BBC Article
Matt Hancock, British health official, created ways to artificially frighten citizens. Texts reveal he asked an advisor: "When do we deploy the new variant." Because he wanted the best strategy for frightening "the pants off everyone with the new strain".
Of course anyone who accused health officials of fearmongering were shouted down as science deniers, grandma killers, etc.
Matt Hancock, British health official, created ways to artificially frighten citizens. Texts reveal he asked an advisor: "When do we deploy the new variant." Because he wanted the best strategy for frightening "the pants off everyone with the new strain".
Of course anyone who accused health officials of fearmongering were shouted down as science deniers, grandma killers, etc.