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Originally Posted by Pierre
Like every virus known to man?
The very reason why the “common cold” is incurable. The very reason we need a flu jab every year.
More sensationalist clap trap, if a new variant is going to make the headlines every time one appears we’ll hear of nothing else.
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Well it doesn't hit the news every time. Only where it's identified as a variant of concern by our esteemed scientists, or has the same qualities as one or more of them (and likely will be added).
This could be because it is more transmissible or it evades the vaccines. Considering the success of the vaccine programme to date it's vital that everything is done to ensure that this isn't rapidly undone by an emerging new strain or we are back to lockdown and restrictions. Which we all agree is undesirable.
Keeping R below 1 for now while trying to test, trace, isolate cases is key to future success.