O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[BigFatPie]

I wouldn't blame anybody who has to rely on food banks (and there are a great many) for being envious of those who don't, nor the ever increasing numbers of homeless envious of those who can stay indoors but choose to head for their 2nd home and gallivant about on the hills.

"Boris Johnson is being urged to sack his most senior adviser after it was reported that Dominic Cummings said of the government's deeply controversial herd immunity policy on the coronavirus: "If that means some pensioners die, too bad."
According to the article in today's Sunday Times, Cummings made the comments at the end of February before changing his mind on 12 March after he realised he had "helped set a course for catastrophe.""

‘If that means some pensioners die, too bad’.

You’ve got to admit that’s impressive leadership.

[upthemaggies]

‘If that means some pensioners die, too bad’.

You’ve got to admit that’s impressive leadership.

We were sold this idea that it was only very old people with underlying health issues that would be affected, but we're now seeing younger people being treated. We're overlooking the fact that an awful lot of people of all ages will require hospital treatment. If younger people are given priority, that means older people with NO underlying health issues will also die if the NHS becomes overrun.

Reports that recent studies have shown that this virus can hang in the air for up to three hours at a temperature of 22c. On hard surfaces, up to three days.