Current Events > UK PM Boris Johnson admits lifting Covid restrictions could lead to more deaths

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/uk/boris-johnson-covid-gamble-freedom-day-intl-gbr-cmd/index.html

On Monday, Boris Johnson will place English citizens at the center of an experiment that will give some indication of how well a highly populated country with surging cases of coronavirus copes when lockdown restrictions are lifted. In Johnson's favor, most of the UK's adult population is now double vaccinated. However, while those vaccinations have cut the numbers of people suffering from severe illness and succumbing to the disease after more than 128,000 deaths, the number of cases is rising. There is also scant evidence that vaccines prevent the worst effects of long Covid in those who become infected. Despite Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland -- the other, less populous, nations of the UK -- also being highly vaccinated, it is only England that is taking this leap on Monday. As of Monday, almost all of the restrictions in England will be lifted. Mandatory mask wearing will be gone, limits on the numbers of people who can mix indoor or outdoor will end, social distancing will be limited to people who have tested positive for the virus and airports, and venues like nightclubs and sports stadiums will be free to open at full capacity.

Johnson admitted that this would mean reconciling "ourselves sadly to more deaths from Covid." But, he added, "if we can't reopen our society in the next few weeks, when we will be helped by the arrival of summer and by the school holidays, then we must ask ourselves when will we be able to return to normal?"

As he is saying this he is spending the next 10 days self-isolating after contact with a confirmed coronavirus case.

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This is a sacrifice Boris is willing to make on the behalves of others

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lets see how boris reacts when the virus puts him on death's door.
it did trump in twice. if not for the medical help.
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kingdrake2 posted...

lets see how boris reacts when the virus puts him on death's door.
it did trump in twice. if not for the medical help.

That already happened

The nurses that kept him alive quit their jobs when they didn't get a pay rise during covid(well they got an insulting 1%)

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