‘A merry Christmas could mean you bury your family in January’: Scientists issue stark warning to Boris Johnson that festive visits to loved ones could KILL them as pressure piles on the PM to let families know what they CAN plan for December

Letting Britain have a near-normal Christmas would only ‘throw fuel on the fire’ and put older generations in harms way, top scientists warned today as a minister admitted that Number 10 ‘doesn’t want to be grinches’ by cancelling festive celebrations but must ‘protect lives’. Downing Street is mulling over whether to allow up to four different households to mix together for five days over the Christmas period — from December 24 to 28 — at the cost of a 25-day lockdown. But Professor Gabriel Scally, a public health expert at Bristol University, today slammed the proposals, warning there was ‘no point’ in having a very merry Christmas only to ‘then bury friends and relations in January and February’. He added that the festive period is ‘too dangerous a time and opportunity for the virus to spread’. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace argued he did not want to be the ‘Grinch that stole Christmas’ but insisted the Government was also aiming to ‘protect lives’. He said: ‘Come December 2 the decisions will be made that we will try and get that balance right, but ultimately we will try and make sure we protect our NHS and safeguard lives.’ Pressure is mounting on Downing Street… Read full this story

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