British health minister Sajid Javid apologized for and deleted a tweet urging people to take a COVID-19 vaccine and not to 'cower' from the virus, saying on Sunday he had made 'a poor choice of word.'
"I was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society, but it was a poor choice of word and I sincerely apologize. Like many, I have lost loved ones to this awful virus and would never minimize its impact."
I've deleted a tweet which used the word "cower". I was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society, but it was a poor choice of word and I sincerely apologise.— Sajid Javid On Saturday, he had written that he had recovered after testing positive for COVID, after suffering mild symptoms.
"Please - if you haven't yet - get your jab, as we learn to live with, rather than cower from, this virus." Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour Party, was one of several lawmakers from opposition parties and people who had lost family members to the pandemic to criticize his use of the phrase "cower from."
"127,000 people have died from this virus, tens of thousands of whom would still be here if it wasn't for the catastrophic failures of your government," she said on Twitter.
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