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Hello and welcome to the Spiked podcast Ella Wielin.

I'm Fraser Myers and joining me as ever this week we have Spikes Deputy Editor Tom Slater.

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And Spiked columnist Ella Wheeling.

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Coming up on the show, the media's handling of coronavirus, the

government's contract tracing app, and the turning side against trans activism.

The UK crossed the grim milestone of 20,000 deaths in hospitals.

Look at this moron.

I know you don't like me calling the morons.

But they're morons.

Over a hundred frontline health workers have now died.

Would you accept that that figure is too high?

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