- The leaked news said that Boris Johnson opposed the second British blockade because the dead were getting old.
- His former chief assistant, Dominic Cummings, cited this information in an interview with the BBC.
- “The median age is…higher than life expectancy,” the news stated. The blockade still happened.
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According to a former chief aide who was estranged from him, Boris Johnson rejected the second national lockdown last year because he concluded that everyone who died was over 80 years old.
Dominic Cummings, who left Downing Street last year, has been highly criticizing and accusing the Prime Minister since leaving office.
he Shared a WhatsApp message apparently sent by the Prime Minister with Laura Kuenssberg of the BBC On October 15, aides urged him to implement a second nationwide blockade to slow the spread of Covid-19.
The message read: “I must say that I am a bit shocked by some data on the number of deaths from Covid. The average age of men is 82 to 81 years, and that of women is 85. This is beyond life expectancy. So I accepted Covid and lived. longer.”
“Almost no people under 60 are hospitalized (4%), and almost everyone survives. And I no longer buy all these NHS overwhelmed things. Guys, I think we may need to readjust.”
The second message said: “In this country, there are at most 3 million people over 80. This shows that we will not implement a nationwide blockade.”
The blockade finally came into effect in early November.
Cummings claimed that Johnson had to be persuaded not to visit the Queen’s weekly meeting due to the spread of the coronavirus around his office.
He told the BBC about his conversation with the prime minister: “I just said,’If you give her the coronavirus and she died, what would you do? You can’t do that. You can’t take risks, it’s totally crazy.'”
When asked about what Cummings said, the Downing Street spokesperson did not directly respond to the BBC.
Instead, they fully defended Johnson’s actions, stating: “Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Prime Minister, guided by the best scientific advice, has taken the necessary actions to protect lives and livelihoods.”
