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Boris in ICU

999 replies

PicsInRed · 06/04/2020 20:14

Oh Boris no 🙁

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GabsAlot · 07/04/2020 12:48

I had a dream about him he was fine walking about doing meet and greet i know its not real just hope he makes it

whatnametopick · 07/04/2020 12:48

I didn't think there was a shortage of ventilators?

vera99 · 07/04/2020 12:49

Who knows whether is true or not in all it's detail but in essence, in our hearts, we all know that the sentiment is true.

ChipotleBlessing · 07/04/2020 12:49

@kissmewherethesundontshine No one one the UK is currently dying from lack of a ventilator. There is sufficient capacity for now.

coachman · 07/04/2020 12:50

That post is rubbish. If people in their 50s were being allowed to die due to no ventilators being available we'd be hearing about it on the national news. Not from a random Facebook page. Do people really believe everything they read on the internet?

esjee · 07/04/2020 12:50

@vera99 well if the sentiment is true, you're quite righy, its more than ok to make up bullshit about a brother dying to politicise the PM being seriously ill himself!

KaronAVyrus · 07/04/2020 12:51

There isn’t as yet (doesn’t mean to say it don’t change) a shortage of ventilators in the uk but it doesnt stop people spreading any old shite they’ve read on the internet.

Cailleach1 · 07/04/2020 12:53

I don't know if it is hoax or not.

However, Didkdt, a straw man deflection device to pretend it is is anyway an insult to the medical teams is cheap. In fact the article makes a point it was the gov't which voted to stopped a pay rise to those very nurses who are now saving peoples lives and caring for them. It states it hopes those people will have a rethink about how they voted.

Tonyaster · 07/04/2020 12:54

Who knows whether is true or not in all it's detail but in essence, in our hearts, we all know that the sentiment is true

How dare you presume that horrible, fake post speaks to everyone. It says a lot about anyone who shares that bilge.

BasicIntentions · 07/04/2020 12:55

No, I certainly don’t for a minute believe most social media/internet postings.
Everyone seems to have an agenda these day and decency has gone out of the window.

Marieo · 07/04/2020 12:56

That social media post is a crock of poo! Honestly why people share these things is mind boggling.

Tonyaster · 07/04/2020 12:56

I've deactivated my FB. I cannot believe the thick shit people share on there recently. If we found out that Covid 19 killed off brain cells it wouldn't surprise me.

derxa · 07/04/2020 12:57

No, I certainly don’t for a minute believe most social media/internet postings.Everyone seems to have an agenda these day and decency has gone out of the window. I agree it's shocking.

KaronAVyrus · 07/04/2020 12:57

Apart from anything else it’s just irresponsible fear mongering. People at this very moment have loved ones in hospital - why scare them even further by saying they have run out of ventilators? You really have to be a nasty piece of work to make up shit like that.

vera99 · 07/04/2020 12:59

Not wishing to thread derail anymore but I have found the source of this. if anyone is interested. I was just sent it in an email and saw no reason initially to doubt it's veracity.

www.facebook.com/harry.paterson.37?tn=%2CdC-R-R&eid=ARBsxSbSV5Y_PfB7iKjRt7oP94x2Lv_DEBAPGCacEmvwNMGTFjMvN1TJ-fdDyJ9820TryVc6gySlS4ld&hc_ref=ARShX4dGt5SLS61MtBzI00JobZC7FjxB8kARJ-kipLbaER07fGe5TJ1dSEntZyFSbtM&fref=nf

Bornlazy · 07/04/2020 13:00

From press release he is not on a ventilator or non invasive ventilator yet but is receiving oxygen support.

Tonyaster · 07/04/2020 13:01

Not interested vera

There are ventilators available at the moment for all those that need them. Don't insult our healthcare staff who have been working round the clock to ensure everyone gets the best care. Just stop it.

Tonyaster · 07/04/2020 13:02

I was just sent it in an email and saw no reason initially to doubt it's veracity

Jesus.

KaronAVyrus · 07/04/2020 13:04

Oh, well if it’s in an email it must be true 🤦‍♀️

Peregrina · 07/04/2020 13:04

Whoever this Harry Paterson is, I can see he's no Tory.

vera99 · 07/04/2020 13:04

The bloke looks real enough and is a journalist. Not smelling Russian troll farm here.

harrypaterson.com/about/

vera99 · 07/04/2020 13:05

@Tonyaster an email from a close friend.

GreytExpectations · 07/04/2020 13:08

@vera99 that post is bullshit and you know it. Shame on you for fear mongering people who are already incredibly anxious. You must be the type that is getting kind of sick pleasure out of this whole thing, aren't you? Because nobody can be that thick as to believe the shite you just posted from social media.

Tonyaster · 07/04/2020 13:10

There is no way a fit healthy 54 year old in Nottingham would have been refused a ventilator.

joydivisionovengloves71 · 07/04/2020 13:11

@vera99 most of his 'journalism' is writing about rock bands, very hard hitting I'm sure