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Johnson's Dilemma: Lives or Livelihoods

Jamie Dettmer

   Britain's Boris Johnson returned to work Monday less than three weeks
   after leaving the critical-care ward of a London hospital, where he
   nearly lost his life to the coronavirus. His recovery comes amid
   mounting pressure on the government from major donors to his ruling
   Conservatives -- as well as from some senior party members -- to start
   easing the coronavirus lockdown and to get the country back to work, at
   least partially.

   His decision on when to relax home confinement and to start trying to
   revive the economy could well define his tenure in Downing Street --
   and certainly will shape for months ahead the contours of a public
   health crisis that's seen Britain hit harder than most of its European
   neighbors, say commentators.

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