Hashtags #JohnsonVariant and #JohnsonVarient emerged after Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson ... [+] announced that the U.K. will remove most Covid-19 precautions on July 19. (Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesThe hashtag #JohnsonVariant is trending on Twitter. The issue is, come July 19, who will really be getting the freedom: the British people or the Covid-19 coronavirus? After all, it’s not as if the Covid-19 coronavirus has stopped spreading in the U.K.:According to the UK government, July 9 had 35,707 more reported Covid-19 coronavirus cases. It’s not a good idea to arbitrarily choose dates in advance to lift Covid-19 precautions right in the middle of a pandemic.

Source: Forbes July 09, 2021 20:44 UTC