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We keep hearing that the UK's key vulnerability in dealing with #Covid_19 is NHS Staffing.

Given that before 2016, EU citizens made up 5.5% of the population but 7% of our nurses and 10% of our doctors, so my question is... what the hell happened in 2016!?
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Source commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…
It's almost as if telling a group of people who statistically keep this country alive (EU citizens are more likely to be doctors & nurses than Brits) that we think they're worth nothing more than points in a system...
...isn't the best way to prepare for a deadly viral pandemic?
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Has the clock stopped on Brexit because of Coronavirus?

Or is it still the case that if a deal isn't done by December, we become the only country on the planet with no trade deals, at a time when the supply of food and medicines might be more crucial than ever in our history?
So to those saying stop talking about Brexit:

What do we need to survive #covidー19uk?
Doctors+Nurses+food+medicines.

1⃣EU citizens improve our doctor/nurse-patient ratio & their visa rights are on the negotiating table!
2⃣1/3 UK food comes from the EU
3⃣pharmafield.co.uk/pharma_news/ph…
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Let's be clear on this:

The people who voted for something that left us with fewer doctors/nurses than we would have had, just before a deadly pandemic where we're going to be short on doctors/nurses, don't get to complain that those who warned against it, are pointing that out.
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…
Saying now's not the time to talk about Brexit weakening the NHS during #covidー19uk is like saying you can't talk about gun laws after mass-shootings.

The effects of Brexit will be negotiated THIS YEAR. Not talking about the CLEAR EVIDENCE of what's at stake would be STUPID!
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"If you get one serious case [of coronavirus] in a care home you could get a mortality rate of 30%"

ONE audience member:
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For the record, I reckon he was probably clapping to support what was being said, then realised that the reason nobody else was clapping was because it would look like a happy clap.
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