A UK mayor said that Boris Johnson "deserves" to have Covid-19.

I don't think anyone "deserves" to have Covid-19, or any other disease. I don't think anyone "deserves" to die. We all die, but death is always an unjust fate.

However, since Johnson courted infection as a callous, dishonest political stunt, he is morally responsible the consequences, including getting infected himself, and the thousands of others who will catch Covid-19 as a result of his "leadership", some of whom will die of it. And that was only one of his many acts of contempt for truth and justice.

Perhaps he deserves to be punished for these acts, but not punished with death. The death penalty is an injustice and should never be inflicted on anyone. What Johnson deserves is for Britons to tell him they won't give him another chance to endanger people, then take away his political power. But this will not happen if they erase their memories of his wrongs.

When Britons voted for Johnson and other Tories, they brought bad government and its consequent suffering on themselves (and other Britons too). But that does not mean they deserve bad government and its consequent suffering. Nobody deserves that. What they deserve is to (1) change their minds and (2) undo their bad decision.

Polluted air increases the chance of dying from Covid-19.

It also increases the chance of dying from other causes, and getting sick.

The brinksman and his cronies want to cancel the treaty that permits the US and Russia to operate observation flights over each others' territory.

I can't believe that the desire to reduce military spending by $40 million dollars is a sincere motive. In general, plutocratists seek to increase spending on the military-industrial complex. I wonder what the real motive could be.

*Monopoly houses, toy soldiers and Lego: the museum of plastic lost at sea.*

*Top Sanders Aide David Sirota Explains Why Billionaire Class Will Support "Coronavirus Care for All" But Never "Medicare for All".*