WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020The mutant superbug the
government can’t control –
Johnson or coronavirus?
The advice for how to prevent the virus spreading is to ignore the PM (PA)
TOM PECK
A deadly pandemic is sweeping the earth and, hoping to restore a sense of calm, prime minister Boris
Johnson calls an emergency press conference. A few years ago, that is how I might have begun some kind of
dystopian hellscape flight of comedic fancy – so in 2020, it must be the truth.
Hoping to talk down the problem, I might have continued, Johnson lied about having shaken hands with
coronavirus patients on a recent visit to a hospital, in blatant contravention of medical guidelines. Of