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Musician Clapton on stage (archive image from March 2020): Does not want a "discriminated audience"
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced at a press conference on Monday that nightclubs and similar venues would be required to submit a health passport to those wishing to enter from September. Since there will have been a vaccination offer against Covid-19 for all adults by then, negative tests would no longer be sufficient. In short: no entry without proof of vaccination or recovery.
This announcement apparently sparked anger among guitarist and singer Eric Clapton. Clapton had a message spread via the Telegram channel of the London architect, film producer and anti-corona measures opponent Robin Monotti: »I would like to say that I will not appear on a stage in front of a discriminated audience. If there are no arrangements to allow everyone in, I reserve the right to cancel the show. ”Since Clapton put the message in direct relation to Johnson's testimony, it clearly states that Eric Clapton will not play if proof of vaccination is required from the public.
Eric Clapton had already reported on the same Telegram channel in May of what he said was "disastrous" health experiences as a result of his vaccination with the Astra Zeneca vaccine. Accordingly, because of his age, he is 76 years old, and a previous lung disease, he was offered a first dose in February. Clapton said he had severe vaccination reactions that lasted about ten days. Six weeks later he still had the second dose administered, after which his hands and feet alternately felt frozen, numb or burning for two weeks. Clapton was sarcastic about the "propaganda" that the vaccination was safe for everyone.
In an interview produced by Monotti's film company Oracle a month ago, Clapton stated that his negative stance towards the British government's corona policy began much earlier than he had sought out alternative channels. Among other things, he found himself in the proposals of the heavily criticized "Great Barrington Declaration," which emphasized the concept of herd immunity.
In his skeptical stance on the Corona measures, Clapton agreed with his Northern Irish musician colleague Van Morrison - at the end of 2020, Clapton published a version of the song »Stand and Deliver« written by Morrison, the text of which reads, among other things: »Do you wanna be a free man / Or do you wanna be a slave? ”, but also:“ I just wanna do my job / Playing the blues for friends ”.
A YouTube video of the song is linked on Telegram under the statement on Boris Johnson's vaccination record plans.
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