British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, making him the first major world leader to come down with the virus.
So he shook hands with everybody. Thereby spreading the disease from the infected to all other patients, some of whom, likely many of whom have underlying conditions.
I take no joy in his contracting this disease. But I do hope that the message gets through loud and clear. Nobody is immune. Flouting the advice of health professionals is dangerous. Please wake up people.
Any chance he’ll retrace his steps (not literally) for the British public and make known all the people he came in contact with over the last 2-3 weeks when he was still professing that herd immunity was the way to go? It was only a week ago that he dropped that ridiculous idea. Who knows how long he’s been a carrier during that period.
No offense, Boris, but maybe you should take one for the team. Seeing a world leader get ravaged by this thing might be enough to persuade the others to, you know, take it seriously.
I was thinking “Maybe he will have a moment of moral clarity and recognize what a dangerous asswipe he’s been” but no, I’m afraid you’re right.
I hope the people of the UK keep this in mind when this asshole’s re-election comes up. This is a perfect illustration of BoJO’s judgement. He’s reckless and puts image above judgement and reality. He can’t lead. People like that can’t lead.
I simply can’t fathom leaders who have been briefed, who know and who have power to do some good playing this for shits and giggles and for petty advantage.
The only way I can make sense of Trump, Johnson and Bolsonaro is that they view politics as an obscene burlesque show and their audience as rubes lined up to be fleeced.
Their is some rough symmetric justice in Johnson snared by his own evil negligence, but what good is that?