Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
I wonder, for no better reasons than to wonder, what proportion of the UK population fell in rA's categorisation of underclasses and then what proportion of those are unvaccinated? I get that the homeless or travellers may fall through the NHS safety net if they are not registered with a doctor as they have no permanent address, but why would being poor mean that you are not within the ambit of the NHS system and thus have been offered a vaccination? In my experience the have nots are generally all too aware of what the NHS can do for them - based on being registered with a surgery adjacent to a former council estate.

The Cambridge definition of underclass is less than helpful as there will always been an underclass applying that definition, in the same way there will always be a team at the bottom of any football league, no matter how undeserving.
Fascinated by the obvious bias from you on this, not to mention some dubious taking of the moral high ground based purely on anecdotal evidence. Its a bit like me generalising that all rich people are selfish drunken *******s based on my experience of seeing many of them at corporate events. Some are some aren't.

Having worked with people in lower income brackets for many years I can confirm that they are no different from people with higher incomes, in that many are hard working and honest, some are criminals, some are lazy but otherwise untroubling of society, some have problems with drink and drugs, etc etc.

The only difference is that the more income and significant social connections one has then the easier it is to cope with issues such as drug addiction, getting a well paid job, decent housing etc.

The unvaccinated are not purely from any "underclass", I mean Premier League footballers can't be classed as such but only 68% have been apparently. Those anti vax demonstrators I've seen don't seem to be poor or even uneducated to me!

Why would lower income people be more vulnerable? because their access to housing, health services and education and the things we take for granted is much less.