Sky News host Alan Jones has called on the nation’s leaders to provide some real leadership “instead of fear and hysteria” as an extraordinary alarmist campaign over coronavirus continues.
Mr Jones said over the past months the “constant alarmist repetition” has been spruiked over the virus. He said while the 106 deaths have been saddening, the ongoing repercussions of the disease have meant “the economy has been crushed”.
“We're frightening the hell out of people over coronavirus which as the Prime Minister said on March 15, for eight out of ten it would be nothing more than a flu,” Mr Jones said. “We have political leaders who've become followers”. “chief medical officers whose names have never appeared on a ballot paper are running the country”. “I think it's time our leaders provided some real leadership instead of fear and hysteria”.
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