‘Let the bodies pile high’: Boris Johnson’s gambling with people’s lives

Even as the British population leads the way in vaccinations, now might not be the time for brave experiments with dropping all pandemic restrictions

On July 19, with new COVID-19 cases zooming past 50,000 a day and currently doubling every two weeks, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ended all pandemic restrictions. He’s rolling the dice with his own people, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 19, 2021

LONDON, U.K.—“Let the bodies pile high in their thousands,” expostulated Boris Johnson in his private office, but the door was open and a number of witnesses heard him. This was last October, when the second wave of COVID-19 was gaining speed but the British prim...

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