tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post1803854520997167700..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Liam Donaldson: Serial Scaremongering FailureDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-77911523169585332562009-12-12T13:50:04.579+00:002009-12-12T13:50:04.579+00:00hypochondriacs,
That's me, then. Seriously th...<em>hypochondriacs,</em><br /><br />That's me, then. Seriously though, if you'd seen my father about ten years ago, laid up for a fortnight and definitely close to croaking it, you wouldn't be so flippant about 'flu.<br /><br />Having said that, it's definitely the case that this isn't the second coming of 1919's Spanish epidemic that was advertised by the likes of Donaldson. I know a bloke with two forms of cancer - among other ailments - who took it a day or two after his 70th birthday, and he was walking around like nothing had happened in less than a week.Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-66507300654345142672009-12-12T10:09:46.381+00:002009-12-12T10:09:46.381+00:00An attention seeking prick like all politicians. A...An attention seeking prick like all politicians. Appearing on TV is more important to them than any bothersome truth.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-71456595583107473212009-12-12T09:26:14.859+00:002009-12-12T09:26:14.859+00:00Only bad eggs could say such unkind things of a ma...Only bad eggs could say such unkind things of a man who never overcame the stigma of a duck for a parent.MTGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-50533820281536456772009-12-12T03:25:05.042+00:002009-12-12T03:25:05.042+00:00Does he do football predictions?
Only, I could re...Does he do football predictions?<br /><br />Only, I could really do with an additional income from betting with high confidence on the exact opposite of what he says he expects will happen.Rob Farringtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-24461626785467159532009-12-12T02:36:23.928+00:002009-12-12T02:36:23.928+00:00Let's not underplay the seriousness of 'fl...Let's not underplay the seriousness of 'flu - it really does kill people. Surely the point is that Donaldson and his fellow doom mongers kept mentioning Spanish 'Flu killing millions during WW1 and painting a picture of swine 'flu potentially causing havoc, overwhelmed hospitals, mass deaths and deserted cities looking like something out of <i>Twenty Eight Days Later</i>... or possibly Canberra. The reality is that, as Snowdon says, it looked from early on like it was no worse than most other varieties - a few who caught were certainly going to die, but most who caught it were going to feel shit for a week, possibly wishing they'd die, and then get better.<br /><br />@ Captain Ranty and Mark Wadsworth, why not push him off a boat in the NW Pacific somewhere? With luck someone will harpoon the fat prick before he floats back to shore.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-20432175507686807162009-12-11T23:44:25.221+00:002009-12-11T23:44:25.221+00:00Shame the big fat ugly cunt didn't resign as h...Shame the big fat ugly cunt didn't resign as he threatened when he forced the smoking ban through with NO exemptions.<br />I hope he dies a painful lingering death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-71963799154928925502009-12-11T23:18:21.155+00:002009-12-11T23:18:21.155+00:00I had always assumed (along with e.g. Snowdon) tha...I had always assumed (along with e.g. Snowdon) that Swine Flu was just another statist Climate of Fear-type exercise combined with corporatism. This was just a knee jerk sort of feeling, but as usual, I was right.<br /><br />Only one day I'll be wrong, that's the worrying bit.<br /><br />@ CR, you can't drown the fat fucker, he will float any which way up.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-17336718514472321692009-12-11T22:59:31.494+00:002009-12-11T22:59:31.494+00:00You forgot to mention his lead role in pushing for...You forgot to mention his lead role in pushing for the smoking ban, threatening to resign at one point if he didn't get his way.Frank Davishttp://frank-davis.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-37305677267108634332009-12-11T22:15:37.396+00:002009-12-11T22:15:37.396+00:00The man appears to have been totally wrong on just...The man appears to have been totally wrong on just about every health scare since he became the top man. How someone so utterly fucking stupid and inept can become both a professor and a "Sir" must surely be one of the biggest condemnations of both academia and enoblement...Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812765444160924585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-66124239142612553452009-12-11T21:59:46.119+00:002009-12-11T21:59:46.119+00:00Very funny piece. Sadly accurate too.Very funny piece. Sadly accurate too.Laurencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-35099001737865255352009-12-11T21:57:01.950+00:002009-12-11T21:57:01.950+00:00It was obvious from the earliest days that swine f...It was obvious from the earliest days that swine flu was not going to be a major killer. Since it never really took off in Mexico City - one of the world's most crowded metropolises - it was never likely to do so elsewhere. <br /><br />Within a week of the first cases in Mexico, it was clear that swine flu was very contagious but rarely life-threatening. The opposite of SARS, in fact, which Donaldson also generated panic about.<br /><br />The money wasted on this nonsense has been scandalous.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-40038119175771801422009-12-11T21:30:52.930+00:002009-12-11T21:30:52.930+00:00Love it, love it, love it!!
A great piece. I don&...Love it, love it, love it!!<br /><br />A great piece. I don't spose it will stop Sir Liar Donaldson from over-hyping the next big threat to us all.<br /><br />Someone drown the gobshite.<br /><br />Please.<br /><br />CR.Captain Rantyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07839241144954596066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-57988607099087888992009-12-11T20:47:10.670+00:002009-12-11T20:47:10.670+00:00I couldnt agree moreI couldnt agree morethespecialonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514789597629728269noreply@blogger.com