Hancock’s blame game: young people are causing the rise in Covid-19, not him. Oh really?
Matt Hancock: the lights are on but nobody’s home.
Did you believe our lying Sickness Secretary when he tried to blame young people breaking the rules for the spike in Covid-19 cases?
Only last week, Matt Hancock was caught lying about the suicide rate in the UK.
Now, as the number of Covid-19 infections reaches a level it hasn’t approached since the middle of lockdown in May, it seems he’s trying to justify refusing to lock down again by blaming it on people aged 20-29 who are breaking the rules:
Speaking to Radio 1 Newsbeat, the health secretary pointed to France and Spain, “where that second wave started largely amongst younger people, it then spreads”.
“And now we’re seeing a sharp rise in the number of people in hospital and the number of people who are dying in those countries.
“That hasn’t happened here yet. And if people follow the social distancing rules, then we can stop that from happening here.”
On Sunday the government announced 2,988 new cases – the highest figure since 22 May.
Let’s remember that Hancock caught Covid-19 himself – and then famously failed to observe his own social distancing rules in the chamber of the House of Commons. He’s a fine one to accuse others of breaking the rules!
More to the point, there doesn’t appear to be any evidence supporting Hancock’s attempt to blame young people.
The rise in infections has happened after his government relaxed those rules, though.
It could even be a seasonal change.
We don’t know, because the Department of Health doesn’t know – because Matt Hancock is a liar and an imbecile.
Source: Coronavirus: Young people breaking rules risk ‘second wave’ – BBC News
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