‘Precautions’
that, even after 19 July, trumpeted as Covid freedom day, “precautions” might be needed. in 1599. Wotton recommends a certain “gentleman of Germany” who might be helped with a sum of money after “due precaution” taken to ensure his deservingness. Much later, “precautions” became . Philosophers and lawyers talk of a “precautionary principle”, which says that in the face of a risk, one should err on the side of caution. Oddly, this does not seem to be a thought that previously occurred to Johnson.
