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Opening: sound check, Covid recovery, a spoof of the lockdown announcement
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machinesummary, machine-writtenHousekeeping: Mufti Abu Layth reports on his Covid recovery, plays a spoof of the UK lockdown announcement and mocks the vaccine promises.
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Mufti Abu Layth does a sound check on YouTube and Facebook and says it is exactly three weeks since he caught Covid: a residual cough remains, but today he felt strength return and did push-ups. He plays a spoof of a Boris Johnson press conference announcing absurd figures, then jokes that the message could have been put simply as stay at home. He says the UK has gone into a full lockdown again until mid-February or March, that nobody seems to know what is going on, and that he hopes everyone is simply given the vaccine. He mocks the government's promise of a hundred million vaccines by the end of the year when it has not even a hundred thousand.
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All right people. All right. for
as always. All right. So, as always, let me check that you guys can actually hear what the hell I'm on about. So, first of all, let me do a sound check as always. Frank the ant abbe.
What's he on about? I'm not flirting. What's going on in these comments? Right. So, what's going down? Salah, you're doing it. Zeba, as always, you're doing it. Ina Hussein Mente Aerati. So, I take it you can all hear me. Am I speaking Bengali? Balovashi Kap.
No, I'm not speaking Bengali. So, my Wait a minute. Is that a reflection of my English? Ah, so let me just take a look as well as always with what is it? Mente on Facebook. How are they doing? All right, there they are.
Ha, you're doing it. Fushy, you're doing it. Yes, sir. Fraudy. Frody Fra. All right. So, hope you're feeling better. Man says shukran. Okay. So, that's that's so I'm getting by. Alhamdulillah.
It's good. This is what now you know it's only been exactly 3 weeks and with a residue or residual cough still there which is becoming weaker day by day and and I have to say today I actually felt um not just I mean it's been about a week I felt life back into me but today I actually felt some strength ah I was like ah you know the need.
I had to do some push-ups. I was like, you know, had to like bang out about 200 push-ups. Obviously, spaced out. Spaced out. But, you know, I was like I felt the urge for it. So, this this was a good sign that alhamdulillah life is returning.
But no sooner is uh life returning that uh Boris are belowed below where is the where where is the let me let me see I did put a um here it is I try to you know I try to incorporate some of these good afternoon everybody and thank you very much for coming it's clear many more families are going to lose loved ones.
As I've said throughout, we're looking at the science and from tomorrow in the number of cases will rise sharply from 2,000 to 465 million. And sadly, in just over two weeks, 200 million people will die in Greater Manchester. In order to cope, those on low incomes who are affected by business closures will receive up to 4% of their wages. That's an increase of 1% since yesterday.
I have to say I profoundly disagree. No one should get any such care. I've got to be clear. We've all got to be clear. This is the worst public health crisis. This is making about as much sense as Boris could possibly make to test from five to more than six tests a day. We're making huge progress. We're far better prepared compared to yesterday. Let's go to uh questions from the public first.
Are people going to die? On present trends, there is very little hope for the over 60s, while 16 to 29 year olds at least 80%. Um um Prime Minister, can you understand why people watching this might think you're doing far too little to protect their families? Shut up. I'm so sorry. That was that was not intentional. Forgive me. I have to be clear. We should give up and let the virus take its course.
And I have no doubt that our efforts which damage hospitals, care homes, schools will impose significant strains on people's mental health. I'm not going to minimize the problems we face if things seem tough now. Just to remember that I'm, you know, I'm washing my hands. That's the that's the crucial thing. Well, people that those of you that don't know the UK has gone into an absolute lockdown once again.
in a categorical lockdown till midFebruary perhaps till March Allah. Uh so Boris's message simply put could have been just put as this no stay home.
You must stay home. No, this one. No go. This is simply put. Don't go anywhere. [Music] That's quite simply put. Those of you that couldn't understand Boris speak, I simplified it for you. [Music] Okay.
So, stay at home people. Stay at home. It is not over unfortunately. So, it's a complete um you know, it's a complete mess. Nobody has any clue what's going on. Um, I would just hope that they would just give everybody the vaccine then and let's get this over and done with and let's resume life as normal.
But as it so happens, they haven't got enough vaccines. They they've got no idea what they're doing with vaccines. They were saying they're going to have tens of millions. In fact, they said by the end of this year, they're going to have a hundred million vaccines. I mean, I don't even know what they're going to do with a 100 million since the UK only has 65 million people. But they said that from our generosity, we will then give this to the rest of the world.
Mahan Mahan, but as it so happens, when the end of the year came, they don't even have a 100,000, let alone a 100 million. And I don't know what's going on, but yeah, it's all fun in games, people. It's all fun in games, right? So, what There's a super chat by Amar Karim.
You're doing it. You're doing it. Much love, Mr. Naughty. Naughty John Kurvan. Hi. Hi. Hi. I go sleep very late so I can sleep through and join the prayers together when I wake up at assur time.
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