Prince William has revealed he missed the Paris Olympics because he did not want to bring Covid home

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  1. It’s nice to see someone acknowledge the reality of people who are immunocompromised and chronically ill and the choices people around us have to make to keep us safe.

  2. Link to the video – he was speaking to Olympic and Paralympic swimmers, including Adam Peaty who made the news for testing positive for Covid during the competition. https://x.com/re_dailymail/status/1841860203416887533?s=46&t=_XKYuMRWTCxtHoTvyx1oGw

    William also told swimmer Tom Dean, who was the first kicked off of Strictly Come Dancing this year, that he and Kate thought Tom was robbed (and they are correct). https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/covid-gateshead-olympians-prince-of-wales-adam-peaty-b2623379.html

  3. I think it’s good he was concerned about his wife’s health, but it really rubs me the wrong way when someone is dismissive of an issue until it impacts/could potentially impact them. Early in the pandemic William minimized Covid and said that people were being dramatic about it. Then he kept his own diagnosis a secret.

    It’s good when people’s views evolve, but, for the sake of disabled and other medically vulnerable people, I wish it didn’t take being personally impacted by Covid for people to change their views on it.

  4. I don’t believe that is at all. The olympics finished in early August and just a few days later they were spotted at a a kids festival with hundreds of kids spreading infections to one another.

    This is just them being selective once again about what they care about. Im sure Wills went to watch football somewhere as well.

  5. and yet she was at wimbledon with no masks. and he went to see men’s football in another country and went to eras tour, a situation in which he probably stood next to multiple people who were touring across europe (i mean, taylor has a crew, bodyguards and so on).

    look, covid precautions are crucial for immunocompromised patients, but it should be more conscious than that. would it kill him to wear a mask and keep social distancing in this case? it’s not like he can’t request private spaces for many reasons, including safety. 

    he could’ve been an example of health and safety, but he chose not to for whatever reason. now he can’t claim it was a priority because it’s been registered not to be.

  6. People want to bitch about this but I bet they had actual doctors advising them and not cranky royal fans.

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