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Sophie McCoid

GMB's Dr Hilary slams 'dangerous' Piers Corbyn and says he should be taken off air

Dr Hilary launched into a furious rant on Good Morning Britain today after Piers Corbyn claimed that Covid-19 didn't exist.

Mr Corbyn, brother of former Labour party leader Jeremy, was arrested at the weekend and fined £10,000 for organising an anti-lockdown rally in London.

He appeared on Good Morning Britain today to argue that the virus didn't exist and had in fact been around for 35 years as a type of flu.

He made other claims like modern vaccines didn't work and he even suggested at one point that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had fabricated his battle with Covid-19.

Hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid tried to challenge his claims, but then Dr Hilary Jones came in to the debate with force.

Dr Hilary said: "What you have just said is littered with dangerous errors.

"Let me tell you about this virus, we have sequenced the genome and we know that is a new virus.

"All of the statements you have made there are dangerous and I don't know where you get your rubbish fake news from, you are dangerous and you shouldn't be on air.

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"Where are your medical qualifications?"

Host Piers Morgan also laid into Mr Corbyn after Dr Hilary's rant.

Dr Hilary Jones ranted at Piers Corbyn's wild claims (ITV)

He said: "What you've just said is absolute nonsense, 800,000 people have died from this virus, of course it exists, no one has made up Covid-19.

"What you're saying is an insult to the families of the people who have died from this deadly virus."

And many viewers were left shocked by the debate and Piers Corbyn's claims.

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John Nurden said: "Strewth. This was a fiery clash on # GMB just now between Piers Corbyn, brother of Jeremy, insisting Covid-19 is a hoax."

Lisa Masterson said: "Piers Corbyn just got owned by Dr Hilary."

Caznic31 said: "100% spot on Dr Hilary, the expert talking sense !!! What the hell is Piers Corbyn talking about !!"

Neil said: "It’s worth having the day off work just to see Dr Hilary going in."

Allison McGurk said: "Dr Hilary is fewming."

And Samantha Salmon added: "Go Dr Hilary!!!!! Brilliant!"

*GMB continues at 6am on ITV tomorrow

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