How Britain Became the First Country in the World to Surrender to Covid

This is What it Means to Be the Dumbest Country in the World

umair haque
Eudaimonia and Co
Published in
8 min readJul 5, 2021

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Image Credit: Our World In Data

You might have long thought America — or your country — was the dumbest in the world. Ah, my friend. Here’s a situation so surreal that it’s difficult to put into words. Nevertheless, let me be foolhardy enough to try.

See that chart above? One country sticks out like a sore thumb. That’s poor, stupid, beleaguered Britain. In every other rich country, and plenty of poor ones, Covid cases are falling thanks to vaccines, lockdowns, a hard, hard year and some of fighting a deadly pandemic.

But Britain? It’s in the middle of an explosive new wave. Of a deadly new variant. And this is the moment…wait for it…that Boris Johnson’s government has decided to lift all restrictions in the name of freedom.

Did you get that? Yes, you read that right. If your brain is hurting, don’t worry mine is too, as are the brains of what sane and thoughtful few Brits are left on what’s fast coming to be called Plague Island. So let me say it again.

Britain’s government is lifting all its restrictions and precautions…just as a dangerous new wave of Covid is exploding.

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