Aye well he encouraged people to go to restaurants and the like during a pandemic and he’s on record as saying that he basically didn’t give a shit he was advised not to do that but he did it anyway.
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The inquiry heard last month heard that government chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty had described Eat Out to Help Out as “Eat Out to Help the virus out” because of its likely impact on accelerating transmission.
Another session heard that then-health secretary Matt Hancock had begged future cabinet secretary Simon Case to
oppose any extension of the scheme because of the “serious” effect on health services that was was becoming apparent to the Department of Health and Social Care by late August 2020.
Officials at the heart of government’s pandemic response were kept in the dark about bid to boost footfall at restaurants and cafés, inquiry hears
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