His “don’t kill your gran” line honestly makes me see red.
I did actually lose my gran last year, and thanks to the restrictions, she was only allowed 5 people at her funeral (which had a 20 minute slot at the crematorium due to the sheer number of funerals they were running at the time). I had to watch it via livestream - felt like I was in an episode of black mirror.
I also worked at a hospital and the advice we got initially was that we weren’t allowed to wear masks because “it’s making it seem like a big deal and it’s freaking out the patients”.
When covid became a serious reality, thanks to PPE shortages, we were only allowed to wear masks when we were in contact with confirmed cases (not suspicious cases - we just had to hope their swab came back negative).
We also had security at the door of the hospital so that visitors were turned away.
Anyone from a care home was sent to the infected wards because there was a slightly higher chance that they had covid (and if they didn’t, then they were likely to catch it on the ward and die).
Working through covid has made me realise just how much the current government genuinely doesn’t give a shit about anyone. They would rather watch people die in the thousands, than give up any of their privileges. I try my hardest to see the good in everyone I meet, but honestly, if a very specific small scale earthquake wiped out Downing Street, I’d probably do a small victory dance. Obviously I’d hope that Larry the cat wasn’t home at the time…