THE GUARDIAN
THE GUARDIAN: Pandemic denial echoes Brexit culture war
Britain is set to lose more people in the coronavirus outbreak than in the Blitz
03 May 2020 - 21:15
Ibsen’s 19th-century play An Enemy of the People (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Enemy_of_the_People) is a political drama about a physician who tries to save his town from water pollution only to wind up as a scapegoat.
For the doctor the issue is health; after testing the water supply he urges a shutdown and new pipes to be laid to save lives. The town’s mayor is concerned about the economic cost. Better, the politician reasons, to keep the town open and correct the problem gradually...
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