This doctor’s assessment of where we are with Covid right now is damning and terrifying
This clip of palliative care doctor and writer Rachel Clarke’s assessment of where the country is in the battle to cope with Covid-19 right now went viral because it’s so damning – and terrifying.
It’s from BBC1’s Question Time this week and was still being shared on Friday as London mayor Sadiq Khan declared a Covid-19 emergency with hospitals struggling to cope with the number of cases.
“We’ve lost more than the Australian death toll in 24 hours”
Doctor and author @doctor_oxford criticises the government’s decision to “ignore” advice to lockdown before Christmas. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/dUPEx19NLW
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) January 6, 2021
You can follow Rachel Clarke – @doctor_oxford – on Twitter here.
And these were just a few of the things people were saying about it.
Incredible clarity from @doctor_oxford on just how bad things are with Covid and just how seriously the government has failed us. pic.twitter.com/AEfYhd9v3v
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 7, 2021
This is it. @doctor_oxford is my hero https://t.co/6xZZCPRMaO
— Clare Wenham (@clarewenham) January 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/CliveWismayer/status/1347196545721135107?s=20
Please watch this. https://t.co/DeJCU8lsyr
— Stephen Moss (@StephenMoss_TV) January 7, 2021
Absolutely, 100%, brutally, the truth. https://t.co/qfj1EI5AjS
— Elisabeth Anderson (@velobetty) January 7, 2021
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Source @BBCQuestionTime @doctor_oxford