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  1. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

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    In hospital after testing positive for Covid.

    Obviously I wish him all the best, but I lost quite a lot of respect when they went off to the Caribbean in the middle of a global pandemic. Surely with a 100 year old relative you keep them safe and don’t risk them getting the virus? Made a mockery of all that everyone has sacrificed in my opinion.

     
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    I didn't lose any respect for him. He seems a lovely man but dependent on other people in his family, that no doubt made a lot of the decisions on his behalf.
     
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    That’s a valid point. I lost respect for his family, not for him.
     
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    I feel for the man but, Barbados? Really? Can't get my head round that.

    Edit. The family really need to take a long look at themselves.
     
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    He's 100. If I was 100 and faced with the choice between a trip to the Caribbean or staying locked down in the UK I'd take the Caribbean option, even if you told me that you'd shoot me the second I disembarked the return flight.
     
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    Not sure I'd fancy the plane journey at that age in all honesty.
     
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    But it makes a mockery of all that everyone has sacrificed in the last 12 months in my opinion. It’s just not what they should have done.

    I feel the same way about these reports of the elderly that have just received their vaccines already planning their summer holidays abroad.
     
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    I have no problem with it to be honest. They haven't got long left, Covid or no Covid. If they want to enjoy themselves then go for it.
     
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    I can bet the ICU he is now in certainly does not see it that way.
     
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    No harm in planning holidays gives them something to look forward to but probably can't go anyway.
     
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    Hope he pulls through he's one of the heroes of the pandemic. Not a fan of his family though taking him abroad during a pandemic when he's high risk which the press let them off doing by not mentioning it, whilst keep going on about reality TV types in Dubai. I think a lot of what he does he is pushed in to doing for his daughter who I think likes the attention and probably sees pound signs. I reckon one day when he passes she will start a charity in his "memory" where she can put herself in a high paid director role.
     
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    So everyone should suffer so they can have a jolly? F**k that

    Fortunately I think the vast majority of the elderly aren't that selfish
     
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    Will everyone be suffering in the summer? Any ill feeling just feels a bit spiteful. The old people didn't demand that us younger lot be locked up.
     
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    Yes I think they will. I can see millions suffering for years due to this.
     
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    Just read, he's not in ICU, oops. Still not a good idea to expose a 100year old & put the NHS under more strain.
     
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    They already have. She’s not listed as a director though so I don’t know if she’s taking any money out.

    https://captaintom.org
     
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    How long ago did he go to the Caribbean?
     
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    Was there over Christmas I believe. Not sure when they came back.
     
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    Captain Tom's daughter took him to the Caribbean.

    Jamaica?

    No, it was her decision.


    Thanks, I'm here all week.
     
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    Yes he spent Christmas out there.

    I hadn't realised before that the timing of his holiday ties up with how long he's been receiving treatment for symptoms
     
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