Watch: Judas Priest's Rob Halford praises the 'beautiful people' of the NHS
For looking after us during the coronavirus pandemic
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has recorded a heartfelt video message thanking the ‘beautiful people’ of the NHS for their ‘brilliant work’ looking after us during the coronavirus pandemic.
Judas Priest shared The Metal God’s video clip to their Twitter account earlier today (6th April) along with the caption: “Message of thanks for our care workers from Judas Priest.”
Rob Halford says in the video: “All of us in Judas Priest want to send out big, big, massive, massive love to our brilliant NHS. You guys are angels.
“Thank you so much for looking after us through this COVID-19 crisis and thank you for helping so many of us recover and do all the brilliant work that is associated with this pandemic. It's terrible, isn't it?
“But it's such a relief to know that we have you beautiful people doing the wonderful things you do for us and helping the UK get back on its feet.
“So, thank you and oh, yeah — keep listening to some heavy metal!"
Last month, Rob Halford posted a video message urging people not to panic buy and hoard items like toilet paper and handwash.
"We know what we've gotta do as far as keeping things clean, and it includes washing your hands as many times a day as is needed,” Rob said on 21st March. “Try and be isolated. If you go out, don't buy everything. Don't be a toilet paper hoarder. Don't be a kitchen roll hoarder. Don't be a hoarder of any sort, because we're all in this together.
"We have to keep each other safe. We have to do the isolating. We have to do the quarantining — whatever we need to do. This is serious, okay? But we're gonna get through it, because we've been through these problems, these situations before in history, and humanity has this great tenacity to pull together and to be strong and to overcome things that come before us.
"So, look after each other, look after yourselves, your family, your friends, your loved ones. in touch. That's an important thing. Text each other and Facebook, FaceTime, Instagram — all of this is incredibly important. All the fear floating around — this is when we really have to kind of look out for each other and do what's necessary and the right thing to do."
At the time of writing, more than 5,000 people has died with coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK alone.
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