Matt Hancock has admitted “do not resuscitate orders” were “wrongly applied” during Covid and should be “reviewed” – but defended lockdown and said its supporters need to unite to defeat sceptics. The Telegraph has the story.
The former Health Secretary told the Covid Inquiry the practice [of DNRs] had been used inappropriately during the crisis, denying people access to potentially life-saving treatment.
He also suggested the U.K. should lock down faster in the event of a future pandemic, despite concerns over the impact of the “medieval” measures.
“Do not resuscitate” (DNR) orders, which instruct doctors not to attempt CPR if a patient’s heart or breathing stops, are generally only supposed to be drawn up with the clear agreement of the person in question.
But concerns were raised during the crisis that blanket DNRs had been imposed on vulnerable people without their consent.
Giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry on Friday, Mr. Hancock said it was “obvious” the orders had been “wrongly applied” in some circumstances and backed an investigation into their use during the pandemic.
The former Health Secretary was asked whether he would support a “systemic review” of all DNR notices put in place in early 2020.
He replied: “I certainly think a review like that should be looked at because it’s obvious that there were cases when DNR notices were wrongly applied. And I think the issue of consent is so important here.” …
Critics have raised questions about whether the benefits of lockdowns outweighed the impact on economic growth, children’s education and people’s mental health.
But Mr. Hancock suggested the U.K. should act even faster in the event of a future pandemic, telling the inquiry: “There needs to be a national debate, in my view, about how we respond immediately.”
He said: “The absolute number one thing that we can do to avoid this sort of trauma for NHS staff is to bring in lockdown measures early in response to a pandemic-level pathogen.
“And I think that those who understand the consequence of waiting before bringing in measures that are going to be necessary need to unite to win that argument.
“There are still people making the argument that lockdown wasn’t necessary, or in future we should try to do without it.
“I think that is false, wrong and dangerous, and the case needs to continue to be made so that should a pandemic-potential pathogen [hit us], which could happen at any time, we’re ready.”
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What he is cannot be named without falling foul of the censor. But take his name, and add a ‘d’ and an ‘on’ in the middle, and you’ll probably get the gist.
The absolute number one thing we can do is make sure that the death provoking consequences of SARS-Cov-2 are correctly treated. I wonder how many of those who died actually got that treatment before being put on the DNR list. I suspect an audit would be impossibly difficult to conduct, even retrospectively. As for Mr H’s views on lockdowns a good word to describe them is blinkered.
i am still waiting for the evidence of clinicians who got it right to be published. The current phase of the Inquiry is hearing from the clinically illiterate; as I am not being called, my evidence remains invisible except, of course, to readers of the Daily Sceptic.
He is the face of our negligence. Thomas Jefferson said that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. The very fact that such a specimen was elected to represent tens of thousands. Selling a contract to his landlord for PPE. This is more an idictment on us rather than him. In Jungian terms he is our shadow and that is why we hate him.
Was there ever a more loathsome man.
Probably gets a bung
Knob.
A very, very dangerous man, incapable of admitting wrong, attacking those who dissented, desperate to cover up and protect his ego. He would not be out of place in Keir Starmers group. A tyrant, and a misanthrope.
Stick to eating Kangaroo bollocks Matt
Blood on his hands.
I thank god every day that Donald Trump won the election and is nominating educated, bright experts in healthcare rather than people like this man. Dear gb, the inquiry is a clown show. Simply ask for your hard earned money back. You have had enough of the clown show, I mean “enquiry” which, appears to have been rigged since day one. How sad it is that this gov’t wastes your money right in front of your eyes. And gets away with it.
People like him should be locked up permanently, they are a danger to society, and he can argue about “sceptics” all he wants but time has proven again and again how this “virus” was not the danger portrayed except to those whom would be vulnerable to any respiratory illness, how many deaths does he want on his hands?.
And we know that Ivermectin and HCQ are successful in treating covid meaning that there is no need to have the unsafe and ineffective covax just as a supressed study showing how they cause sudden death has finally been published.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Thomas Sowell
We have an abundance of proof of this nowadays. Hancock, has not and will not suffer enough for his incompetence and complete lack of humanity or humility. Promoted way above his intelligence.
It is clear that the issue is not resolved. With this kind of rhetoric another lockdown could happen, although we cannot afford it, it is a fallacy to think it works and lockdowns cause tremendous harm.
I listened to Tim Spector interview on the Covid pandemic 5 years on.
A limited hangout if I ever heard one:
https://open.substack.com/pub/myrauk/p/5-years-after-covid-what-have-we?r=ylgqf&utm_medium=ios
None of these Odious Bastards like Wancock were doing their own thing , they were working to a script!
I wonder if he has ever heard of a place called Sweden?
It seems not being in NATO may have played a part in their sticking to the proper procedures.
For lockdown defender read Charlatan
At the time he seemed like the most loathsome creature ever. Until Javid. And then Zahari. Now he can’t even hold a candle in repugnance to Starmer/Blair (the root of much evil)/Miliband and Cooper. I can’t summon up the energy to hate Reeves because I consider her an over-promoted fake given too much responsibility and I doubt the budget policies are her ideas.
It’s useful to be reminded of this particular jerk and the power he exercised over us, and how far he fell from grace. How eagerly I await the fate of the current crop of imposters.
If this constitutes hate speech then I’m due for a very long time in the slammer. Which reminds me: I can think of a long line of Judges who need to face some natural justice.
Matty Handoncock – one of the great covid success stories. Unfortunately he was sacked before doing even greater damage. In years to come he’ll be thought of in the same light as Robin Hood, Captain Starlight, Jimmy Savile and other English legends
Evil never admits fault.
Nice coat – Lord Alli again?
I cant even begin to explain my contempt for this bloke…
I simply couldn’t find the words…
I remember reading a letter from Hancock where he was stating his gratitude to France giving up its supply of Midazolam to the UK. There was even an interview online where he talked about it This is not a happy party drug it is a powerful benzodiazapine which in concert with morphine can bring about cessation of respiration.
OK Hancock, how many died because of this? Name a figure.
What has happened to his neck?
Looks like a Sontaran, same as Lammy. Though that’s an insult to Sontarans – an honourable and courageous race.
Lockdown earlier and harder was the pre-determined outcome of the inquiry, and damage to the economy is entirely due to Brexit and Tory rule. What a waste of £200m.
My favourite exposure of the criminal lockdown scam is this by Roddy Duncan: https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/we-both-know-this-has-never-been-about-saving-lives-boris/.
I am sure I must have read the above article at the time but it is certainly well worth reading again. The sheer venom and anger employed by the author is absolutely wonderful.
Thanks for that, I’d forgotten about that article and the ‘coincidence’ of the variants from Astra Zeneca test countries!
Gimlet eyes on a face like a smacked arse. Degradation unbound like feigning tears when the poson death jab was ready. I will be your toilet now use me I will go as low as you want. Dirty and sinister, corrupt and depraved. A man who loves corpses.
From https://denisrancourt.ca/:
Objective harm analysis proves that the “pandemic” global-response structure should be dismantled.
The said structure is a political instrument for globalism, colonialism, and publicly-funded Pharma mega profits, disconnected from reality for viral respiratory diseases.
The pandemic responses have been unjustified and harmful disasters.
Furthermore, looking at all-cause mortality by time (by day, week or month), across all nations with seasonal winter-burden deaths, since WWII, the declared “pandemics” are not statistically different from the “non-pandemics”, which is a hard scientific fact.
I conclude that “pandemic” is a fictitious phenomenon, a word used to instil fear and to manipulate for power and profit.
Denis Rancourt 9 July 2021
This man should be in prison
“Matthew Stanley Hancock, you have been found guilty of the charges brought by this court, and it is now my duty to pass sentence.
You are an habitual criminal, who accepts deaths in the electorate as an occupational hazard, and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner.
We therefore feel constrained to commit you to the maximum term allowed for these offences.
The sentence of this court is that you will be taken from here to the place from whence you came and there be kept in close confinement until Friday, and upon that day that you be taken to the place of execution and there hanged by the neck until you are dead.
And may God show no mercy upon your soul.”
Absolutely superb.
Quality. 👍👍👍
With apologies to “Porridge”, of which the archive footage is currently being broadcast by BBC4 weekly.
I can’t find the video but there was a meeting with Hancock where a heckler was trying to get an answer as to who was patient zero, to which Mat had no answer.
Bat woman. Chyna. Wuhuan. Live bat. Wet market. She eats it. Non-existing ‘virus’ ingested. She has sex with the entire city. Spreads. Lover flies to Italy. Pandemic. Lockdown. Diapers. Stabbies. $cience. $o much $cience. Can’t keep up.
Good news in a way, I hope. In order to ‘unite’ against the sceptics, the lockdowners will have to provide some evidence and challenge ours. Discussing it will help bring it into the open. Interesting that he raised this at the Inquiry (or was it just a press release afterwards?); I assume the Inquiry questioned what pro-lockdown evidence he had? Nah, thought not.
As for the DNRs: the word evil springs to mind. Surely the Inquiry must question what the results of those were?
Past experience suggests that “uniting against the sceptics” means shouting that there’s a consensus. No evidence needed for that.