‘I will support those who choose not to be vaccinated’

ByPR 24

People need to be able to decide for themselves whether to be vaccinated against Covid-19, Colorado Republican congressman Ken Buck has said.

“I don’t believe in vaccine mandates,” he told BBC News’s Hardtalk programme’s Stephen Sackur.

“I don’t believe that the government should require individuals to put a foreign substance in their body for disease like this…

“I will absolutely support individuals who decide not to get vaccinated.”

More than 780,000 people in the United States have died with coronavirus, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.

More than 459 million vaccine doses have been administered in the country.

Watch the full interview on Wednesday, 1 December, on BBC World News or watch again on BBC iPlayer (UK only).

Similar Posts

‘Politicians playing with matches’ over Northern Ireland

‘Politicians playing with matches’ over Northern Ireland

ByPR 24

Politicians need to come together to prevent further violence in Northern Ireland, the former British chief negotiator for the Good Friday Agreement has said. Jonathan Powell told BBC World News: “I don’t think this will take us back into the Troubles but I do think politicians are playing with matches. This is the time of…

BJP: India is determined to fight invisible terrorist

BJP: India is determined to fight invisible terrorist

ByPR 24

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working relentlessly with the health ministry and other countries to tackle oxygen shortages, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shaina Nana Chudasama has said. “It is most unfortunate that we have lost lives and nobody expected this double mutant [coronavirus] to shape up in this particular way,” she…

Aung San Suu Kyi illegal payments claims ‘ridiculous’

Aung San Suu Kyi illegal payments claims ‘ridiculous’

ByPR 24

Claims by Myanmar’s military that the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi illegally accepted $600,000 (£430,000) and 11kg of gold are “ridiculous”, Burmese journalist Thin Lei Win has said. The Rome based journalist told BBC World News the allegations were not unexpected. “A lot of people’s take is that what they are trying to do…

Taliban to US: Don’t encourage Afghans to leave, we need them

Taliban to US: Don’t encourage Afghans to leave, we need them

ByPR 24

Foreign countries should stop encouraging Afghans to leave as the country needs their talents, a Taliban spokesman has said. Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghan nationals should head back to their homes, jobs and normal life, as there was “no danger” to them, adding: “Let’s live together.” He told a press conference that “war for us has…