Ɖ Gardịn vy on Boris Jonsn: pandemic oʈoṛti drenñ awe
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 December 2021)
Ɖ guvnmnt’s ǒn sayntists, ɖ Lebr parti n ɖ public fevr gretr cōśn. Bt it’s Tori MPz hu cōl ɖ śots.
Munde 13 Dsmbr 2021
Olɖo Britn’z Covid-19 deʈnumbrz r nẃr nir ɖer pīc, it z soḅrñ t not ɖt ɖ frst prsn hz daid wɖ ɖ ny Omicron verịnt. Dêli infx́nz hv rīćt ɖ hîist levl sins Jańri. Omicron z spredñ lîc wîldfîr. It olso sīmz t hv unyźl cpaṣti fr riinfx́n – līdñ sm t cnclud, in hest, ɖt its simtmz r mîldr. Vaxīnz sīm les ifctiv agnst ɖs ny verịnt. Ɖr wl olmst srtnli b nīdlis deʈs, poṣbli tnz v ʈǎzndz v livz lost in munʈs, f nʈñ z dn. Ɖt z ẃ ɖ guvnmnt nīdz t fes ɖ facts n tec sirịs ax́n.
It hz so far feld t d so. Hisṭri z nt md in a vakm. Ɖ cuntri hz ɖ wrst poṣbl prîm̦inistr, līdñ ɖ wrst poṣbl parti v ɖ wrst poṣbl psweźn at ɖ wrst poṣbl tîm. Boris Jonsn’z lac v moṛl proḅti, grasp v dītel n compitns hz còt p wɖ him in ɖ poulz – drenñ ɖ oʈoṛti h nīdz in a pandemic. Oṗtynists, miniml stetists n trubl-mcrz in ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti sns an oṗnñ t brñ Mr. Jonsn t hìl n rgard ɖ inadiqt rstrix́nz anǎnst az gwñ tù far t vot fr. In fevr v gretr cōśn r ɖ guvnmnt’s ǒn sayntists, ɖ Lebr parti n ɖ public, bt it’s Tori MPz hu incrisñli cōl ɖ śots.
Mr. Jonsn hancrz fr a “majic bŭlit”. Ɖ guvnmnt dz nt rec̣gnîz ɖt ɖ sośl factrz dtrṃnñ hlʈ r p’liticli dtrmind, n p’liticl ax́n me b nīdd t impruv ɖm. Ɖ prîm̦inistr w’nt acnolij ɖ rǒlz poṿti n iniqoḷti ple in ɖ risc v infx́n, ɖ cors v ɖ dziz n in ftaḷtirets. Instd h plesz hiz feʈ in vaxīnz n hom tstñ so Brítnz cn “liv wɖ ɖ vîṛs”. Īvn hir ɖ guvnmnt hz bn tù slo t act. Ćildṛn hv olrdi fest dsrupśn t ɖer scūlñ, yt in Ñgḷnd, ministrz hv bn tardi in vax̣netñ tīnejrz n hz yt t apruv a rolǎt fr yungr pyplz.
Būstrz wl hlp, bt ɖe w’nt baniś ɖ ʈret v ɖ Omicron paʈ̇jn. Ẃt z nīdd r inṭvnśnz t stop ɖ vîṛl spred. F Covid agn runz rayt ɖen ɖr wl b no oltrṇtiv t riimpozñ a strinjnt locdǎn wɖ fizicl distnsñ rūlz n rvîvd implômnt-s’port scīmz. Ɖ pṛtx́n v hosṗtaḷti wrcrz wɖ sm form v vaxīn îdntiḟceśn rezz ɖ haclz v Tori MPz hu hv no probḷm ɖt vizitrz t plesz ẃr yelo fīvr z endemic hv t pruv vax̣neśn wɖ a “yelo card”. Ministrz hv yt t apruv ɖ mandetri wẹrñ v ifctiv mascs, propr vnṭleśn v clasrūmz n oḟsz n sfiśnt sicpe. Ɖ śamblz z sć ɖt ẃn nyz līct ɖt ɖ prîṿtîzd n inifctiv tst n tres sistm wz biyñ wǎnd dǎn, locl public hlʈ d’rectrz wornd ɖt ɖe risct biyñ handd mor rsponsbiḷti fr Covid wɖt ny fundñ.
Omicron hz xpozd ɖ Litl Britn mntaḷti at ɖ hart v guvnmnt. Ɖ lo vax̣neśnrets in purr neśnz hv bn sáitd az a ci rīzn fr ɖ imrjns v mor denjṛs c’roṇvîṛsverịnts. Onli 6% v ppl in lo-incm cuntriz hv rsivd at līst wn dos. Bt ɖ YC hz rfyzd t bac a vaxīn-petnt weivr n hz cut foṛn ed. So dveḷpñ neśnz c’nt mańfacćr ɖer ǒn ćīp meḍsinz n w’nt hv ɖ rzorsz t dstribyt ɖm. Ɖ pandemic hz bn a pur advrt fr unristrend marcitforsz. Rūdolf Virchow, ɖ 19ʈ-snć̣ri Jrmn fziśn hu frst md ɖ linc btwn ɖ tîḟs eṗdemic n poṿti, wns sd ɖt “meḍsin z sośl sayns n poḷtics nʈñ bt meḍsin on a grand scel.” Ɖt vy hz std ɖ tst v tîm, az Britn – undr Mr. Jonsn – z fîndñ t its cost.
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