Posted on Sep 20, 2020
Hancock: Follow Covid rules or they will get tougher
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Restrictions will get tougher if rules are not followed, Matt Hancock says, as £10,000 fines for those who fail to self-isolate are introduced in England.
The health secretary told the BBC's Andrew Marr show the country was facing a "tipping point and we have a choice".
The prime minister is understood to be considering a ban on households mixing, and reducing opening hours for pubs.
On Monday there will be a briefing on the latest coronavirus data led by two of the government's leading scientists.
In the broadcast, at about 11:00 BST on Monday, Prof Chris Whitty, the UK government's chief medical adviser, with Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, is expected to say the trend in the UK "is heading in the wrong direction" with the country at a "critical point in the pandemic".
"We are looking at the data to see how to manage the spread of the virus ahead of a very challenging winter period," Prof Whitty is due to say.
Earlier, asked if England could face another national lockdown, Mr Hancock said: "I don't rule it out, I don't want to see it."
"If everybody follows the rules then we can avoid further national lockdown," he said.
The health secretary told the BBC's Andrew Marr show the country was facing a "tipping point and we have a choice".
The prime minister is understood to be considering a ban on households mixing, and reducing opening hours for pubs.
On Monday there will be a briefing on the latest coronavirus data led by two of the government's leading scientists.
In the broadcast, at about 11:00 BST on Monday, Prof Chris Whitty, the UK government's chief medical adviser, with Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, is expected to say the trend in the UK "is heading in the wrong direction" with the country at a "critical point in the pandemic".
"We are looking at the data to see how to manage the spread of the virus ahead of a very challenging winter period," Prof Whitty is due to say.
Earlier, asked if England could face another national lockdown, Mr Hancock said: "I don't rule it out, I don't want to see it."
"If everybody follows the rules then we can avoid further national lockdown," he said.
Hancock: Follow Covid rules or they will get tougher
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I will use a dialectic approach which means using logic to reach a conclusion. Japan and South Korea due to the extreme density of the population commit pandemic sins like touching each other in public, are subjected to closed environments and crowded places. They have no choice. A prime example are millions of Japanese riding crowded trains every day. Then why does Japan and South Korea only have 1,500 and 300 deaths respectfully? What are they doing right? They all wear masks in public. I firmly believe wearing masks is an effective defense against COVID-19.
The UK has around 400,000 cases and 40,000 deaths with a population of 56 million.
The US has around 7,000,000 and 200,000 deaths with a population of 330 million.
Both countries have many people who refuse to wear masks in public.
The UK has around 400,000 cases and 40,000 deaths with a population of 56 million.
The US has around 7,000,000 and 200,000 deaths with a population of 330 million.
Both countries have many people who refuse to wear masks in public.
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Sounds like totalitarianism on the rise - also makes you wonder how many deaths are being attributed to the Coronavirus that have nothing to do with it - I have a neighbor whose wife died of cancer she battled for 4 years and he had to get a lawyer and threaten to sue to keep the hospital from putting Coronavirus as cause of death on her death certificate - also, is it really a pandemic when 99.97% (according to the World Health Organization) of the people who catch it recover? If it was a pandemic you would think people would be dying in the streets left an right (black plague, etc..) remember Monty Pythons - Bring out your dead.
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Sgt Matt Sharp
PO2 Bill Reardon - yeah, it's probably even more than that. This whole "pandemic" is an absolute joke.
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This has happened for fact, I have and heard of hospitals labeling the cause of death that have died of a heart attack, cancer, suicide by gun. Also, I have friends who have received notification they tested positive for Covid, when in fact they were never tested. Hospitals have been making money for each death certificate labeled as Covid. Thanks for sharing, Sir.
We as Americans need to wake up, because we are being lied to by our local governments and hospitals.
We as Americans need to wake up, because we are being lied to by our local governments and hospitals.
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