No-nonsense Maureen, 83, says 'I didn't vote for scientists' as she slams Tier 3

DEFIANT great-gran Maureen Eames has said “I didn’t vote for scientists” – as she slammed Tier 3 restrictions imposed on South Yorkshire.

The no-nonsense nan, 83, told This Morning that she’s “not been in lockdown at all” – and admitted she had suffered symptoms of the deadly bug. 

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The OAP, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, went viral after telling a BBC reporter she "didn't give a sod" about lockdown restrictions on Wednesday.

Speaking via video-call to This Morning hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, the pensioner today claimed the Government should take care of the “vulnerable” and “old” – but allow the rest of the public to act freely.

Maureen also admitted that she had been struck down with symptoms of the bug earlier this year. 

She said: “I had symptoms – a dry cough, pain in my lungs, tired, bleary eyes, terrible headaches. 

“I took paracetamol. Did my yoga and deep breathing and walking and within 10 days I was alright.”

She added: “I might be old but I know how to get up and I know how to live.”

I might be old but I know how to get up and I know how to live

But Maureen said she was careful to follow social distancing regulations when out and about.

The nan continued: “I go out and if I go in a coffee shop I sit the legal distance. In a restaurant I sit at a legal distance.

'"In the places I've been I ask if they've had the virus and they so no because they've been careful.”

Fans of Maureen have even called for the outspoken pensioner to become Prime Minister, but she maintains she “doesn’t want the job”. 

Maureen, a former doctor’s housekeeper, said: “If I was in charge? I don't want Boris' job. He has a difficult job.

"He needs to have people around him to be organised.

“We don't need a lockdown we need businesses up and running so we have a good economy.

"Let's get the economy running again we can't afford it. I don't know how we can pay this money we've borrowed."


It comes after the pensioner told Good Morning Britain that the British public had been “put into doom and gloom” during the first lockdown in March – but this did not stop her leaving the house.

She said: “When we went into lockdown, I went out everyday. I was careful.

“What I can’t understand is that we’re having these lockdowns… but how many of these can we afford?

I’m not going to stay at home. I’m too old

“The people who are going to suffer the most are our young ones and all the unemployed.

“We need to get back to business… If we don’t keep the economy stable then we can’t afford it.”

And the defiant great-gran refused to listen to orders to stay at home, adding: “I’m not going to stay at home. I’m too old.”

Appearing alongside Maureen, husband claimed he had lived through six pandemics, and said the only difference between the coronavirus and the others was “government interference”. 

But this claim was later laughed off by Dr Sarah Jarvis, who replied: “Unless you’re both over 101, you have never lived through one like this.”

 

Maureen also hit out at government scientists, claiming that the Prime Minister should "get rid" of his chief advisers on the pandemic.

She added: “I didn’t vote for Mr Whitty, and I wish that Minister Hancock would stop saying things that are foolish. 

“We need Boris to get people around him who know what needs to be done."

Responding to Maureen’s claims, Dr Sarah Jarvis said scientists had “underestimated” the effect of the first lockdown on the public’s mental health – but stressed the number of lives it had saved.

The GP added that, while Maureen may have survived the bug, she was “500 times more likely to die from coronavirus”, and remained “very vulnerable” at the age of 83.

Dr Jarvis also said that, without a lockdown, the NHS risked being overwhelmed – meaning further deaths from other diseases such as cancer and stroke.

It comes as a Tier 3 lockdown is set to be implemented in South Yorkshire tomorrow, meaning that pubs and cars which can't serve food will have to shut their doors along with soft play areas, betting shops and casinos.

Gyms and leisure centres can stay open – as it was confirmed that they will reopen in Liverpool after being ordered to shut.

As in Tier 2, people will be unable to mix inside with other households – unless they are part of a support bubble.

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People will be advised not to travel in or out of the region unless it's essential – and to try and stay off public transport if they can.

It comes as another 21,242 Brits tested positive for coronavirus yesterday – a drop of 5,000 on the previous day's total.

Despite that, cases have risen 12 per cent week-on-week – with Wednesday seeing 26,688 positive tests.

 

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