BY MATT STRAUSS (FGJ ‘19) -- As Boris Johnson was being treated in intensive care, Dominic Raab expressed his confidence that the Prime Minister would defeat Covid-19 and return to work because 'he is a fighter.' The press howled in opposition to these hopeful words. Things culminated in BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, disdainfully telling viewers: 'You do not survive the illness through fortitude or strength of character, whatever the Prime Minister's colleagues will tell us'. The video clip achieved its intended virality, and was picked up by cable networks around the world. But we need to set the record straight. She’s wrong. Medically wrong. Dangerously wrong. As a critical care physician, I can say from both clinical experience and from scientific literature, courage in illness matters. It matters for survival. READ MORE.