Coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive

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30 points·notlukesky··9 comments

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

Guess who said that a couple of weeks ago.

It is the nature of their job to interact with lots of people. A “hazardous” occupation in these times of Covid 19.

Guess that is what they call a super spreader.

Possibly completely unrelated: PM chief advisor Dominic Cummings seen running out of Downing Street in the last hour

https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1243520576007872513

'We are going to lose loved ones'

He claimed to be going to see his mother on Mothers' day (5 days ago in the UK). He may well have killed his own mother out of sheer self-righteousness and ego.

virus != ill != death. But I get your point.

Then he refuted that the next day. I listened to the speech and the comment was thrown out at the end, probably without much thought.

Do you have reason to believe his mother is dead?

Do you have reason to believe that he didn't just mean "seeing his mother" literally?

I saw my mother on Mothers' Day. I stayed 200+ miles away from her while doing so. Facetime is a wonderful thing.

I'd be tempted to ascribe the self-righteousness moniker differently.

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