COVID-19

Bloody hell Trevor, scary time for you, glad you are well now though

 

Between that and the news on the BBC that only one in 500 people were infected in the population in the week up to 10 April I'm getting a bit concerned that there won't be anything to scare us about soon.

Maybe time for another nasty variant to make an appearance somewhere?

 

Here you go,

A double mutation at that.

COVID-19: Indian double mutation variant arrives in Britain and has 'hallmarks of very dangerous virus' | UK News | Sky News

 

Thanks Mate and for the other kind remarks from other members,

 

Pathetic that we are not requiring proper hotel quarantine for travellers arriving from India.
If this variant takes a hold and proves resistant to vaccines then it risks undoing all the good work from the vaccination programme and putting us back in another lockdown later in the year.
When is this idiot government going to start being proactive instead of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted?

 

Suppose the scare stories work on some people.

The key word there is "if". Shouldn't we at least figure out whether it is the case first?

 

By which time it's got beyond containable. 'Wait and see' has been their approach all along and look where that's got us.

 

"As yet it is unknown what impact they would have on the effectiveness of the existing vaccines"

Isn't the mantra that we have to "follow the science" or is that just when it causes us to be cautious?

Evidence based decision making rather than having a panic every time a new variant pops up. It isn't even scientifically a 'variant of interest' yet let alone a 'variant of concern'. Proportional responses based on scientific evidence seems a relatively reasonable response rather than just guessing what might happen.

Plus.....its already here, as every variant across the globe will eventually be. The idea that we can 100% keep things out is a fallacy that should really ahve been forgotten about months ago by anyone with a sense of reality.

 

Of course we can't 100% keep things out. But if we had proper quarantine and better track and trace we could limit the spread from localised hotspots.

 

We have quarantine for everyone coming in plus testing. It has to be in proportion though, not just because the media have found some variant that MIGHT cause concern, it has to be based on the scientific evidence.

Test and trace is done. It never worked anyway because people didn't adhere to it but the chances of people isolating for a disease they've been vaccinated against is pretty much zero.

 

Got my follow up jab this morning I'll keep you posted, as you say all about choices but for me being seriously ill and a possibility of long term Covid, then of course the AstraZenica jab potentially being a life saver for us oldies it was a no brainer.

 

Hope it goes well mate.

 

As I posted mate it was never a situation where we would not getting the jab we've a lot of living still to do .

 

Had my 2nd last thursday, knew even less about it than my first, no side affects whatsoever......

 

No problem with either the first or second, maybe as I get told occasionally I'm think skinned .

 

India now added to the red travel list. Sensible precaution that affects relatively few people but should help slow the spread of the Indian Covid variant.

Of course this should have been done at least two weeks ago. The only reason it wasn't was because of Clown Johnson's proposed trip to India. That has now been cancelled - as was obvious to everyone but our idiotic government that it inevitably would be.

I understand from a friend I know in the foreign office that Johnson didn't want to upset Modi by cancelling for a second time. Not a good look when you're trying to get half decent post-Brexit trade deals.

Over a year into the pandemic and they are still making decisions after the damage has been done. They appear to have learned little.

 

Just came on to post this!

Of course. All the scientists that were saying "wait and see" for the last 2 weeks should just have been ignored.

They do what you wanted them to do and still not happy. Shows the mentality.

 

Not enforced until Friday though....
WHY NOT INSTANTLY??