Boris Johnson in furious tirade at antivaxxer trolls ‘mumbo jumbo’ | Politics | News

Boris Johnson has slapped down anti-vaxxers campaigner misinformation on social media around the coronavirus vaccine. The Prime Minister said he wanted a voluntary approach to vaccinations but slammed the “total mumbo jumbo” being pushed online by some social media trolls. 

The Prime Minister told Sky News: “I want to say to the anti-vaxx campaigners, the people who are putting this mumbo jumbo on social media: they are completely wrong.

“You haven’t heard me say that before because I think it’s important we have a voluntary approach in this country and we’re going to keep a voluntary approach.”

He said other European countries are going for “coercion”, and added: “What a tragedy that we’ve got all this pressure on the NHS, all the difficulties that our doctors and nurses are experiencing and we’ve got people out there spouting complete nonsense about vaccination.

“They are totally wrong, and I think it’s time that I, the Government, call them out on what they’re doing. It’s absolutely wrong, it’s totally counterproductive, and the stuff they’re putting out on social media is complete mumbo jumbo.”

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