Covid rulebreakers have 'blood on their hands' and are to blame for increasing pressure on hospitals
Covid deniers and those who refuse to wear face masks have “blood on their hands” a leading consultant has said as the number of deaths continued to surge.
Professor Hugh Montgomery, a consultant at University College Hospital in London, said people who failed to follow the rules were “killing people” without even realising it.
He said he was extremely angry with some members of the public, insisting that if they wore masks and washed their hands as instructed the virus would not be as bad as it is.
His comments came as the latest figures showed there had been a further 964 Covid-19 deaths.
Professor Montgomery said: “We can't blame the Government, we can't blame the Tier system. This is people behaving badly.
“I'm just very angry about this. If we were wearing masks, washing hands, this virus would not be as it is. Anyone who doesn't wear their mask – they have blood on their hands.
“They are spreading this virus, then other people will spread it and people will die. They won't know they've killed people, but they have.”
The number of new infections recorded yesterday topped 50,000 for the third day running, but ICU specialists warned things would get even worse over the next two weeks.
Dr Zudin Puthucheary, a London consultant, and a member of the Intensive Care Society, said; “It takes about ten or 14 days after we have seen he positive Covid cases for patients to become critically ill so we are not anticipating a peak in our Covid numbers in intensive care for at least another couple of weeks.
“This is just the build up, we haven't even begun or got into the main problem yet, this is the build up.”
