'Public health' group sides with the virus

Brewdog recently announced that it would be allowing some of its bars to be turned into vaccination centres for free. A pretty helpful gesture during a public health crisis, I'm sure you'll agree. More than a gesture, in fact. A tangible and useful action.

However, state-funded legacy 'public health' groups disagree...

A wide range of venues for Covid-19 vaccination will be needed. Vaccination is a vital public health intervention. It’s not a marketing opportunity for alcohol producers. https://t.co/fdBfzLAWIV

— SPECTRUM Research Consortium (@SPECTRUMRes) January 2, 2021

They could have left it at the first two sentences or simply not commented at all, but they couldn't resist. They had to remind us that neo-puritans masquerading as public health experts are not only irrelevant to public health but are actively opposed to public health.

This will not come as news to regular readers, but it's nice of them to get the message out to a wider audience. 

I can't really improve on this response...

Hand sanitiser was a public health good & when there was a national shortage @BrewDogJames turned his distilleries to make it for the NHS instead of contributing sweet fuck-all & having a cheap pop at people who at least try, which appears to be your net contribution. You Twats

— Helena Handcart (@Auntie_Tom) January 2, 2021

See here for some information about SPECTRUM and its £5.9 million budget, and click here for further examples of them criticising businesses for helping to fight COVID-19 while they do diddly squat.