That would ignore the many experts who were among them who also took issue. For example, NHS infectious diseases consultant, Simon Fox[1]:

> I can't support the mandating of vaccines in this scenario

He goes on:

> If you want to mandate people to have vaccines you have a moral duty to provide evidence that it's necessary, and now the evidence isn't just lacking that it's necessary, but the evidence that is now coming out is demonstrating that it doesn't help reduce transmission from healthcare workers.

Intensive care consultant Milena Chee[2]:

> What I’m against is the vaccination status to be tied to employment rights. I’m against the language of hatred, which is rampant. We are supposed to be such a tolerant society, but all of a sudden have become the complete opposite.

Professor of oncology at St George's and infectious diseases expert (notably, HIV, which has similarities to COVID-19), Angus Dalgleish:

> I think it is absolute madness to have a mandate for everyone to be vaccinated at this stage… The people who are not vaccinated have all given very good reasons.

> Just do an antibody and a T-cell test. If you did that in large numbers it would be cheaper than giving everybody a booster

He goes into more detail[3] which you may enjoy if you're interested in the immune system.

Dr Tony Hinton, retired consultant surgeon on the mandate[4]:

> It makes no logical or scientific sense whatsoever

> Many of the people I speak to have had their 2 jabs but do not want to take a booster.

From NHS100k's open letter to the government[5]:

> We as a collection of professionals pride ourselves on our ability to critically analyse fact based, evidence-based, and science-based information to apply in our practice.

> 1. Emerging scientific evidence that is contrary to the narrative of mandatory vaccinations:

> We point to the work of Dr. Gunter Kampf of the University of Greifswald published in The Lancet Regional Health Europe on 19 November 2021. In this published article Dr. Kampf pointed out: ‘It appears to be grossly negligent to ignore the vaccinated population as a possible and relevant source of transmission’.

> Weekly reports from the UK Health Security Agency3 consistently show that among adults, the number of cases of Covid 19 in vaccinated population greatly outnumbers that of the unvaccinated population since the rollout of the vaccine programme. We point to the work of Singanayagam et al published on 29 October 2021 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases which showed that people with breakthrough infections have the same viral load regardless of vaccination status. It further adds that regardless of vaccination status the rate of spread from an infected person is the same among household contacts.

> This is not an exhaustive list however we are highlighting these articles as examples to cast reasonable doubt on the assertions made by the Secretary of State, Sajid Javid. Mr Javid declared that our ‘Duty of Care’ towards our patients could only be discharged through the act of inoculating our bodies with a product, that there is now growing evidence of it being inadequate in preventing the transmission of this virus.

The letter is actually damning of the kind of narrative the mainstream media, along with the government, has fed the public. The letter to Chris Witty is similarly damning[6].

Lilith, a paramedic and founder of NHS100k[7]:

> What we're concerned about is the precedent it will set. If you can mandate these vaccines for the NHS, when will it start occurring to the public. When does our health become our choice or when does it become the government's choice? We're very much ralliers for the right to choose. It's such a core issue for healthcare professionals where we must respect patients' decisions

Mr Ahmad Malik, consultant orthopaedic surgeon[7]:

> On one hand we've got mandates and on the other hand we've got freedom, personal freedom, bodily autonomy, informed consent. If you think you can have both, you're gravely mistaken, because they're the exact opposite.

> [Consent] is the cornerstone of medical ethics. Having the ability to choose what's done to your body or what's not done to your body is something we've taken for granted for centuries.

> If we have this mandatary vaccination coming through, that's earthshattering, that demolishes that whole concept of personal bodily autonomy and we're opening a Pandora's box.

They underline your last paragraph, but I think your employment expert needs to familiarise himself with the actual people opposing this instead of making hasty generalisations that act as easy dismissals of a view that may by sincerely held by well educated people.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRApq2IRqn4

[2] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/nhs-medics-p...

[3] https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1367946743636118

[4] https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=274024381492297

[5] https://nhs100k.com/Resources/Static/NHS100k%20CEO%20Letter....

[6] https://nhs100k.com/Resources/Static/Letter%20to%20Chris%20W...

[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XGY7s8avhw