{"id":60102,"date":"2021-11-12T07:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T07:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=60102"},"modified":"2021-11-12T07:04:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T07:04:55","slug":"it-is-but-a-short-step-from-the-telegraphs-article-on-children-dying-from-covid-to-something-very-sinister-indeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2021\/11\/12\/it-is-but-a-short-step-from-the-telegraphs-article-on-children-dying-from-covid-to-something-very-sinister-indeed\/","title":{"rendered":"It is but a short step from The Telegraph\u2019s article on children dying from Covid to something very sinister indeed."},"content":{"rendered":"

I am far from alone in being horrified by the Telegraph article and headline, summarised in the Tweet:<\/p>\n

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The reality is that 108 children have died of Covid. Not six. It\u2019s just that the other 102 had conditions like asthma, or eczema. And so, apparently, they do not count.<\/p>\n

Prof Alice Roberts summarised what must have been the thoughts of many:<\/p>\n

\"\"That is exactly what it feels like.<\/p>\n

Do we really now live in a country where there are the \u2018pure\u2019, who are fit and healthy, who are valued and whose perpetuation is to be encouraged, and \u2018the others\u2019, to whom we are indifferent?<\/p>\n

It is but a short step from The Telegraph\u2019s article to something very sinister indeed.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s right to call out fascism where it is seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am far from alone in being horrified by the Telegraph article and headline, summarised in the Tweet: The reality is that 108 children have
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