Fury as Brits STILL ignore calls to stay out of pubs during coronavirus crisis
REVELLERS are still flocking to pubs across the country despite pleas for social distancing to avoid the spread of deadly coronavirus.
Pictures have shown boozed-up Brits spilling out of clubs and bars as they continue to flout government advice and put each other at risk.
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The pub-goers have been slammed on social media after cases of rose to 3,269 yesterday with 144 deaths in the UK.
Others have called for Boris Johnson to close pubs while the disease continues to spread so Brits have no choice but to practice social distancing.
One user wrote: “Shocking isn’t it!? Some London pubs are packed. Dangerous irresponsible idiocy.”
Another fumed: “People aren’t exercising social distancing, bars are packed! Please Boris, for the love of God… and your people… shut the pubs!”
While another said: “Local pub packed …. not a brain cell in there. But PM won’t tell them that. Because he’s one of them.”
NHS Intensive Care consultant Jack has also slammed those continuing to socialise outside.
He told LBC: “If you go to a pub, somebody who gets the infection that you may have, but within 10 people they’ll be people who’ll be dead.
“Anyone who goes for a mother’s day thing, to somebody’s pub, it’s beyond immoral.
“This will not stop unless we stop going out and infecting other people. I’m furious.”
The medic continued: “When I’m hearing people saying ‘I’m just going to go the pub and it’s Mother’s Day. I don’t care.’
“That I’m afraid is killing people. It will kill people. And not just kill people, people who survive it could be respiratorily crippled for the rest of their lives.
“You may not die, but you may not get back to how you were.”
Britain’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has warned young people they would not “breeze through” coronavirus.
He said: “It is clear that children get this disease much less strongly than adults, I think the data on that is pretty strong now, and it certainly is the case that the majority of those that end up dying sadly are people who tend to be either in the later part of their lives, usually quite elderly, or those with pre-existing health conditions.
“But there are also some young people who have ended up in intensive care or who have ended up with severe disease around the world. I think it’s important that we don’t give the impression that every single person who is young and healthy is just going to breeze through this.”
The government’s chief scientific adviser has also begged young adults to swerve the pub as the UK can’t beat the disease if they flout the rules.
And Sir Patrick Vallance said “mixing” in bars and restaurants “needs to stop” because it is allowing the virus to rampage through Britain.
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It comes as the Queen and the PM yesterday urged the UK to unite and behave responsibly to beat coronavirus within 12 weeks.
In a passionate plea, Boris Johnson said the bug can be “sent packing” if the public follow the strict new rules.
He urged the nation: Don’t go to the pub, work from home and wash your hands.”
But the PM again refused to rule out shutting pubs and restaurants to try to stop the spread – and made no hint as to whether it was on the way soon.
“We will do it very much by the science and whether we think the advice given is working,” he said.
“If we feel if it isn’t working and we need to bring in tougher measures… nothing is ruled out.”
His comments came just an hour after the Queen told Brits we must all “play our part” and not be selfish as the UK faces its biggest challenge since World War Two.
St Patrick’s Day drinkers were snapped packing out bars across Britain this week just hours after the government advice was issued.
Students flooded pubs in Newcastle wearing green merchandise along with face masks.
And tourists in Ireland’s capital dressed up in green and posed outside bars despite the Irish government’s complete closure of bars and pubs across the country.
