A child is born. In other circumstances, it would be cause for national joy , with the usual media circus outside the hospital. The tabloids would be bribing the nurses to achieve the exclusive. The first photo of Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson (as they have called him) would go around the world. Parents would proudly pose at the gates of Downing Street. But there is the kiln for celebrations, past the bar for 27,000 coronavirus deaths in the UK .

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