Boris Johnson may not want to be draconian... but surely now it’s time to get tough

'So British. If there’s one thing we fear more than a deadly pandemic, it’s the risk of mild social awkwardness'

It might have been funny, if it hadn’t been so unnerving. This morning at the Academy of Medical Sciences in London, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty held a briefing for journalists. Unfortunately, however, it wasn’t easy to concentrate on what they were saying. Because throughout, a woman kept coughing.

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