UK PM Boris Johnson Becomes The First World Leader To Contract Coronavirus | Talking Points Memo

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All viruses are like honey badgers. Some are nastier than others though.

Thanks by the way, had to look that “viral” video up, missed way back when.

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“I was at a hospital the other night where I think a few there were actually coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody, you’ll be pleased to know, and I continue to shake hands,” he said.

I’m sure that many were—and continue to be—pleased.

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They’ll sue God.

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Hmm … I’m not sure why I’m thinking of Jacob Rees-Mogg right now.

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In Soho?

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Oh no!

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Viruses don’t flatter you with the notion that you’re a “world leader.”

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I can’t wait for discovery.

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Trying desperately to keep schadenfreude at bay

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Oh that’s good.

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Sovereign immunity.

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“I was at a hospital the other night where I think a few there were actually coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody, you’ll be pleased to know, and I continue to shake hands,” he said.

Well yes, but probably not for the reason you imagined you duplicitous tosser.

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Personal jurisdiction and service of process are both additional difficulties.

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If it’s any help: Putting aside Johnson’s own health, his antics might have caused him to infect other human beings, and perhaps more good ones than bad.

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BoJo has always had great deficiencies of character, but I thought he had a reputation for being extremely bright. The carelessness is hard to grok.

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Yes.

He seemed brighter as a lad, before ambition and ideology took over. As for carelessness, well, perhaps it’s of a piece with flamboyance, which he also has a reputation for.

Needless to say, I don’t pretend to understand the man.

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Really. Ick.

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Tom Hanks is apparently not having an easy time. But he has an underlying comorbidity in his diabetes.

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I heard they were both doing better. That’s distressing news.

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Your news may be more recent than mine. I had read that he was kind of dicey – though not on a respirator, not that dicey – and that she was doing well, better than he was.