Boris Johnson’s Covid Policy Influenced U.S. Reaction

Unlike the U.S., Britain has launched an independent public inquiry into the country’s response to Covid. It has been holding hearings and interviewing witnesses since June.

The initial evidence presents a disturbing picture of just how Boris Johnson, then the prime minister, made the decision to lock down the country on March 23, 2020.The United States was strongly influenced by Johnson’s move — six days later, President Donald Trump extended his own national guidelines recommending that people stay home and away from one another. Many blue states then went into lockdown mode — sometimes for months.

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Unlike the U.S., Britain has launched an independent public inquiry into the country’s response to Covid. It has been holding hearings and interviewing witnesses since June.

The initial evidence presents a disturbing picture of just how Boris Johnson, then the prime minister, made the decision to lock down the country on March 23, 2020.The United States was strongly influenced by Johnson’s move — six days later, President Donald Trump extended his own national guidelines recommending that people stay home and away from one another. Many blue states then went into lockdown mode — sometimes for months.