{"id":620,"date":"2020-12-29T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-in-the-birmingham-mail-birmingham-doctor-breaks-down-as-he-condemns-killer-misinformation-around-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-12-29T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T15:45:00","slug":"dauk-in-the-birmingham-mail-birmingham-doctor-breaks-down-as-he-condemns-killer-misinformation-around-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-in-the-birmingham-mail-birmingham-doctor-breaks-down-as-he-condemns-killer-misinformation-around-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUK in the Birmingham Mail: Birmingham doctor breaks down as he condemns ‘killer’ misinformation around Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

People will die because of this misinformation, this rubbish being written and shared by people. I can tell you, this pandemic is killing people round the corner from you. It is real.<\/p>Dr David Nicholl, DAUK<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A doctor working in hospitals in Sandwell and Birmingham<\/a> today broke down as he spoke of the desperate pressures facing frontline staff across the region – and hit out at the ‘dangerous rubbish’ spouted by those still playing down the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr David Nicholl, a consultant neurologist at hospitals in the city, also spoke of his anger that people were still failing to follow basic guidance around masks and social distancing – all while NHS staff were fighting to save lives, putting in desperately long shifts and ‘running on empty’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“People will die because of this misinformation, this rubbish being written and shared by people. I can tell you, this pandemic is killing people round the corner from you. It is real,” said Dr Nicholl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Nicholl, who has worked in Sandwell and Birmingham for nearly 20 years, spoke out in his capacity as a doctors’ representative for Doctors’ Association UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said it was “more than frustrating” that he was continuing to see people ‘relaxed’ about following the guidance or downplaying its severity, while celebrity commentators spread misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see someone highly paid like Julia Hartley-Brewer, sharing misinformed posts from her beach in Antigua, making dangerous comments – it is more than galling. These people are killing people – people will die because they believe this misinformation.<\/p>

I personally find it very upsetting.<\/p>

I see the impact, on our Covid wards and non Covid wards, every shift – I see how it affects people first hand; a colleague of mine is on a ventilator right now. I get really angry to read this kind of rubbish, and to see it persisting and getting traction.<\/p>

The silence is leaving a vacuum – people are entitled to know what is happening. People need to know people are dying round the corner from them, and that they must follow the guidance. We are in a very difficult situation.<\/p>

The new variant (of coronavirus) is a game changer – it is more transmissable and will soon overtake us. The vaccine is a fantastic development but the programme is going to take months to roll out and we need to do all we can to save lives in the meantime.”<\/p>

We will get through this, we always do, but the NHS is under huge pressure. I worry so much about my colleagues – their own safety and well being is being tested to the limit.”<\/p>Dr David Nicholl, DAUK<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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