Omicron Party!

London Calling

Ricochet

News, Politics

4.4 • 975 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This afternoon in the House, Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced that community transmission of the new Omicron variant has taken hold in England. So far, this version seems to be relatively mild, which leads us to wonder why, instead of trying to suppress infection from Omicron, why aren’t we holding Omicron parties? And speaking of parties, James and Toby also question the government’s new... Source

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0:00.0	This is London Calling.
0:02.0	London Calling.
0:04.0	Madam Deputy Speaker, with permission, I'd like to make a statement on the pandemic.
0:08.0	The Omicron variant is continuing to spread here and around the world.
0:12.0	This includes cases with no links to
0:15.0	international travel so we can conclude that there is now community
0:19.3	transmission across multiple regions of England. This is a global battle and we are playing a leading role.
0:27.0	Welcome to London calling with me James Delling Park and my very good friend Mr Toby
0:38.9	young Tops have I won my bet yet No, I don't think you have.
0:44.0	Not yet, James.
0:45.0	You may yet, but...
0:46.0	Because...
0:48.0	I don't think you have. At the time of recording...
0:50.0	By Monday evening, I thought that the dreadful Sajid Javid was going to announce some
0:58.4	thing. Is that not happening? Oh, I've been preoccupied with other matters.
1:05.0	I'm not across that.
1:08.0	Ah, well, have you been shooting by any jokes?
1:12.0	I was actually shooting on Saturday. Have you been shooting by the jobs?
1:12.8	I was actually shooting on Saturday.
1:16.5	Javid to give COVID update on, I began that it's Omicron, not Omicron. In America it's Omicron not omicron in America it's omicron but in the UK it's omicron
1:26.2	it's interesting that you're having this this discussion because I had a discussion with one of my offspring who I think briefly did Greek at some
1:36.5	pos school and I think his pronunciation was omicron whereas I think my pronunciation is a micron
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