Thérèse Coffey’s antibiotic plans and habits are giving people the needle

9.

As someone who’s had their life saved on a couple of occasions as a result of industrial strength anti-biotics, I’m in a good position to say that Therese Coffey is a pure helmet.

— Matt Owen (@MJowen174) October 15, 2022

10.

The entire medical and scientific community: “We stand at the precipice of a post-antibiotic age, where previously treatable illnesses become resistant to drugs and millions of people die.”

Therese Coffey: “What if we put them in vending machines?” https://t.co/sFu3SgAfCl

— Fancy Brenda 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them) (@SpillerOfTea) October 15, 2022

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All of us: Well, we're struggling to think of how much more long term damage this unelected 40 day old administration can cause to the country & the planet in general
The terrible new Health Sec: lol I just give antibiotics to my mates if they have a sniffle, resistance be damned

— It's Pipes, Mum! (@Scriblit) October 15, 2022

12.

Customer: "Can I have some antibiotics please, I'm not feeling well"
Pharmacist: "Are you allergic to penicillin?"
C: "Don't think so"
P: *hands over drugs*
C: *takes drugs*
C: *dies* pic.twitter.com/9ddIcW4kBB

— Mike Holden 💙 (@MikeHolden42) October 15, 2022

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Thérèse Coffey is a brilliant health secretary because allowing people to purchase antibiotics without a prescription to encourage antibiotic resistance is exactly the type of fucking stupid idea the country needs right now 👍

— Jeremy Hunt Parody (@JeremyHunt_MP) October 15, 2022

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Therese Coffey is not only the most incompetent Health Secretary ever to have walked the face of the earth …. she's also a real and present danger to the public health of the nation.

Antibiotics are not fucking Smarties.

— Sir Julie Street of Scouseland 🐟 🇪🇺💙💛🇺🇦 (@Juliest101) October 15, 2022

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Psst…I can do amoxicillin, £20 a tab https://t.co/bff71SnD1N pic.twitter.com/RCK0peIZiY

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) October 15, 2022

Does the Department of Health and Social Care have a good legal team?

Worth pointing out that if I handed out antibiotics to my family & friends, I could rightly be referred to the GMC. So what on earth are you doing practically encouraging this, @theresecoffey?

— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) October 15, 2022

Update: Thérèse Coffey has apologised for sharing prescription drugs and insists she won’t do it again.

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