2/You know the pain of losing a loved one to #COVID19, but are willing to subject millions of others to that pain to save @BorisJohnson, a man devoid of a moral compass or a shred of integrity & humanity!
5/As Education Secretary you presumably accept that children don’t live in isolation…they have parents/grandparents/aunts & uncles/younger siblings/teachers & carers…
Just as cases seem to be peaking, you think it’s a good idea to pour a metaphorical can of petrol on the 🔥
What about VULNERABLE CHILDREN, VULNERABLE FAMILIES & VULNERABLE STAFF @nadhimzahawi - what the hell is your message to them?
#PrimeMinister do you really understand the seriousness & gravity of what you’ve done?
You have today signed the unnecessary death warrants of 1000s of innocent ppl & consigned many 1000s of others to long term debilitating illness.🧵 @BorisJohnson@10DowningStreet@sajidjavid
2-Despite the determination to use a #RideTheWave analogy…
THIS IS NOT A GAME!
The lives (& avoidable deaths) of ordinary people may not bother you #PrimeMinister but they do bother my #NHS colleagues & I, & it pains us not to be able to care for people appropriately & safely.
3-The #NHS is NOT “in danger of being overwhelmed”
IT IS OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW!
How anyone w/ even an iota of understanding of healthcare can’t see, that for ppl having an MI or other v serious event the need to make their own way to 🏥 is both UNSAFE & UNACCEPTABLE! #nhscrisis
Is it the number of patients in intensive care units?
We all welcome the news that #Omicron appears to be causing less severe disease but hospital admissions for #COVID19 are clearly rising & this will still affect the ability to provide safe non-COVID care. @AmandaPritchard 2/
This v informative update from @ChrisCEOHopson today paints a stark picture of how finely things are balanced especially when staffing levels are factored in to the equation.
In the last week myself & countless colleagues + 1000s of wonderful volunteers have been BOMBARDED by requests to DROP EVERYTHING & help w/ the mission for all adults to #GetBoostedNow, many of us giving up much needed days off.
Volunteers are needed for everything from car park attendants, to clearer uppers, through IT/admin experts to clinicians….there is a job for literally anyone (other than Mark Francois😳), who can spare a few hours!
So, could I make a polite request & ask (with absolutely no due respect) that rather than offering 👏👏👏s with one hand & the perfect storm of unmitigated uncontrolled #COVID19 spread & an #NHS in crisis with the other…
If you’re fit & well w/ no co-morbidities, live in a large home w/ a garden, have no financial worries/personal stresses, can easily WFH, do not have to care for a vulnerable adult or child & have access to private healthcare & education, I suspect you may not understand!
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If you have space at home for your children to learn in peace & they have access to high quality IT equipment, or you have a nanny to teach & supervise them, you may not appreciate the struggles of ordinary parents who have to juggle childcare & work commitments. @nadhimzahawi
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