BORIS Johnson 'wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television' to calm public fears, the Covid Inquiry has heard.
BORIS Johnson"wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television" to calm public fears, the Covid Inquiry has heard.
He said Johnson"suggested to senior civil servants and advisers that he wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television to demonstrate to the public that it did not pose a threat".Calling it an"unfortunate comment" that had been made"in the heat of the moment", Lister said the comment was made at a time when Covid-19 was not seen as a serious threat.
, including Sir Chris Whitty - Chief Medical Officer for England - who referred to the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak's Eat Out To Help Out policy as"eat out to help out the virus". Lister admitted there was a"great deal of mistrust and frustration" towards the Scottish Government from Downing Street, and that Johnson and then-First MinisterAsked if he felt the Scottish Government was being"opportunistic" during the pandemic, Lister responded:"I think that is a good word."We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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