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Old 30-05-2021, 20:45   #5450
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
it's inevitable that a vaccine resistant variant will arise
Not inevitable, but possible, even probable, and if that happens we’ll deal with it each year, like the “flu”

Oooh, yes I’ve said the ‘F” word

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unless action is taken to drive down cases and roll out the vaccine. They're complementary actions, not competing ones.

There are no short cuts.
Just roll out the vaccine, if hospitalisations threaten the NHS, then localised restrictions could be considered but there is no suggestion anything like that is required at the moment or the near future.
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