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Watch: James O’Brien says what we’re all thinking about UK’s rising Covid figures

"Yet again James O'Brien appears to be only commentator pointing at the elephant in the room," wrote one person after watching the clip.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-10-20 11:11
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Coronavirus deaths in the UK have risen to their highest daily level since early March, while cases are at their highest for almost three months.

The latest figures come as Downing Street said it is keeping a “very close eye” on increasing case rates and after a leading scientific advisor warned it is “critical” that the Covid-19 booster programme is accelerated.

On Tuesday, the Government said a further 223 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the UK total to 138,852.

While the numbers are often higher on Tuesdays because of a lag in reporting deaths and cases over the weekend, this is the highest figure for daily reported deaths since March 9.

Meanwhile, the seven-day average for cases is standing at 44,145 cases per day – the highest level for almost three months.

The UK now has one of the highest weekly rates of new reported cases in the world.

While hospital admissions and deaths in the UK are slowly creeping up, vaccines are still working well overall to prevent severe disease.

James O’Brien

Speaking on Tuesday on his LBC show, James O’Brien seemed to neatly sum up what we’re all thinking.

He said: “I just don’t know what the [government] are going to do.”

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He went on: “I found that picture of the House of Commons yesterday – it was enough to feel awful about.

“I don’t get it – unless there is some sort of plan, whether conscious or unconscious, [that] if we behave as if it’s all over, then it will be.

″I’ve got no more than that.”

O’Brien then said: “It’s been 107 days since we reported fewer than 500 hospital admissions.

“Now, we’re looking at over 120 deaths each day – and the government is behaving as though it’s all over.

“And I do wonder if you can come up with a more upbeat explanation as to what you think is going on.

“My honest belief now is that they have embarked upon a path that the belief is, if we behave as if it’s over, then it will be over.

“I don’t get that. That seems to be almost psychopathic in its in silliness, in its dangerousness.”

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'My honest belief now is that they have embarked on a path where they feel if we behave as if Covid is over, then it's over.'

As coronavirus cases continue to rise James O'Brien reacts to Boris Johnson's handling of the crisis.@mrjamesob pic.twitter.com/IhDaLlLrW3

— LBC (@LBC) October 19, 2021

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Yet again @mrjamesob appears to be only commentator pointing at elephant in the room: maskless MPs in Parliament and Cabinet are a disgrace, and are fuelling the pandemic's lethal resurgence. Journalists not reporting the absence of masks need to take a good look at themselves. pic.twitter.com/pgYS28AosB

— James Alan Anslow (@PsychingItOut) October 19, 2021

2.

Watching from Spain as I'm due to return to plague Island at end of month, and seriously questioning should I? Much safer here in Spain.

— Emmett Dunne (@m8d_Elg) October 19, 2021

3.

To those people saying the lack of masks isn't the Government's fault, why do I get funny looks from people, including some shopkeepers, when I wear one?

Only in England, under this appalling Government, can you be looked down upon for wearing a mask.

— Neil 200 (@Superhoop83) October 19, 2021

4.

49,000+ cases on a daily basis and rising! They think it's all over and it isn't!! I said, when the government ended it, that mandatory mask wearing and social distancing should remain in force inside shops etc. It does not effect the economy or businesses etc. etc. Not hindsight

— David Orr: Green: Reform and Rejoin the EU (@DavidoOrr) October 19, 2021

5.

Thankfully I live in Wales, Masks are Mandatory on Puplic Transport, and all indoors. And most of us will continue to wear them well into the future. Cant understand why wearing a mask is such a big deal across the Border!

— I will get.. Justice . (@JusticeNo) October 19, 2021

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