Families sharing Christmas dinner create “perfect conditions” for coronavirus to spread, a professor of psychology has warned.
Professor Stephen Reicher, from the University of St Andrews, told Times Radio on Saturday: “Christmas is a gift to the virus.
“If you want the perfect conditions for the spread of the virus it would be to be indoors, somewhere that wasn’t well ventilated, somewhere which was crowded, somewhere where there’s alcohol so that we forget our inhibitions, and that describes perfectly the Christmas dinner.”
His comments came on the last weekend ahead of the planned temporary easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.
Families sharing Christmas dinner create “perfect conditions” for coronavirus to spread, a professor of psychology has warned.
Professor Stephen Reicher, from the University of St Andrews, told Times Radio on Saturday: “Christmas is a gift to the virus.
“If you want the perfect conditions for the spread of the virus it would be to be indoors, somewhere that wasn’t well ventilated, somewhere which was crowded, somewhere where there’s alcohol so that we forget our inhibitions, and that describes perfectly the Christmas dinner.”
His comments came on the last weekend ahead of the planned temporary easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.
Families sharing Christmas dinner create “perfect conditions” for coronavirus to spread, a professor of psychology has warned.
Professor Stephen Reicher, from the University of St Andrews, told Times Radio on Saturday: “Christmas is a gift to the virus.
“If you want the perfect conditions for the spread of the virus it would be to be indoors, somewhere that wasn’t well ventilated, somewhere which was crowded, somewhere where there’s alcohol so that we forget our inhibitions, and that describes perfectly the Christmas dinner.”
His comments came on the last weekend ahead of the planned temporary easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.
Families sharing Christmas dinner create “perfect conditions” for coronavirus to spread, a professor of psychology has warned.
Professor Stephen Reicher, from the University of St Andrews, told Times Radio on Saturday: “Christmas is a gift to the virus.
“If you want the perfect conditions for the spread of the virus it would be to be indoors, somewhere that wasn’t well ventilated, somewhere which was crowded, somewhere where there’s alcohol so that we forget our inhibitions, and that describes perfectly the Christmas dinner.”
His comments came on the last weekend ahead of the planned temporary easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.
Christmas dinner creates perfect conditions for Covid to spread, warns top doc
Brits could be heading for a complete disaster after the Christmas period if families from different parts of the country flock to spend the festive season together, Professor Stephen Reicher, from the University of St Andrews, told Times Radio
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