Dan Osborne rants that the pandemic ‘is about money’ and that Covid ISN’T dangerous enough to ‘force a vaccine on the world’ or his children
- The former TOWIE star, 29, took to social media to rant in front of his 1.1m followers, as he arrived back to the UK from Portugal
- He claimed that coronavirus ‘is not dangerous enough to be forcing a vaccine on the world’ and that he won’t be getting the jab – and neither will his children
- He announced that the COVID-19 crisis is ‘all about money’, despite it causing a global recession which is the worst since the Great Depression
- This comes as the global death tally reaches 3,709,397 deceased, with 172,242,495 confirmed cases and 1,638,006,899 vaccines administered
- An estimated 40m people in the UK alone have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, out of the country’s 68m population
Dan Osborne has come out as an anti-vaxxer in a bizarre rant to his 1.1 million Instagram followers.
The former TOWIE star, 29, took to social media to claim that the COVID-19 crisis is ‘all about money’, despite the pandemic causing a global recession which is the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
He also claimed that coronavirus ‘is not dangerous enough to be forcing a vaccine on the world’ and that he won’t be getting the jab – and neither will his three young children.
U Ok hun? Dan Osborne has come out as an anti-vaxxer in a bizarre rant to his 1.1 million Instagram followers
This comes as the global death tally reaches (at the time of writing) 3,709,397 deceased, with 172,242,495 confirmed cases and 1,638,006,899 vaccines administered.
As of Saturday, an estimated 40 million people in the UK alone have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, out of the country’s 68 million population, placing Dan firmly in the minority.
The rant began on Saturday when he traveled home from Portugal and filmed himself in his car heading home from the airport.
‘I’ve said it from day one. People are going to have a go at me, but the whole thing is about money. The whole damn thing.
Driven to drink: Dan was then seen later in the evening asking his followers to stop bombarding him with responses, drinking beer and eating a take-out to cheer himself up
Oh dear! The former TOWIE star, 29, took to social media to claim that the COVID-19 crisis is ‘all about money’, despite the pandemic causing a global recession which is the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression of the 1930s
‘I’ve had hundreds, maybe thousands of messages about kids getting the vaccination. Personally that s**t isn’t even going in me – never mind my kids.
‘People do your research, it’s not good!’
On arriving home, the ex-Celebrity Big Brother contestant returned to his Instagram Stories, having clearly been met with a slew of outraged messages from fans slamming his anti-vaxxer stance.
He said: ‘People are going mad at me for talking bad about the vaccine. You guys are crazy!
‘All I’m saying is if there was a legitimate vaccine that actually works and is no harm to you, why would it not just be all the vulnerable people get the vaccine and that’s it.
Rant: He also claimed that coronavirus ‘is not dangerous enough to be forcing a vaccine on the world’ and that he won’t be getting the jab – and neither will his three young children
Not gonna happen: Dan has insisted that his children [pictured are daughters, Ella, six, and Mia, two] won’t have the vaccine
Father and son: Dan is also father to son Teddy, seven, from a previous relationship
‘Why would a 12-year-old kid need a vaccine. If all the vulnerable people had had it and they were safe, why would anyone else need it? You just wouldn’t because it’s a 99.6 percent chance that you’re going to be fine with COVID-19.
‘It’s not dangerous enough to be forcing it on the world. That to me is suspect!’
Dan was then seen later in the evening asking his followers to stop bombarding him with responses, clearly having faced a backlash from them.
He was seen drinking beer and eating a take-out to cheer himself up, adding that he was feeling ‘nervous’ after the barrage of comments he had been inundated with after his rant.
The rant began on Saturday when he traveled home from Portugal where he said: ‘The whole thing is about money! The whole damn thing!’
Getaway: Dan and wife Jacqueline Jossa, 28, have been taking advantage of one of the few sunny destinations UK citizens can travel to on vacation. However, despite Portugal being on the so-called green list for travel, it was announced last week that it is being downgraded to amber
Dan was fresh off the plane from Portugal where he and wife Jacqueline Jossa, 28, have been taking advantage of one of the few sunny destinations UK citizens can travel to on vacation.
However, despite Portugal being on the so-called green list for travel, it was announced last week that it is being downgraded to amber – meaning Jacqueline and their daughters, Ella, six, and Mia, two, will have to quarantine when they return, if after Tuesday June 8.
Dan, however, was returning early to watch his son Teddy, seven, from a previous relationship, play football, avoiding any need to isolate.
WHICH VACCINES ARE BRITAIN USING? AND HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THEY?
Pfizer-BioNTech
Approved: December 2, 2020
Doses dished out: 10.8million*
Doses ordered: 40million
Phase 3 trials data
- Efficacy at blocking symptoms: 95%
- Efficacy against severe illness: 100%
Real world data:
- Efficacy at stopping transmission: 66%
- Efficacy at blocking symptoms (one dose): Between 57 and 61%
- Efficacy against severe illness: 80%
How it works: mRNA vaccine – Genetic material from coronavirus is injected to trick the immune system into making ‘spike’ proteins and learning how to attack them.
Oxford-AstraZeneca
Approved: December 30, 2020
Doses dished out: 15.8million*
Doses ordered: 100million
Phase 3 trials data
- Efficacy at blocking symptoms (one dose): 70%
- Efficacy against severe illness (one dose): 100%
Real world data:
- Efficacy at stopping transmission: 70%
- Efficacy at blocking symptoms: Between 60 and 73%
- Efficacy against severe illness: 80%
How it works: Adenovirus vaccine – To make the vaccine, the common cold virus is genetically modified to trigger it to make the Covid spike protein — which the virus uses to invade cells.
When the vaccine is administered the patient’s immune system attacks the spike protein by building antibodies, priming it to fight off Covid before it leads to an infection.
Moderna
Approved: January 8, 2021
Doses dished out: Zero
Doses ordered: 17million
Phase 3 trials data
- Efficacy at blocking symptoms: 94.1%
- Efficacy against severe illness: 100%
Real world data:
- Efficacy at stopping transmission: Not known
- Efficacy at blocking symptoms: 90%**
- Efficacy against severe illness: Not known
How it works: mRNA vaccine – both Moderna’s and Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccines work in the same way.
* the latest data goes up to March 21
** data taken from a US study, joint with Pfizer. Other real world data comes from Public Health England in the UK
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