| > I've not heard "denial", a la Trump, from Johnson. He literally said it himself when he recovered from COVID-19 > A few hours later, he received a positive test result, and the next day he made a video statement in which he said he was self-isolating, but would continue to work and lead Britain’s coronavirus response. > But during the next nine days, as he worked in isolation in an apartment above his official Downing Street residence and office, his condition deteriorated, with persistent symptoms including a high temperature. > Later, he said he had been in denial and continued to work despite feeling groggy and “pretty rough”, until doctors told him firmly to go to hospital. Boris Johnson was forced to change attitude, but he didn't believe covid-19 was a life threatening disease. > The quote from Johnson isn't talking about what you're inferring. It was a broad statement of what was going to happen If he hadn't been in denial he could have acted sooner and save a lot of those people that instead died. It's the PM responsibility and anybody else. If we were talking about Italy, for example, I would tell you that 60% of the covid related deaths are a responsibility of Attilio Fontana, the president of Regional Council of Lombardy who left elderly to die in nursing homes while he was subcontracting the supply of medical equipment to his brother in law and when journalists found out he tried to repay the debt using his own money from a Swiss account (yes, he has secret money in Switzerland) But in UK B.J. is the major responsible for the debacle. |
This was all against the background of the government shutting down the country's economy in response to the virus. A torturous definition of "denial" if I've heard one.