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Rishi Sunak Reportedly Said "It Was Okay To Just Let People Die" Rather than Impose a Second Lockdown, Covid Inquiry Hears (www.ndtv.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Patrick Vallance, who was the government's chief scientific adviser during COVID, made a note in his diary on October 25, 2020, about a meeting involving then Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Sunak, who was finance minister.

The diary entry shown to the inquiry recorded how Dominic Cummings, Johnson's most senior adviser during the pandemic, had relayed to Vallance what he said he had heard at the meeting.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always trust whatever the government tells me. I think we should be locked down forever and live in cubicles. The only way to be completely safe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You say ... in support of a government official?

It's just easier to say you're ok with people needlessly dying. Fewer words, you don't have to confuse people with sentences that don't make sense. Win win.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The TV tells me what to think. So I don't have to

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok boomer. Many don't watch tv anymore cause if you are any example, it rots your brain.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Okay

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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