A COVID expert has slammed Boris Johnson for spreading misleading information, saying it is not true 90 percent of people in intensive care are unboosted but instead overweight individuals make up the highest proportion.

Covid: Jamie Jenkins slams Boris Johnson

Jamie Jenkins has slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson for spreading unfounded information. On Wednesday Johnson revealed that nine out of 10 patients had not had their booster jab but Mr Jenkins, who is a former ONS head of health analysis, refuted the theory. He branded Mr Johnson’s statement misleading as “false” saying that overweight people, whether they are boosted or not, are instead the ones filling up the majority of beds in intensive care units.

Mr Jenkins said: “The ministers are going out making claims and politicians are going out making claims which are false.

“Ironically you actually find that people who are severely obese are way over-represented in intensive cares. It’s not just your vaccination status.”

It was then talkRADIO host Nick de Bois’ turn to take a swipe at ministers for pushing up the numbers of unboosted people that have presumably fallen ill to COVID-19.

He stressed that their assumptions are based on reports from a few hospitals they visited as not every health centre in the country is taken into the equation.

He said: “Two days ago the Prime Minister came out and made this statement and he was relating to those who have not had the booster.

“How is it even possible for that data to...

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