“Special hair dryer” and “Dead Cat” Boris Johnson in the COVID investigation

The former prime minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has been accused of using a “special hair dryer” to kill Covid after showing a video to his top advisors, Sirs Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance.

Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s chief adviser until his departure from Downing Street in late 2020, stated that Johnson sent the video to the government’s chief scientific adviser (CSA) and chief medical officer (CMO). He then inquired about the medical professionals’ opinions of the video.

In late 2020, Cummings further claimed that Johnson asked him to locate a “dead cat” in order to divert attention from Covid in the media. Johnson attempted to declare Covid “over” in the summer of that year, but he stated that no campaign could “dead-cat Covid.” No campaign could “dead-cat Covid,” he declared, and he would not devote his time to such an endeavour.

Cummings is one of several high-ranking government advisors and representatives who have testified this week before the Covid investigation. According to former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara, there was an attempt by officials to conceal the extent of Johnson’s severe illness following his hospital admission in April 2020. According to MacNamara, the information provided to journalists regarding Johnson’s hospital updates and ongoing box deliveries was true in theory but erred on the side of comfort. Senior press advisers, she claimed, had cautioned against making “untrue” statements, but it was reasonable to say that the language chosen at that time gave a more optimistic picture of the prime minister’s health.