Comments by "Cinderball" (@cinderball1135) on "Government promises key workers can book Covid-19 tests online - as death toll reaches 18,738" video.

  1. Let's make no mistake: - there isn't enough testing going on - there isn't enough PPE for essential workers - the current crisis is entirely a result of the government's early "herd immunity" strategy. This government has abjectly failed in its most basic duty: to protect its citizens.
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  2. Conservative translation handbook for normal people: "Herd immunity" - kill the poor "The curve is bending" - we've lost control "Capacity for testing is constantly improving" - we've got even more labs sitting in idle mode "NHS staff need to be more efficient with PPE" - we hope you're stupid "We're aiming for 100,000 tests a day at the end of the month" - no, we really hope you're stupid.
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  3.  @chatterbox5672  I will remind you that unlike Khaled, we do not live in Bangladesh.
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  4. Boris is frightened by anybody smarter than him, which leaves him with a very small pool to select ministers from.
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  5.  @steveandjohn3259  Yes, we could send lots of people back to work, to slave at low-paying jobs in close contact with lots of customers and colleagues, most of whom won't be wearing any form of PPE, putting them at greater risk of contracting the virus. Or we could do the humane thing, and offer them welfare, like a civilised country. But we can't have that, oh no no. Throw more another poor person on the fire, Jenkins! Seriously, don't bother with this regurgitated, half-digested right-wing corporatist bullshit. I haven't got the patience for it tonight.
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  6. If only it proves to be true.
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