The reassurance and comments by leading Irish public health expert Dr Emer Shelley on British television yesterday morning led to accusations on Twitter that she was “fat shaming” Santa. Dr Shelley told the Irish Independent: ”It’s the one piece of good news out there. You need a sense of humour.”Dr Shelley, Dean of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine in the Royal College of Physicians, made a light-hearted reference to Santa when interviewed about Covid-19 on Good Morning Britain. She said that Santa had undergone a serious risk assessment due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. One person asked “Have I seriously just heard a doctor on GMB fat shaming Santa Claus?

Source: Irish Independent October 30, 2020 02:26 UTC