Europe is frighteningly close to another virus blunder
Europeâs second tourism season is in the balance and full recovery may be pushed out for several more months, with an ever rising risk of economic scarring and pent-up insolvencies, including sovereign distress.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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If Boris Johnson really did say âlet the bodies pile up in their thousandsâ in a moment of exasperation, this was not in fact government policy.
Bar the language, it is the current policy of France, Italy, and several other EU states, and a number of impatient German
Länder as well. While it is a different story in every country, and none are callous, Europe tolerated the âpile upâ of 3000 bodies a day during the peak of the third wave earlier this month.
Europe is frighteningly close to another Covid blunder
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27 April 2021 • 1:00pm
If Boris Johnson really did say “let the bodies pile up in their thousands” in a moment of exasperation, this was not in fact Government policy.
Bar the language, it is the current policy of France, Italy, and several other EU states, and a number of impatient German
Länder as well. While it is a different story in every country, and none are callous, Europe tolerated the “pile up” of 3,000 bodies a day during the peak of the third wave earlier this month.
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1of3Chairs and tables are being prepared outside a restaurant ahead of Monday s reopening following the ease of COVID-19 restrictions, in Rome, Friday, April 23, 2021. Even Italy’s tentative reopening is satisfying no one. Outdoor dining is too little, too late for restaurant owners whose survival is threatened by a year of rotating closures. Yet the nation’s weary virologists worry that Monday, April 26, 2021, will see people crowding bars and restaurants and bring yet another spike to the virus that has not really properly receded yet. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)Cecilia Fabiano/APShow MoreShow Less