{"id":64689,"date":"2021-05-11T16:54:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T20:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=64689"},"modified":"2021-05-11T16:56:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T20:56:37","slug":"british-doctors-now-warning-brits-against-hugging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=64689","title":{"rendered":"<b>British Doctors Now Warning Brits Against Hugging<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Government, Doctors Warn Brits Against Hugging Even After Restrictions Lifted<\/h1>\n<h3>Concerns \u201cthat the public could go too far.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><!--more-->Paul Joseph Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT News<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64690\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64690\" class=\"wp-image-64690 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/100521hugging1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/100521hugging1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/100521hugging1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/100521hugging1-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Werner via Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The government and medical experts are urging Brits to be cautious when hugging other people even after lockdown measures are eased next week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From May 17th, Brits will be \u2018permitted\u2019 by the government to meet with a total of 6 people indoors.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite people being legally allowed to congregate inside for the first time in nearly 6 months, rules on close contact and hugging have remained largely undefined.<\/p>\n<p>Leaks from within government this morning indicate that Brits will be urged to restrict themselves to \u201ccautious cuddling,\u201d reflecting concerns \u201cthat the public could go too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1391634390829215744&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F05%2F10%2Fgovernment-doctors-warn-brits-against-hugging-even-after-restrictions-lifted%2F&amp;sessionId=3408f155beb2754b6f22dcfb4b822f3e5af274a7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1391634390829215744\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>God forbid a Grandma who has possibly a year or two to live would be able to hug her own grandchildren for the first time in a year. What a dangerous concept.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s \u201ccautious cuddling\u201d narrative was immediately amplified by arch lockdown advocate Dr Hilary Jones, who appeared on Good Morning Britain to suggest people should refrain from hugging altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are in hugging range and you\u2019re touching somebody, and your face is right next to their\u2019s, you are gonna be breathing the breath that they are exhaling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1391631602573262853&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F05%2F10%2Fgovernment-doctors-warn-brits-against-hugging-even-after-restrictions-lifted%2F&amp;sessionId=3408f155beb2754b6f22dcfb4b822f3e5af274a7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1391631602573262853\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now it might be a mistake, because we have got these new variants, we\u2019ve still got 2,000 cases that we know about every day, probably a lot more that we\u2019re not testing for, so it is still time to be cautious,\u201d added Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Deepti Gurdasani also appeared on the same show to claim that new variants of the virus should lead to government to \u201creconsider easing of restrictions,\u201d including hugging.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1391644207232729089&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F05%2F10%2Fgovernment-doctors-warn-brits-against-hugging-even-after-restrictions-lifted%2F&amp;sessionId=3408f155beb2754b6f22dcfb4b822f3e5af274a7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1391644207232729089\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>COVID deaths have virtually disappeared and cases are at their lowest since last summer, but the medical establishment is loathe to even let Brits think they can consider going back to normal.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the entire notion that the government should have any say on whether or not you\u2019re allowed to hug your own family members and friends inside your own home is completely ludicrous.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that\u2019s more insane is that anyone would care or adhere to such stupid rules, but given that the vast majority of the British population has been terrorized by exaggerated COVID propaganda for over a year, most of them slavishly comply.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/05\/10\/government-doctors-warn-brits-against-hugging-even-after-restrictions-lifted\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/05\/10\/government-doctors-warn-brits-against-hugging-even-after-restrictions-lifted\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government, Doctors Warn Brits Against Hugging Even After Restrictions Lifted Concerns \u201cthat the public could go too far.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}