tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post153895018195464416..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: A warning from the Chief Medical OfficerChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-40706074119196990902021-01-12T16:41:55.122+00:002021-01-12T16:41:55.122+00:0078,000 people in the UK die from smoking every si...78,000 people in the UK die from smoking every single year. Yet right now when a gym has to shut a tobbaconist is classed as "essential". <br /><br />keeping those open is causing avoidable deaths.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-3162106049694823992021-01-11T23:43:59.843+00:002021-01-11T23:43:59.843+00:00At this moment there are two-hundred and seventy p...At this moment there are two-hundred and seventy people in hospital in North Cumbria with COVID-19.<br /><br />This is putting our local hospitals under more pressure than they have ever been.<br /><br />That situation is replicated around the country - in fact in the majority of the country the situation is even worse.<br /><br />If I was trying to spread party-political propaganda I would not be publishing statements like the original post or this comment about how bad the situation is.<br /><br />The statement by the Chief Medical Officer, and the post reporting it, were not propaganda, but an attempt to get the message home that we all need to minimise social contact and maximise our use of precautions like washing our hands, covering faces, and keeping space or we will cause avoidable deaths. Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-61009265774229681272021-01-11T21:48:08.295+00:002021-01-11T21:48:08.295+00:00More propaganda.
HoorayMore propaganda.<br /><br />HoorayJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com