#FACEMASKS
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick tells Trevor Phillips on Sunday "we are going to have to learn to live with Covid" and the data "looks very positive" ahead of 19 July when lockdown restrictions in England are set to be lifted
@Pumpkinz16 tweeted, The graph, clearly show us that our government only wants to protect the division in their party and their power. This is all to do about politics and not anything to do with the health of the nation.
@Chrisdo30828241 wrote, Robert Jenrick on #Marr just said that there will be an ‘exponential growth in new Covid cases’ but we have to just “live with it now.” How completely irresponsible. These Tories just don’t care.
@Swarmdmx posted, The staggering incompetence of the government in dealing with Covid-19 is unbelievable. If it hadn't been for the NHS, Astrazeneca and Oxford, the UK would be worse off than Brazil. Yet still the Tories are spouting complete lunacy.
@Sika_dm was also unhappy with the announcement. “The reality is that this government doesn’t learn from its own mistakes as it is unable to admit it has made them. So it is destined to endlessly repeat them. The dead are just collateral damage.”
@melaniekmelvin tweeted, There are def gonna be fights on the streets with this optional face mask decision.
@Luckyrick65 wrote, So masks will be a "personal choice or responsibilty"? Have they not yet understood the minority of selfish people in this country who think wearing a mask is simply inconvenient? We wear a mask to protect others too! Ludicrous backward step!
@Richardgcorbett said, So, the government postponed the lifting of restrictions last month because of the rise in Covid19 cases, but now that they are even higher, they want to scrap them entirely!
@debznfoz adds, ‘We will just have to live with it’. So tell me, will this government do everything they can financially for the many people that will have to actually live with long term Covid issues?
@Siobhanbenita writes,
I see Robert Jenrick is back to pushing “personal responsibility” as the Tory key message for ending restrictions. An absolute joke from the party whose chief adviser and health minister couldn’t even follow the rules themselves.