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Time for public conversation on mandatory vaccination – Skelton-Cline

- asks what plans are in place should frontline workers refuse vaccination
Social Commentator and talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called for a public conversation on mandatory vaccinations, should frontline workers refuse to get vaccinated amidst wider concerns vaccine hesitancy in the Virgin Islands (VI). Photo: Internet Source
Claude O. Skelton-Cline was at the time speaking on the Tuesday, February 23, 2021, edition of the Honestly-Speaking radio show when he questioned what measures should be in place should frontline workers refuse vaccination. Photo: VINO/File
Claude O. Skelton-Cline was at the time speaking on the Tuesday, February 23, 2021, edition of the Honestly-Speaking radio show when he questioned what measures should be in place should frontline workers refuse vaccination. Photo: VINO/File
Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) gets vaccinated against COVID-19. Photo: VINO
Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) gets vaccinated against COVID-19. Photo: VINO
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Social Commentator and talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called for a public conversation on mandatory vaccinations, should frontline workers refuse to get vaccinated amidst wider concerns of vaccine hesitancy in the Virgin Islands (VI).

The local clergyman was at the time speaking on the Tuesday, February 23, 2021, edition of the Honestly-Speaking radio show on ZBVI 780 AM.

"How are you going to be in the hospital's sensitive area, in pharmacies, doctors private offices working, whether you are a receptionist or the nurse or the doctor, and not be vaccinated? Do you not trust the very science in which you practice?”

State of education

Pointing to the education system, Skelton-Cline related that both children and education have been in a state of ‘fright’ since the hurricanes of 2017, now compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and teachers ought to be prepared for the frontline.

He said the country will be in peril should there be a re-opening without herd immunity to the vaccine, especially in frontline workers.  

“It is time for a public conversation around the subject of mandatory vaccination for frontline workers, including teachers, and if it is the case that your personal conviction is to not be vaccinated then what do we have in place that allows you to step back from the frontline?” Skelton-Cline questioned.                                     

To make mandator or not?

He related that persons on the frontline who are unwilling to get vaccinated should be relegated in favour of persons who are willing to get vaccinated and service VI’s tourism product and education.

“I'm asking the question, are we at a stage where we should make this vaccination mandatory if you intend to work in these posts , in these offices, on the frontline?”

The commentator, who has always advocated for vaccination against COVID-19, argued that the hard work of keeping the Territory safe should not be made futile.

“I think that it's time to have an honest conversation about the state of affair of this country as it relates to vaccinations because right now all the hard work that we have done, all the sacrifices that have been made, we are now putting ourselves in peril.”

48 Responses to “Time for public conversation on mandatory vaccination – Skelton-Cline”

  • Mr Big mouth..... (24/02/2021, 10:48) Like (64) Dislike (13) Reply
    Go siddung
    This vaccine not making you immune to a damn thing. Get your facts...
    • choice (24/02/2021, 16:28) Like (41) Dislike (1) Reply
      Mr. Minister God give every man a choice to select or to decide when faced with two or more possibilities.
      Do not force your politics on me.
      Do what you must do for you and your family. I will do what is best for me and my body.
      You do not own my body.
    • Kiss my black *** (24/02/2021, 16:58) Like (32) Dislike (0) Reply
      This man starting to sound like Claude Gates
    • The Falling Away (25/02/2021, 12:06) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
      The spirit of the Anti-Christ is operating in you CSC. Be careful...so now persons can't work without being vaccinated?? You really what to take away persons freedom to choose. This is not of God
  • chosen (24/02/2021, 10:48) Like (80) Dislike (4) Reply
    Csc i dont understand why people are listening to you false prophet Man cant server god and the devil at the same time.
  • FEO GOMEZ (24/02/2021, 10:56) Like (27) Dislike (2) Reply
    Like I said it's a like hate vibe with this man. In this instance he can wash out his mouth with buck shots.
  • Leaders to hell (24/02/2021, 11:00) Like (37) Dislike (5) Reply
    When would you sleeping ,lazy, lovers of ignorance, people wake up. Don't you realise that your leaders (church leaders/false prophets) are in cahoots with the wicked and their agendas. If they cannot get you you to submit willingly they are going to force you by taking away your livelihood. And then tell you you trust god that everything will be ok.
    Watch out!
  • plz (24/02/2021, 11:02) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    How are we making out now ?
  • wow (24/02/2021, 11:08) Like (42) Dislike (7) Reply
    panna.... that vaccine ain stopping you from getting this thing.... so frontline or not.... could still get it and transmit it.... so why make it mandatory?
  • NWO (24/02/2021, 11:14) Like (59) Dislike (8) Reply
    You cannot force persons to take a rushed vaccine
    It’s our bodies
    The social distancing along with mask/hand sanitizer is working isn’t it?
    For all the cases we’ve had
    There was never an outbreak despite some wearing their mask improper or no mask at all for dining etc.
    I hope you all will be ready for lawsuits should one lose their job for refusing this vaccine.
    Or taking it as a healthy person and getting sick or dying.
    Most countries banning the vaccines you out here promoting it without watching the scenes.
    Soo you want to sacrifice a country for money?
    Take away our civil rights?

    The virus soo deadly yet 1 case of death ?
    Taxis immigrants customs seeing people coming in going out although they going on quarantine they still interacting and coming back to their families etc.
    Yet nothing is spreading and or killing anyone.
    It seems that money over our health our rights our well being.
    Me nor my families will be taking that vaccine.
    • At NWO (24/02/2021, 12:26) Like (9) Dislike (12) Reply
      The only reason masks and social distancing etc. have been effective is because our entire country and economy for a year. It will be a VERY different story once the borders open up.
  • jab (24/02/2021, 11:19) Like (7) Dislike (21) Reply
    Incentives for taking vaccines would help speed up the numbers.

    Say a $250.00 credit or cash to assist in the process.

    In addition to setting up multiple sites.
  • gg (24/02/2021, 11:25) Like (18) Dislike (1) Reply
    Go sit down with that
  • Patriotic (24/02/2021, 11:55) Like (11) Dislike (30) Reply
    when we have people in the medical industry peddling conspiracy theory about covid vaccine ,how we expect the people to be encouraged and educate them for a safer bvi .
    Any o9ne in the medical industry who refuse to take vaccine putting patient at risk should be terminated because of some twisted conspiracy theory.
  • lodger (24/02/2021, 12:09) Like (18) Dislike (35) Reply
    The ignorance is mind blowing. You all had vaccines as babies to protect you from killer diseases. It is noticed that far more whites are getting the vaccine. When the ports open the virus will spread, perhaps by returning residents. Those who have not been vaccinated will risk death. Who will you blame then? For a change CSC is on point and you should listen to him. The premier had his jab this morning.
    • Hmm (24/02/2021, 22:38) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
      Those same vaccines could be why our people are doing at alarming rates from Cancer right now. Entire Indian tribes were killed off by yellow fever because they were given life-saving gifts of thick blankets to help them through the harsh winters. The side effects were the yellow fever virus in the blankets that no one new about. Until it was too late.
    • @lodger (25/02/2021, 10:19) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      Listen to yourself....the vaccines we has as babies prevented us from killer viruses...THIS CRAP IS NOT PREVENTING US FROM GETTING COVID...GET THAT IN YOUR THICK SKULL. . YOU ARE STILL VULNERABLE AFTER BEING VACCINATED. WHATS THE POINT?
  • Joshua (24/02/2021, 12:13) Like (24) Dislike (1) Reply
    Can the gentleman provide any data. Are there any photos available to back up this claim. Can the gentleman confirm as being in the hospitality business that he and his family took the vaccine. Knowing the way he speaks and his modus operandi if he had he would be sending it over the air waves. No more pizza for me.
  • Kind of a agree (24/02/2021, 12:19) Like (9) Dislike (9) Reply
    Don't like the word mandatory,,,,, It should be necessary a requirement for all persons interacting with others, especially during the line of their work,,,
  • what (24/02/2021, 13:03) Like (36) Dislike (3) Reply
    All over the world inclusive of the BVI, there are persons who are against vaccination and this Vaccine is no different.
    It cannot be mandated that anyone takes it. It would be infringing on a person’s human right.
    Taking the vaccine does not protect me from you, because you can still contract it if you are not following the required protocols and infect others.
    It just prevents you from getting morbidly ill. That’s our understanding.
    So tell those who has made the choice not to be vaccinated with an unknown foreign body why you think it should be mandatory. Give us more facts.
    Questions. Did Bill and Melinda Gates, owner of one of the funding foundations of these vaccine, Did they take the Vaccine. We want to know CSC.
  • OK Then (24/02/2021, 13:06) Like (31) Dislike (2) Reply

    CSC if you want it so bad fine, you take it and leave the public alone with your bulls*** theory

  • h8 2 do it (24/02/2021, 13:21) Like (6) Dislike (21) Reply
    but I have to congratulate Claude for common sense. you can't start school without your vaccines so for this vaccine "persons on the frontline who are unwilling to get vaccinated should be relegated in favour of persons who are willing to get vaccinated and service VI’s tourism product and education" makes perfect sense. If they don't trust pharmaceuticals and medicine, they should not be in the medical profession/industry here.

    when you can't get a hospital bed for a serious illness or injury because the anti-vaxxers are lying in them....
  • WEW (24/02/2021, 13:26) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    Starting more & more to sound like Baby Doc.
  • Strups (24/02/2021, 13:26) Like (12) Dislike (2) Reply
    I can understand if he said it's more important if front line workers get it than other civil servants, but it shouldn't be mandatory because 1. theres no cases of the virus there
    2. This vaccine was created in less than a year. Even people here (USA) are refusing it, those who has to take it mandatory can sue their employer if they get fired. We all had to take vaccines as children, but they were tried and tested thoroughly for years prior.Plus the head Dr. for the govt in DC said that's its not going anywhere. It's just gonna be endemic eventually.
  • Angry (24/02/2021, 13:36) Like (16) Dislike (0) Reply
    Tell the devil you have not seen us today
  • Very own (24/02/2021, 14:53) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    Work permit holders be prepared for this may be a requirement to renew all work permit since half of the population are expatriate workers. This will forced on to you guys wait and see.
    • Slaveryagain!! (24/02/2021, 18:19) Like (10) Dislike (2) Reply
      For God's sake, leave the work permit holders alone, for God's sake. Stop hitting on down-islanders all the time.
      Tortola will be a ghost town, watch it and see. See our mortgages gone to the white people. Medical discrimination, infringing on people's human rights. Plus when them suspend the Constitution, they can't force shit on us.
    • At very own. I agree (24/02/2021, 20:31) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      You speak with wisdom and vision...thats exactly whats going to happen...Weak leaders always pick on the weak and vunurable..
  • Ghost (24/02/2021, 15:45) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    Mr. CSK what is wrong with you..where do you get off trying to make a play for the covid-19 vaccines to be mandatory.. I’m assuming as per you that healthcare workers cannot have a day over their own lives!! You need to make better use of your time in using your platform in trying to win souls for God than always on here just spitting things out your mouth..you have your spoon in too many pots...the vaccine is a good thing yes but it does not prevent one from getting covid-19.. what it does is minimize the severity of infection/potential hospitalization if you should get it..so even in receiving the vaccine whether you’re a health care worker or not the same precautions need to be done to prevent acquiring the disease..you need to STOP!!
  • At the end no choice (24/02/2021, 15:55) Like (2) Dislike (9) Reply
    As far as I know your child cannot go officially to schoolin the BVI, if the child does not have the necessary vaccinations ( not Covid, but others)
    Yes, you can choose, but if you do not want to take the Covid 19 vaccine, there will be restrictions for you in the future, since the decision of not taking it, endangers other lives.
    This is something that will happen throughout the world, maybe already starting by the end of the year.
    • At the end no choice (24/02/2021, 17:00) Like (11) Dislike (1) Reply
      This is not true.

      There are those who have NEVER been vaccinated because they know better. A local nurse advised that many are unaware that they can opt out of vaccines but went with what is expected over decades.
    • @ At the end no choice (25/02/2021, 08:19) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      That is not true. You should read up on your rights. There are person who have never been vaccinated simply because they know better.
  • wow (24/02/2021, 16:13) Like (9) Dislike (2) Reply
    This Mofo again!!!!
  • chosen (24/02/2021, 16:17) Like (11) Dislike (1) Reply
    Only venmonous word come out of this Man mouth
  • Diarrhea of the Mouth It Seem (24/02/2021, 16:57) Like (12) Dislike (1) Reply
    The devil send this control freak...shut up already!!
  • To The Point (24/02/2021, 17:48) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
    This vaccine is not the same as what you get when you are a child ( why take something when there is no benefits, telling me it’s mandatory to wear a mask is one thing but giving me a vaccine that can mess with my dna or probably stop you from getting children you can keep that , the only ppl that running to take this crap is ppl that buy stuff that mark on for export only in there body
    • Oh dear (24/02/2021, 22:07) Like (2) Dislike (4) Reply
      change your DNA... LOL wow. maybe covid isn't the biggest issue for some!
  • sunnyday (24/02/2021, 17:58) Like (10) Dislike (1) Reply
    YOU SPEAK FOR YOURSELF I DIDNT HIRE YOU TO VOICE FOR ME!
    PLEASE KEEP YOUR MOUT SHUT LOT OF AIR!!!
  • GG (24/02/2021, 18:37) Like (10) Dislike (1) Reply
    Claude it looks like you and bill gates does bath together
  • Mandatory talk (24/02/2021, 18:44) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    When is it going to be made mandatory for some people to shut up and stay off the radio!!
  • Sustainable Development (24/02/2021, 19:54) Like (10) Dislike (1) Reply
    I'm not coming on here to pick a fight but let's just take sometime to put aside some of the ignorance for a bit. There are too many coincidences around COVID not to see. For one all the changes in legislations gearing towards Climate change and Sustainable Development all the samething. Studies have been done over the years that Identified Humans have the biggest impact on the climate. I dear anyone to look up all these topics and see some who are some of the major players involved in helping us through this world wide Dilemma. Again ignorance aside documents not conspiracy but hard facts, Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030. Vaccination seems to be the master the key to open doors and opportunities for the future of humanity. Again put ignorance aside, look at all the rapid changes for this Great Reset as identified on the World Economic Forum as indicated by the main players, "This is a perfect opportunity" to introduce this new system of governance. All these are coincidences are perfectly linked that a blind man can see.
    Why object to any other source of information and call them conspiracy? Isn't it in your best interest to get a second opinion from a doctor when diagnosed with something that's life threatening to your health?.
    How can anyone discredit any other professional with certificates and noble prize awards coming forward to tell their side of the story. The ones that work for these companies are selling you their science and product of coarse there will be biased and not fully transparent to suck you in. I've been reading alot thank God I can read for myself and understand rather than listening to some of the international media outlets. Persons lives can be at risk rushing into this. History shows this, I do understand people are FEARFUL and the choice is yours but don't bully others into this.
    Some of you probably working with someone with HIV are you sending them home for that? This will be discrimination. If I choose not to be vaccinated then let me wear my mask allday and get tested every now and again. Technology has improved so far that anyone can almost self diagnose with a device and stay indoors if they're sick rather than poking all of the population with this experimental thing. Everyone doesn't have to follow the same beat, we all should respect one another.

    Search Terms: ID2020
    Sustainable Development
    4th Industrial Revolution
    The Great Reset
    Agenda 21 and 2030
    World Economic FOrum
    Then from there if you have time to "read" see who are all the key players that fund these organizations, their currant projects on climate change to DNA changing injectables to alter natures creations. Mosquitos, Genetically modifying bees and other wild life species. Nature is not doing a good job they say and they need to fix it. With that I end there and hope that everyone stay safe and have a blessed day....
    • FEO GOMEZ (25/02/2021, 09:34) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Well I love this! See with Black people you used the word READ and that is obscene language to most.
  • Watchers (25/02/2021, 00:02) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    You could imagine one rich white man went on live TV and told the whole world that millions of people have to die to depupolize the world and has not been arrested. He has invested in this vaccine and u want to force the people of the world. The bible was always right for the love of money the people shall perish. Profecy is been fulfilled and if I have to die for my god I will. O ain't taking g that man made nonsence.
  • GG (25/02/2021, 05:33) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Is this man from God. I pity the day of his judgement. Everyone has a choice you can't take someone's livelihood because they haven't taken the vaccine. What about persons who risks having severe allergic reactions. Are you going to remove them as well because they can't take the vaccine. If you're trying to be smart the way that you think you are, then you would have known it doesn't matter if everyone is vaccinated, covid will still be in the air and it can still be passed on. You're not IMMUNE!!! The only persons who should take the vaccine are those who are vulnerable because they are the ones more likely to have a detrimental outcome. Why don't you encourage persons instead to eat the right foods, build your immune system, so that your bodies can do th work for you?
  • Worthless Pawn (25/02/2021, 15:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    willingness to follow instructions is generally a good thing. But blind obedience to those in charge can have unfortunate consequences when leaders lack ethical conviction themselves. Especially when it relates to those expected to follow the instructions. 
    It's a good thing the pastor is not running the country. Or an elected official lol. ! I doub he is reading what's going on. He talks alot tho. Read more , talk less.


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