‘Why post this drivel?’: Jeremy Vine is blasted online for performing Craig David song on TikTok as he continues to present his TV show from home while still battling Covid
- The broadcaster posted a video of him dancing to the Craig David song 7 Days
- Speaking on his show today he said he is ‘feeling better’ but still testing positive
- Some viewers were not amused by his antics, with one person calling it ‘drivel’
- It comes a day after he called for vulnerable people to shield as cases increase
Jeremy vine has been blasted online for performing a Craig David song on TikTok as he continues to present his TV show from home while battling Covid.
The broadcaster posted a video of him miming and dancing to the song 7 Days in a humourous clip poking fun at his continued isolation due to the virus.
Speaking on the show, Vine said he was on the mend but still testing positive, and as a result is stuck ‘in the spare room’ until he tests negative.
In the music video Vine dances to the Craig David song, which features the artist singing the days of the week, and he shows the positive Covid tests he recorded on each day.
Speaking on his daily Channel 5 show, Vine said he was on the mend but still testing positive, and as a result is stuck ‘in the spare room’ until he tests negative.
The clip has not gone down well with some viewers, with one branding it ‘drivel’.
One person said: ‘Why can’t everyone just say “I’ve got a ‘cold’ or virus, please steer clear of me while I’m coughing and spluttering”. I’m sure we used to do that. I would never have coughed or sneezed on anyone prior to Covid.’
Another viewer wrote: ‘Why post this drivel?’
Another said: ‘Breaking news – person doesn’t feel well and stays at home til feels better.’
Another posted an image of a fake bottle of ‘Man Up Pills’, claiming they’re ‘The No.1 remedy for Man Flu and other made up illnesses!’
It comes a day after he called for a return to shielding and criticised the Government for playing down concerns about rising numbers.
Speaking earlier today on Jeremy Vine, the presenter he is ‘feeling better’, but still testing positive.
‘I’ve just had a headache for three or four days, and I guess back in the day we would have just called this the lurgy, wouldn’t we?’ he said.
Vine says while he is ‘feeling better’ after having days of headaches, he is still testing positive for the virus
Jeremy Vine shows off his positive Covid test on his Channel 5 show today. The broadcaster is presenting it from home after being struck down by the disease
‘You would’ve been off for one or two days and come into work and coughed over everyone, but now there are all these rules, so now I’ve had another positive test I don’t know whether I’m supposed to stay in this bloomin jail cell or not.’
He went on to urge people who might be ‘vulnerable’ to the virus to be aware it is spreading.
‘Our office has been laid low,’ he said.
‘You can hear my voice is really croaky, so I think if you’re vulnerable this is a time when you might want to take measures, that’s all.
‘But I don’t think we’re ever going to go back to lockdown and loads of masks – masks kills theatres, you can’t have Glastonbury with masks – so I don’t think we’re going to be doing anything other than what we’re doing.
He added he was ‘quite surprised’ at how quickly the virus had spread among people he knew.
‘One speck of virus in our office has knocked out seven people so it is quite contagious,’ he said.
‘I don’t know if this is Omicron or something a little bit more spicy.’
He also hit out at people who he says think taking the vaccine gives you Covid.
‘The vaccine was never going to stop me getting it, it was going to stop me getting very ill and dying,’ he said.
‘And right at the start of the pandemic, 100 yards from my house one of my near neighbours died in April 2020 of the virus.
‘At that point I knew for some people it was going to be a very very serious virus. Post-vaccine we are not seeing that level of hospitalisation and death.’
Yesterday the Channel 5 presenter questioned why vulnerable people aren’t being urged to shield.
In a video posted on Twitter, Vine, 57, said: ‘100 per cent of our presenters have got it. That means there must be a lot of it about.
‘Why isn’t the Government mentioning it? Why isn’t it saying anyone vulnerable, you know, stay indoors?’
Nearly 4million extremely vulnerable people were told they were no longer advised to shield from April 1, as part of No10’s ‘living with Covid’ plan.
Showing his positive lateral flow test to the camera, Vine added: ‘That’s a big red line there, there is a lot of it around.
Covid infections have nearly doubled in a fortnight in England, rising to about 1.4million in the latest week
Admissions have breached 1,000 for the first time in two months but the majority of patients are not primarily ill with Covid
The prevalence of the Omicron subvariants has nearly doubled every week, according to data from the Sanger Institute — one of the UK’s largest Covid surveillance centres. The strains’ combined 57.4 per cent share of infections in the week to June 11 is up from 41.7 per cent in the week to June 4, 21.2 per cent in the week to May 28 and 11 per cent in the week to May 21. Dominant strain BA.2, which was behind nearly all cases when infections hit a record high in March, now accounts for just 41.7 per cent of cases
‘Shouldn’t they [the Government] be saying… just stay in if you are vulnerable, but we’ve not heard a peep. I guess they are just too busy.’
Nationally, Covid infections have nearly doubled in a fortnight in England and more than 1,000 patients are now being admitted with the virus each day.
The Government has said it will monitor the situation ‘very quickly’ but insists it does not plan to reintroduce restrictions.
Ministers and their advisers have taken confidence from the fact only a fraction of Covid patients are primarily admitted because they are unwell due to the virus.
Separate figures show just 20 Britons are dying from the virus each day now.
Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests 1.36million people in England were infected during the week to June 18.
That is 70 per cent more than the 797,000 who were estimated to have had the virus at the very start of June.
No10 closely watching two Covid sub-variants responsible for virus’ recent comeback
Downing Street confirmed it is keeping tabs on the two Omicron variant spin-offs responsible for a recent spike in Covid infections.
Boris Johnson’s official spokesman claimed on Monday the situation was being monitored ‘very closely’ amid early signs that hospitalisations are also starting to rise.
He insisted the Government was not considering imposing further curbs at this point and would stick to its ‘living with Covid’ plan.
‘We are obviously seeing the emergence of two Omicron sub-variants, which is likely the driving cause for the rise in cases,’ the No10 spokesman said.
‘The latest data suggests these are now the dominant strains in the UK. But, so far, vaccination means those rising cases haven’t translated into a rise of severe illness or death with no increase in ICU admissions.’
They added: ‘The key thing for us is vaccination has meant the rise in cases is not translating into ICU admissions and deaths. But we’ve always been clear Covid hasn’t gone away, which is why we have always continue to urge people to come forward and receive vaccinations when they were due them.
‘As you would expect, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) continue to monitor the situation very closely.’
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