Katie Hopkins has accused NHS workers of “pratting about” during the coronavirus pandemic.The commentator has taken aim at front-line staff who have been enjoying brief breaks from their important work and taking part in light-hearted dance routines. She spoke out in a Twitter video after staff working at various hospitals, including some at Leeds General Infirmary, shared videos of their dances online. She said: “A quick message to the doctors and nurses who are putting on co-ordinated dance routines for TikTok and other social media platforms: Please could you bloody well stop it? “Could you just stop pratting about in wards, in hospitals, in full PPE and just focus on trying to be a professional? “Number one, your dancing about doesn’t really help us. We see that you’re having a lovely time at work and we respect the fact that you’ve still gone to work, but frankly, at this point many of us would like to go back to work in order to earn money, in order to feed our families. “Number two, we’re told that PPE is in short supply, yet you seem to be wearing it to do your dance spectaculars. I don’t quite understand how that works out. “Number three, if you could stop using expensive bits of kit as your dance routine props, that would be appreciated. “It’s the British taxpayer that’s paying for the kit you’re dancing on and is not allowed access to it, because frankly at British hospitals, if you haven’t got corona, you’re not coming in.” She also asked staff to “spare a thought” for people who are “desperate and dying to get into hospital” but are waiting for treatment.
Coronavirus and NHS Music Part 1
