbcbreakingnews.com/2021/02/08/covid-vaccine-centre-in-hackney-is-forced-to-close-early-because-of-really-low-uptake/
Who to blame for all of this?
SAGE, the scientific government advisory group, has blamed 'structural and institutional racism and discrimination' for vaccine scepticism among BAME communities as a recent survey found 72 per cent of black people were unlikely to have the Covid jab.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9161705/SAGE-blames-institutional-racism-study-shows-72-black-Britons-unlikely-vaccine.html
Yawn.