Keep staring at this graph from today& #39;s briefing, struck by how closely UK numbers (massaged down as they are) track Italy& #39;s, last month.

How have so many deaths become normalised?

Do you REMEMBER how the Boris-press was reporting the exact same situation in Italy last month?
Keep staring at this graph from today& #39;s briefing, struck by how closely UK numbers (massaged down as they are) track Italy& #39;s, last month.How have so many deaths become normalised?Do you REMEMBER how the Boris-press was reporting the exact same situation in Italy last month?
Keep staring at this graph from today& #39;s briefing, struck by how closely UK numbers (massaged down as they are) track Italy& #39;s, last month.How have so many deaths become normalised?Do you REMEMBER how the Boris-press was reporting the exact same situation in Italy last month?
Keep staring at this graph from today& #39;s briefing, struck by how closely UK numbers (massaged down as they are) track Italy& #39;s, last month.How have so many deaths become normalised?Do you REMEMBER how the Boris-press was reporting the exact same situation in Italy last month?
Keep staring at this graph from today& #39;s briefing, struck by how closely UK numbers (massaged down as they are) track Italy& #39;s, last month.How have so many deaths become normalised?Do you REMEMBER how the Boris-press was reporting the exact same situation in Italy last month?
Where are those headlines now? Where is the language of "carnage" and "apocalypse", of "surge" and "soar"? Where are the questions about government incompetence, so easily levelled at the Italians, who didn& #39;t even enjoy the luxury of time to prepare the UK did?
How does the outrage and hand-wringing, looking at a foreign country with similar population, suddenly become "they& #39;re doing very well in difficult circumstances" and "let& #39;s stop playing politics" when it doesn& #39;t suit your narrative? IT IS AN IDENTICAL CURVE. IDENTICAL NUMBERS.
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