Ɖ Gardịn vy on Boris Jonsn: fr evr bhnd ɖ Covid crv
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 4 January 2021)
Az in Marć, ɖ prim̦inistr hz bn culṗbli slo t rspond t a ny fêz v ɖ crîsis
4 Jańri 2021
Last Marć, az ɖ public clamr fr strictr meźrz t cmbat ɖ spred v Covid-19 bcem imposbl t ignor, ɖ guvnmnt fretd ovr ɖ cuntri’z wilñnis t sîn p t a naśnl locdǎn. Az it trnd ǎt, most ppl wr far mor hōciś ɖn ɖ guvnmnt in s’portñ dṛcońn rstrix́nz on evride lîf. Bî wêtñ untl lêt in ɖ munʈ, crūśl grǎnd wz lost n so, uņessṛli, wr ʈǎzndz v lîvz.
Az ɖ ny Covid verịnt streñʈnz its grip acrs ɖ cuntri, it hz bcm clir ɖt ɖ lésnz v Marć wr nt lrnt. In Scotḷnd, ẃr rets v infx́n r lowr ɖn in Ñgḷnd, Nic̣la Strjn hz anǎnst a naśnl locdǎn, bginñ at midnît. Bî contrast, amd totl cnfyźn ovr ɖ rioṗnñ v scūlz, Boris Jonsn hz prīvaṛcetd n pṛcrasṭnetd. Ɖ tufr rstrix́nz fr Ñgḷnd r fîṇli biyñ intṛdyst olmst a wīc aftr ɖs nyzpepr cōld fr a locdǎn. Az ɖ formr hlʈsecṛtri Jeṛmi Hunt hz pôntd ǎt, ć de v dle riscs avôḍbl deʈs.
Fr ovr a wīc, a host v sttistics hv deṃnstretd ɖ nīd fr swift ax́n. Ɖ spred v Covid z ǎt v cntrol n ɖ xistñ tírsistm v rstrix́nz z felñ t cǒp. Ɖr r growñ cnsrnz ovr a secnd Sǎʈ Africn verịnt. Hospitlz hv gretr cpaṣti t trīt Covid cesz, bt az ɖ YC’z ćīf medicl ofisrz stetd on Munde, ɖe r in clir denjr v biyñ oṿẃlmd. In ɖ sǎʈ-īst v Ñgḷnd, ɖr r nǎ an esṭmetd 50% mor Covid peśnts in hospitl ɖn jrñ ɖ Epril pīc. Acrs ɖ rest v ɖ cuntri, rets v hospiṭlîześn r spîṛlñ upwdz ć de. Ɖ dredfl mîlston v 100,000 Covid-rletd deʈs in Britn wl nt b avôdd wɖt a dṛmatic trn’rnd. Mnẃl, cansrpeśnts n ppl wɖ sgnificnt hlʈ iśuz r nt biyñ sìn bî oṿstrećt NHS staf.
Sins bfr Crisṃs, ɖ guvnmnt hz treld alñ haplisli in ɖ wec v ivnts, az f constntli s’prîzd bî ɖm. Ɖ ceos ovr ɖs wīc’s rtrn t scūlz carid i’ri ecoz v ɖ rli sprñ. Ɖen, az nǎ, scūlz simpli bgan t clos ɖer gets. Wrcplesz emtid, az ɖ public graspt, mor qcli ɖn ɖ guvnmnt, ẃt hd t b dn. Ɖs tîm rnd, Mr Jonsn’s sạntific advîzrz wornd on 22 Dsmbr ɖt ɖ xṗnenśl spred v infx́nz mnt ɖt scūlz śd rmen clozd n a naśnl locdǎn cnsidrd. Ɖ bst form v crîsismanijmnt z t antiṣpet n priemt, īvn f ɖt mīnz mcñ unpopylr dsiźnz. Bt in Dǎnñ Strīt ɖr z a psistnt rfyzl t cnfrunt n act on ɖ wrst-ces s’nario bfr ɖ wrst hz acć̣li hapnd.
Ɖ ic̣nomic n sîc̣lojicl impact v ɖ grim midwintr t cm wl b inorṃs. Bhnd ɖ crv yt agn, ɖ guvnmnt’s emf̣sis mst nǎ b on inśurñ maximm cmplayns wɖ ɖ ny rstrix́nz. Ɖ vast mjoṛti v ɖ public s’port anɖr naśnl locdǎn. Bt inśurñ ɖt ɖ vax̣neśnprogram z sceld p rapidli n ifiśntli wl b vîtl t naśnl mral. Scūlz mst fîṇli b frniśt wɖ propr rzorsz t fsiḷtet onlîn lrnñ, n ɖr mst b swift claṛti ovr ɖ steṭs v sumr xamz. Crūṣ́li, aproprịt ic̣nomic s’port mst b ofrd t faṃliz n indivijlz, n ɖoz rqîrd t slf-îṣlet. Ɖ ćanslr, Riśi Sŭnac, mst mc it a prîoṛti t enśur ɖt ppl hv ɖ mīnz n fnanśl s’kṛti t d ɖ rît ʈñ.
Ɖ guvnmnt’s cpaṣti t endlisli rpit ɖ sem mstecs hardli inspîrz confidns. Bt fr a tîm-liṃtd pirịd, az ɖ popyleśn z vax̣netd, it z rît t batn dǎn ɖ haćz. Tuf az ɖ cmñ wīcs wl b, ɖs z nt ɖ opn-endd nîtmer ɖt bgan t unfold last Febrri n Marć. It z jst a piti ɖt ɖ guvnmnt dd nt recgnîz ɖt ćenjd contxt n act snr.
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