Editorial: The prime minister is taking too big a risk with the health of the nation

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Editorial: The prime minister is taking too big a risk with the health of the nation
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Editorial: The slogan ‘Stay Alert’ gives zero guidance to people in doubt, while ‘Stay at Home’ left zero room for doubt

ith unfortunate timing, Boris Johnson has published his “road map”, plus a 60-page explanatory gazetteer, to navigate England’s passage out of lockdown – just as Germany, which has been carefully relaxing its own restrictions, reports an apparent worsening in the infection rate, or R, to above 1. It would be remarkable indeed if, having ignored the lessons of Germany’s earlier successes, the government would now fail to take heed of Germany’s potential error.

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