We’re in a very precarious situation right now. With the Covid-19 vaccines looking to be ready for distribution (the UK just approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine), some people are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and relaxing now that we appear to be approaching the endzone. And that’s how lockdown rules get broken.
But the worst offenders are those who never believed in the need for any precautions in the first place. They think that their right to live a comfortable life is more important than the safety of the most vulnerable in society. Case in point, actor Laurence Fox from the UK bragged that he was protecting his rights by having a large group of people over for lunch. He also criticized the NHS.
Fox’s thread caused a lot of heated discussions on Twitter. His supporters and critics clashed online. But it was probably nurse Joanna whose response was the most powerful. In a time of opportunistic and divisive platitudes, Joanna cut straight through the BS to the core of the argument. Have a look at what Fox and Joanna said below.
Actor Laurence Fox publicly stated that he broke lockdown regulations and urged others to do the same. He also had a go at the NHS
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One nurse had a powerful response that showed the reality of what it’s like working at a hospital during the pandemic
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Here’s how some other people responded to Fox’s tweet
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The internet wasn’t kind to Joanna. A lot of Fox’s supporters insulted her and her views
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Joanna works as a Cardio-Thoracic Intensive Care nurse and Bored Panda has reached out to her for a comment. So stay tuned for an update, dear Readers.
Unfortunately, the internet can be a toxic place. After Joanna shared her post, she got a lot of hate. “Got my point across and am experiencing a lot of hate for it. Very overwhelmed. Going to have a bath and watch Schitt’s Creek and wait for this to blow over!” she said.
According to the BBC, the UK has already ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. That’s enough to vaccinate 20 million people (each one gets two shots that are spaced out over time for the vaccine to be effective).
The first 800k doses of the vaccine, which took only 10 months to develop, will be coming to the UK in the upcoming days. The NHS is ready to start vaccinating next week, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock. But we’re not out of the woods yet and it’ll be a long while before regulations like social distancing and wearing face masks go the way of the dodo.
What did you think of Joanna’s post and the situation, dear Pandas? Are any of you living in the UK? If so, would you like to share how you’re handling the lockdown? Let us know in the comment section below.
What I don't get is the "eating meals/going to parties/not wearing a tiny piece of cloth" is more important than dying (or killing) attitude. No one can make that argument, because obviously it isn't true. Then you have the "if I get it, I probably won't die" argument. So either (1) you don't mind being a Typhoid Mary who kills others and/or (2) you don't understand the odds. The death rate runs around 2-4% depending on where you are. So if someone told you, "Sure, you can go out to eat, but before you do you have to play Russian roulette with this gun with a 1 in 25 chance of killing you" would you still be so insistent on getting that roast chicken? And even if for some reason you don't think it's as bad as people say, why take the risk? If I heard a tiger escaped from the zoo and was loose in my county after having killed 5 people, would I say "eh, it's probably exaggerated. It probably only killed 2 people. Time to have a barbecue!" Sorry for the rant, I'm just tired of this.
Typhoid Mary refused to stay out of kitchens and ended up locked up for many, many years in order to protect public health. It is astonishing how many people cannot do a simple risk/reward analysis. The risk is you may catch a disease that can be deadly, painful, and harmful long term. You can give it to your family, friends, and neighbors. They can give it their family, friends, and neighbors. Repeat, again and again. The reward is you get to have one pleasant party. Note that anyone who dies of COVID won't make it to the next party.
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Seems to me that Laurence Fox tweeted himself out of an already mediocre career as actor but profiled himself as the conservative ultra right wing jerk he always was. He once in an interview stated that he would not date women under 35 because they are "primed to believe they are victims." He added that he reckons they're "too woke" and "absolutely bonkers." Laurence also revealed that he felt compelled to end a former relationship because his partner had spoken in favor of a Gillette advert about "toxic masculinity."
Yep, Laurence Fox is really beyond belief. He's trying to start his own political party to 'reclaim British values'. NO we do NOT share his values. Funnily enough we don't actually want to kill people through selfishness. I won't be voting for him and don't know anyone who would.
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ANti-maskers and Anti-vaxers are like drunk drivers. They think the rules don't apply to them, and kill others. Screw 'em. Death rates are "low" but rates of post-infection complications are tracking all over the place ------ and if you think that's not an economic disaster, then think again...
While people complained about being cooped up at home during lockdown, all I could think about was the doctors and nurses who were suddenly over burdened! No matter which country it is, every political party comes to power promising so many things but does very little when it comes to real needs - like improving healthcare system and education system. This pandemic showed how much we needed farmers and doctors and nurses more than anything else. As I sat in my home surrounded by my loved ones, I had so much gratitude for the doctors. His words reek so much of privilege! No doctors and nurses didn't sign up for this. And the day they lift their hands and say "We quit! We can't do this anymore", is when we realize they're our blessing!
Nurses are risking their whole lives and idiot is just spreading covid. These people have problems. You are endangering 1000s of lives. Why?
since when protecting others it,s a violation of your right? typical of priviledge people who had no idea what sacrifice mean. the last great generation are those who had to go to war. those know what sacrifice mean. the rest of us (and i include myself) we have no idea what this mean. we were born in silk and didn't had to fight for what we have today
Lisa - take no notice of the sarabentvelzen comment. It's not a proper account - look at the profile. There is a sleazy link. There are many of these with comments that always include the person's name and then odd additions such as 'like, no. follower, love, +. So not a genuine comment based on yours. 😃 You'll see them all over Bored Panda unfortunately.
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Someone needs to call the crisis hotline and stage an intervention on behalf of the word "freedom" - it's being so horribly abused.
I hope people will boycott this dude's films now. What a disgustingly entitled prick!
TV actor with an non-illustrious and now over acting career.
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His statement "Compliance is violence" is utter rubbish. Wearing a mask and socializing online or on the phone does not compare to physical abuse. I hope he would intervene to save someone from real violence.
Then you really dont understand what a twatweasel Mr Fox really is.
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What a moron! Dumbass! Is it really THAT hard to understand...? Stay safe, stay home, there are three vaccines on their way, it may even start this year - it won't be over in a few weeks, but it will be over within a year or so ... we can get through this without meeting a ton of people every day!
Fox is a self entitled, privileged sociopath. When you reach the point where you think a meal with friends is more important than saving millions of people's lives, you've gone off the sanity scale altogether.
*Sigh* I used to like Laurence Fox. Who knew he was suck a d**kwad?
"...if the NHS can't cope, than the NHS isn't fit...", you f*****g idiot, the NHS can't cope because of POS like you. And you would be the first to scream bloody murder if they would impose stricter guidelines. Mentally unfit people like you are the problem.
Yes, the media does somewhat exxagerate the numbers. But that doesn't make the virus or the death rate any less real and scary. This is a dangerous disease that's killed so many people because of idiots like Fox. Don't be a covidiot. Save lives.
So Laurence Fox doesn't abide social distancing. Fine him. Needs a public shaming The NHS is the one good thing this country has , we lose it and we will all be sorry for having to pay astronomical medical bills.
I have no idea who Fox is, but they deserve to be picking up dogshit at the side of the road for the next 15 years.
A) You have missed very little and B) totally agree!
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Rights and responsibilities are twins. Your rights ends when the right of others begin. People have rights to be protected. Having a failed social distancing exposes everyone to an unseen virus that every person are avoiding for. This is for all the people who still non believers of covid. All good and fun until you're the one who is coughing.
Is he even a good actor? We get a lot of British programs and movies in South Africa, but I do not recognize him?
The show was not much more than mediocre. A spin off from Morse which was good. Iggy is right in that Kevin Whately did a fairly good job with it but Laurence Fox is no more interesting than very bland wallpaper.
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PITY the people posting hate to Joanna...and going to Foxs super-spreader. They all have proven they had TERRIBLE parents who managed to raise selfish narcissistic brats who are now bratty narcissistic selfish adults.
I am an American that watches a lot of television made in the UK. I don't know a lot of the actors real names but I recognize many of the actors from all the different shows or movies I've seen. Needless to say, when I read this article and realized who Lawrence Fox is, I was extremely disappointed. I never knew this guy was such an a-hole. Maybe he is trying to reprise his role as Bernhardt in Island at War.
I'm so sorry that that ignorance we thought was mostly ours from our top down government is also across the pond. I hope when the vaccines become available, Fox is the last in line.
Saying "compliance is violence" while living a white male upper class life in a first world country... can he breath living that far up his own ass?
Perhaps he’s thinking of all the people who are dying unnecessarily due to lock down.
Load More Replies... "English Actor Encourages People To Break Covid Rules, Gets Shut Down By A Nurse" Nope. Let's fixed that headline and make it part of reality: "Nurse indoctrinated by Leftist Ideology triggered by English Actor's Truthbomb gets praised by woke brainlits despite Medical Research proving COVID less dangerous than flu." There. fixed.
Sshhh.... Gustuv, shh. Sigh. Why are there always these weird people who bang on about 'leftist' things as though there is some plot? You don't see people going on about 'rightist' stuff. Honesty, Gustuv, you clearly don't understand very much about what's happening in the world today if this is what you think.
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They don't work because people like you don't follow them.
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What I don't get is the "eating meals/going to parties/not wearing a tiny piece of cloth" is more important than dying (or killing) attitude. No one can make that argument, because obviously it isn't true. Then you have the "if I get it, I probably won't die" argument. So either (1) you don't mind being a Typhoid Mary who kills others and/or (2) you don't understand the odds. The death rate runs around 2-4% depending on where you are. So if someone told you, "Sure, you can go out to eat, but before you do you have to play Russian roulette with this gun with a 1 in 25 chance of killing you" would you still be so insistent on getting that roast chicken? And even if for some reason you don't think it's as bad as people say, why take the risk? If I heard a tiger escaped from the zoo and was loose in my county after having killed 5 people, would I say "eh, it's probably exaggerated. It probably only killed 2 people. Time to have a barbecue!" Sorry for the rant, I'm just tired of this.
Typhoid Mary refused to stay out of kitchens and ended up locked up for many, many years in order to protect public health. It is astonishing how many people cannot do a simple risk/reward analysis. The risk is you may catch a disease that can be deadly, painful, and harmful long term. You can give it to your family, friends, and neighbors. They can give it their family, friends, and neighbors. Repeat, again and again. The reward is you get to have one pleasant party. Note that anyone who dies of COVID won't make it to the next party.
Load More Replies... Seems to me that Laurence Fox tweeted himself out of an already mediocre career as actor but profiled himself as the conservative ultra right wing jerk he always was. He once in an interview stated that he would not date women under 35 because they are "primed to believe they are victims." He added that he reckons they're "too woke" and "absolutely bonkers." Laurence also revealed that he felt compelled to end a former relationship because his partner had spoken in favor of a Gillette advert about "toxic masculinity."
Yep, Laurence Fox is really beyond belief. He's trying to start his own political party to 'reclaim British values'. NO we do NOT share his values. Funnily enough we don't actually want to kill people through selfishness. I won't be voting for him and don't know anyone who would.
Load More Replies... ANti-maskers and Anti-vaxers are like drunk drivers. They think the rules don't apply to them, and kill others. Screw 'em. Death rates are "low" but rates of post-infection complications are tracking all over the place ------ and if you think that's not an economic disaster, then think again...
While people complained about being cooped up at home during lockdown, all I could think about was the doctors and nurses who were suddenly over burdened! No matter which country it is, every political party comes to power promising so many things but does very little when it comes to real needs - like improving healthcare system and education system. This pandemic showed how much we needed farmers and doctors and nurses more than anything else. As I sat in my home surrounded by my loved ones, I had so much gratitude for the doctors. His words reek so much of privilege! No doctors and nurses didn't sign up for this. And the day they lift their hands and say "We quit! We can't do this anymore", is when we realize they're our blessing!
Nurses are risking their whole lives and idiot is just spreading covid. These people have problems. You are endangering 1000s of lives. Why?
since when protecting others it,s a violation of your right? typical of priviledge people who had no idea what sacrifice mean. the last great generation are those who had to go to war. those know what sacrifice mean. the rest of us (and i include myself) we have no idea what this mean. we were born in silk and didn't had to fight for what we have today
Lisa - take no notice of the sarabentvelzen comment. It's not a proper account - look at the profile. There is a sleazy link. There are many of these with comments that always include the person's name and then odd additions such as 'like, no. follower, love, +. So not a genuine comment based on yours. 😃 You'll see them all over Bored Panda unfortunately.
Load More Replies... Someone needs to call the crisis hotline and stage an intervention on behalf of the word "freedom" - it's being so horribly abused.
I hope people will boycott this dude's films now. What a disgustingly entitled prick!
TV actor with an non-illustrious and now over acting career.
Load More Replies... His statement "Compliance is violence" is utter rubbish. Wearing a mask and socializing online or on the phone does not compare to physical abuse. I hope he would intervene to save someone from real violence.
Then you really dont understand what a twatweasel Mr Fox really is.
Load More Replies... What a moron! Dumbass! Is it really THAT hard to understand...? Stay safe, stay home, there are three vaccines on their way, it may even start this year - it won't be over in a few weeks, but it will be over within a year or so ... we can get through this without meeting a ton of people every day!
Fox is a self entitled, privileged sociopath. When you reach the point where you think a meal with friends is more important than saving millions of people's lives, you've gone off the sanity scale altogether.
*Sigh* I used to like Laurence Fox. Who knew he was suck a d**kwad?
"...if the NHS can't cope, than the NHS isn't fit...", you f*****g idiot, the NHS can't cope because of POS like you. And you would be the first to scream bloody murder if they would impose stricter guidelines. Mentally unfit people like you are the problem.
Yes, the media does somewhat exxagerate the numbers. But that doesn't make the virus or the death rate any less real and scary. This is a dangerous disease that's killed so many people because of idiots like Fox. Don't be a covidiot. Save lives.
So Laurence Fox doesn't abide social distancing. Fine him. Needs a public shaming The NHS is the one good thing this country has , we lose it and we will all be sorry for having to pay astronomical medical bills.
I have no idea who Fox is, but they deserve to be picking up dogshit at the side of the road for the next 15 years.
A) You have missed very little and B) totally agree!
Load More Replies... Rights and responsibilities are twins. Your rights ends when the right of others begin. People have rights to be protected. Having a failed social distancing exposes everyone to an unseen virus that every person are avoiding for. This is for all the people who still non believers of covid. All good and fun until you're the one who is coughing.
Is he even a good actor? We get a lot of British programs and movies in South Africa, but I do not recognize him?
The show was not much more than mediocre. A spin off from Morse which was good. Iggy is right in that Kevin Whately did a fairly good job with it but Laurence Fox is no more interesting than very bland wallpaper.
Load More Replies... PITY the people posting hate to Joanna...and going to Foxs super-spreader. They all have proven they had TERRIBLE parents who managed to raise selfish narcissistic brats who are now bratty narcissistic selfish adults.
I am an American that watches a lot of television made in the UK. I don't know a lot of the actors real names but I recognize many of the actors from all the different shows or movies I've seen. Needless to say, when I read this article and realized who Lawrence Fox is, I was extremely disappointed. I never knew this guy was such an a-hole. Maybe he is trying to reprise his role as Bernhardt in Island at War.
I'm so sorry that that ignorance we thought was mostly ours from our top down government is also across the pond. I hope when the vaccines become available, Fox is the last in line.
Saying "compliance is violence" while living a white male upper class life in a first world country... can he breath living that far up his own ass?
Perhaps he’s thinking of all the people who are dying unnecessarily due to lock down.
Load More Replies... "English Actor Encourages People To Break Covid Rules, Gets Shut Down By A Nurse" Nope. Let's fixed that headline and make it part of reality: "Nurse indoctrinated by Leftist Ideology triggered by English Actor's Truthbomb gets praised by woke brainlits despite Medical Research proving COVID less dangerous than flu." There. fixed.
Sshhh.... Gustuv, shh. Sigh. Why are there always these weird people who bang on about 'leftist' things as though there is some plot? You don't see people going on about 'rightist' stuff. Honesty, Gustuv, you clearly don't understand very much about what's happening in the world today if this is what you think.
Load More Replies... They don't work because people like you don't follow them.
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