Irresponsible and reckless : Councillor blasted after saying covid coverage was scaremongering
The For Britain Movement representative was shut down by fellow councillors for the misleading and bang out of order remarks
09:00, 20 DEC 2020
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Cllr Karen King, De Bruce ward representative, made the comments while debating a motion around helping schools tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
She said: “I think if you want to help the kids in Hartlepool schools then I would encourage them to turn off the TV.
“If you look at mainstream media they are totally ramping up the fear factor for Covid for a virus which has a low number of cases and a low death rate, so I think you need to stop exposing kids to all this scaremongering.
“The second issue I have is that I think if you’re going to help these kids then we need to oppose the tier system that the Government has implemented.”