“The issue is not whether you or I might get infected at a football match, it’s who we go on to meet.”
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) March 12, 2020
Fmr Health Sec Jeremy Hunt says it’s “surprising and concerning” the UK has not banned events “when we have just four weeks before we get to the stage Italy is at”#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/1zEYzRwjPI
Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has joined the swelling number of voices lobbying for football clubs to take action in order to prevent further spreading of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
Whilst there is currently no specific treatment for coronavirus, advice from the NHS has warned of contact with people as the virus is spread in cough droplets. So the idea of being at a packed bar in a stadium or surrounded by people shouting or singing seems extremely inadvisable.
I dislike this man but he has a point
Don’t you just hate it when people are right about things you don’t want them to be right about.