Kenny Dalglish insists everyone must do whatever they can to stop the rapid spread of Omicron - including footballers.
The English Premier League and UK government have urged footballers to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
It comes in a weekend when five top flight matches bit the dust south of the border due to Covid outbreaks.
And fears are growing that games could soon return to being played behind closed doors with restrictions tightening and Holland going back to full lockdown.
A quarter of players in the English Football League say they don’t intend to get the vaccination.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp believes getting a vaccination should be mandatory "from a moral point of view" and revealed "99 per cent" of his squad have had both jabs.
Anfield legend Dalglish stopped short of such a strong stance but believes everyone should be doing their bit.
Speaking in his Sunday Post column, the 70-year-old said: “If we are all susceptible to this new strain of Covid, we must all try to do something about it - and that includes footballers.
“Of course, much as some people would want vaccinations to be mandatory for every professional footballer, you cannot force anyone to get jabbed. It’s down to individual choice.
“I can only speak for myself, but I wouldn’t want to be accused of passing something on to another person if there was something out there to prevent that happening. I’d do my bit to help myself, and others.
“I do not want to see any unnecessary strain put on the NHS, and all those working in the medical profession.
“One way of helping ease the situation is for everyone to take their jabs and boosters.
“We can only hope that in the days and weeks ahead that the number of positive cases comes down.”
The entire SPFL season was played behind closed doors last season and Dalglish wouldn’t want to see that happen again.
He admitted: “The thought of going back to closed-door games does not whet the appetite. We have tasted football without the supporters and it’s just not the same.
“But let’s be absolutely clear here. At the end of the day, football is not as important as someone’s life, it is?
“This is not about football. This is about what’s best for society, and we should all be ready to follow any government guidelines, no matter if we agree with them or not.”
