Vaccine Mandate to Have ‘Calamitous Impact’ on UK Dental Services: Leading Doctors

Vaccine Mandate to Have ‘Calamitous Impact’ on UK Dental Services: Leading Doctors
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The UK government’s decision to impose mandatory COVID-19 vaccination on healthcare workers could have a “devastating” consequence on already stretched dental services, leading doctors have warned.

The British Dental Association (BDA) warned on Friday that the vaccine mandate risks “dropping a bomb on a service already stretched to breaking point,” as thousands of dental staff may be pushed out of the workforce.