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Gordon Robinson calls for mandatory vaccination

Renowned Gleaner columnist Gordon Robinson wants the Government to make it mandatory for people to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Robinson, an attorney-at-law, said that people should "vaccinate or pay for regular PCR testing or lose the work"....

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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