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Dec 2021
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Boosters Not Boosterism (with Jamie Dris...

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Jamie Driscoll, the Labour Mayor of the North of Tyne says he regrets the Government's relaxation of mask-wearing rules earlier this year. On vaccines, Driscoll says we need 'boosters not boosterism'.

Plus: Should companies be forced to give up their Covid vaccine patents? Rosa Pavanelli, General Secretary of Public Services International tells Bloomberg Westminster's Yuan Potts and Caroline Hepker that the Covax programme has not delivered for poorer nations.

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