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Old 25-01-2022, 17:26   #1474
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
The tone could be far, far better in the second half and he does get into lecture mode which is going to switch people off. He doesn't however call anyone morally repugnant. He says "The argument being made is that only the lives of people with no pre-existing health conditions count. This is obviously repugnant."
In addition to the portion you quoted, his next-to-last tweet in that thread says “I hope it's obvious that that is an utterly repulsive and morally indefensible position.” Given the totality of what he said, I think my brief summary of his position is accurate though I accept reported speech shouldn’t go in quotes, which are reserved for directly quoted speech only.
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