Hexham Hospital and NO mask for Johnson.

He was handed one, mumbled, put it on then took it off again a bit later.

Kali2

He was handed one, mumbled, put it on then took it off again a bit later.

I think that was the clip I saw, him being handed it and then the mumble, I wasn't sure what the mumble was.

If he is not able to wear a mask, he should not go on photo ops in hospitals- very simple! Senior management should have told him, and asked him to leave immediately if he did not comply on second occasion.

Our country appears to be run by the village idiot,.
Now he’s using rising Covid numbers in Europe to excuse our already high numbers, when last month we had more Covid infections than France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together.
www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/uk/uk-europe-covid-infections-cmd-gbr-intl/index.html

He now says he was following guidelines….

Which is of course, absolute nonsense. In a Hospital, you wear a mask, everyone- and he had been told about this beforehand. Senior Managers at the Hospital should have asked him to leave, and if not them, any other member of staff. About time people got the guts to stand up to him openly.

Strange because in every medical situation I’ve been in recently everyone is told to wear a mask. I suppose on planet Johnson it’s different.

I’m visiting Dublin I’m so impressed with the mask wearing by everyone and vaccine certificate checks in cinema museum restaurant and no fuss I’m actually ashamed of our attitude in England

That is the usual advice MayBee but unfortunately not all follow the advice. Boris Johnson is one person, and it annoys me because I think it sends the wrong message. My husband has gone to where his elderly parents live this week because his mother has been in hospital for six out of the last eight weeks. Very sadly today she died. My husband has been visiting her whilst she was on palliative care, no visitors are allowed except for palliative care patients as there’s Covid in the hospital. My husband has told me that there were people wandering about in the hospital without masks on. He was very annoyed about it. He said it’s no wonder that area has high Covid cases, because the public aren’t responsible. If they’ve seen Boris Johnson on the news this week, it’s not surprising. Having said that, I do believe in taking personal responsibility, and these people are not doing that.

Sorry about you MIL. Please pass on my condolences to your husband. x

Thank you MayBee I will do that when he returns tomorrow.

Sorry to hear of your husband's and your loss maddyone it's so tough reconciling what was maybe inevitable with the total disregard of those who should be setting an example. Restrictive visiting of the terminally ill is horrendous, but so many have accepted it as necessary to combat Covid, then we have the village idiot....... I send best wishes and concern to you and your husband at this difficult and extremely sad time. xx

It annoys me to see politicians visiting residents in care homes for a photo opportunity even if they are wearing a mask. My mother went into a care home in April 2020 and I have never been allowed inside her home, I’ve not seen her bedroom, where she eats or watches tv. I can only see her once a week for half an hour after I’ve taken an LFT at the home. I’ve sat in a gazebo, in a tiny pod with a screen between us talking through a microphone or sitting in the reception area with a Carer watching us the whole time.

Yet these people come and go, don’t always wear the ppe I have to and I bet they don’t have a test first.

It’s just not fair!

The hospital has released the e-Mail sent to Johnson outlining the requirement that masks should be worn at all times.

Whitewavemark2

The hospital has released the e-Mail sent to Johnson outlining the requirement that masks should be worn at all times

The day after the hospital photo op Dominic Raab spoke in defence of the PM and said he’d followed the hospital guidance on mask wearing. Maybe he should have checked the facts first before trying to defend the indefensible.

Dickens

theworriedwell

Maybe I dreamt it but I think they showed a clip on the news last night where he was asked to put it on and did. Or it might have been someone handing him the mask.

... which is why I said... "If it's true" and that I never quite believe all I read in the media.

But he certainly was not wearing one in the photo' of him striding along the corridor, nor at the COP26 meeting when he sat next to Attenborough. And he doesn't wear one in the HoC.

Did you know Dr Bell ?

Sorry sorry sorry. Ignore.

Grannynannywanny

Whitewavemark2

The hospital has released the e-Mail sent to Johnson outlining the requirement that masks should be worn at all times

The day after the hospital photo op Dominic Raab spoke in defence of the PM and said he’d followed the hospital guidance on mask wearing. Maybe he should have checked the facts first before trying to defend the indefensible.

Exactly

What I dont understnd is the line of NHS staff greeting him... why did they not react.... hand him a mask.. turn their back to him.. in front of the cameras... make a point.
Personally I would not choose to be in the same room as this bumptious obnoxious man... let alone collude with him in a photo call.

Exactly Fleur.

When Johnson and his entourage came to Somerset his tour was rerouted because of protestors carrying banners saying, amongst other things, 'Go home you fat clown' and 'Tory Policy Kills'. I don't think his advisors were keen on that kind of photo opportunity.

People don't have to meet him and so I must assume that those who do choose to do so or required to do so in the course of their duties.

This should help, if you go into hospital.

How did the Hospital, Staff and patients, choose to do so???

He was clearly told in advance wearing a mask was required at all times during the visit. He repeatedly chose not to wear one, even after being handed a mask and reminded ...

I suppose they must have felt trapped Kali2. They would either have to make a personal protest - which would require a huge amount of courage and perhaps cause them trouble in their job - or just accept the uncomfortable situation. To me they would fall into the category of people who, even if they wanted to walk away, were required to just grit their teeth and stand there in the course of their duties.

To me they would fall into the category of people who, even if they wanted to walk away, were required to just grit their teeth and stand there in the course of their duties.

They didn't have smile, though, did they?