Any public figure is going to be more prone to having quotes or moments that age poorly than the average person, as they’re in the spotlight more often. And there were some particularly bad quotes about the pandemic that are painful to look back on today. Apparently, in 2020, Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was “obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life and the economy going.” Looking back on how serious the situation was, that perspective seems extremely insensitive.
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