Boris Johnson says too early to ease lockdown as second peak would be disaster

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Johnson says the progress being made against the virus is why people might be tempted to ease up now.

But now is not the moment, he says.

He says he understands the worries of shopkeepers, entrepreneurs, and everyone in business.

He knows why they think that, without an economy, there will be no way of funding the NHS.

He says he shares their urgency.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/27/uk-coronavirus-live-news-boris-johnson-back-at-work-amid-talk-of-easing-lockdown

---

Yet we must also recognise the risk of a second spike ... and letting the reproduction rate go back over one.

[Grokenstein]

1. Wow! Even Boorish Johnson's a better leader than Donny!

...Unless he changes his tune the very next day.

On the other hand, UK's daily coronavirus briefings are almost as howl-worthy as Donny's. Maybe Patel should claim she was using "sarcasm." Dinsdale!! DINSDALE!!

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/04/27/priti-patel-good-news-about-shoplifting-scathing-takedowns/

Link to tweet

[JI7]

4. Because Johnson nearly died from it. If he was a regular person in the US

he would probably have died.

[still_one]

6. I think that changed him, hopefully for the better on other issues also

[LisaL]

8. Yep, he would have likely stayed at home and they would have found his dead body.

[rickyhall]

2. Isn't it amazing how surviving this plague might change one's perspective for the better.

Won't work on the Narcissist, unfortunately, but it would likely kill him anyway. We can only hope.

[IronLionZion]

3. Amazing how one's policies can change when they experience it

[RhodeIslandOne]

5. Funny how "almost dying" changes your view.

Hypocrite.

[LisaL]

7. He knows from personal experience how dangerous covid is.

I don't think that makes him a hypocrite, just that he realizes it now.

[RhodeIslandOne]

9. When dozens of experts personally tell you before all that what not to do....

......one should listen. Not flaunt his ignorance and arrogance. Not need to make it personal.

Fuck him. I don't even think he was that sick likely compared to many others who probably died so professionals could tend to him.

[DavidDvorkin]

10. I hope his experience will also cause him to increase funding for the NHS.