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UK prime minister Boris Johnson downplayed the coronavirus pandemic for weeks, before finally reversing course<\/a> in mid-March to treat the outbreak seriously.<\/p> “The British government and its advisers had the chance to learn from what was happening in Italy,” wrote Bloomberg<\/em> two days ago, in an excoriating essay<\/a>. “They blew it.”<\/p> And now, in a darkly poetic stroke, Johnson says he’s caught COVID-19 himself.<\/p> During critical weeks, as the virus started to take hold in the UK, the “bouffant and boorish<\/a>” Johnson declined to advise<\/a> the general public to stay home.<\/p> That finally changed about a week ago, after experts warned that it could cause hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths, with Johnson issuing new guidelines that citizens should attempt to minimize contact with one another.<\/p> The 55-year-old Johnson plans to remain<\/a> in self-imposed quarantine at 10 Downing Street while he gets over the bug, but he says he’s going to keep running the government — via, in his own words, “video-conference” — while isolated.<\/p> Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p> I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.<\/p> Together we will beat this. #StayHomeSaveLives<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9Te6aFP0Ri<\/a><\/p> — Boris Johnson #StayHomeSaveLives (@BorisJohnson) March 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> READ MORE: <\/strong>Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus<\/a> [CNN<\/em>]<\/p> More on the virus:<\/strong> Bill Gates Is Pissed: “We Should’ve Done More” to Stop COVID-19<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> The post UK Prime Minister Who Downplayed Coronavirus Now Has It<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> More here: Take Two UK prime minister Boris Johnson downplayed the coronavirus pandemic for weeks, before finally reversing course in mid-March to treat the outbreak seriously. Continue reading Too Late<\/h2>
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