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Originally Posted by Paul
Wow, so 3 cases now, but one isnt even in the Uk anymore.
Oh, and apparently milder symptoms as well.
So obviously we need to over-react once more and lockdown for another 6 months. 
Eventually someone will realise its a battle you can never win, and we wasted 3 years and gazillions of pounds trying.
Eventually either everyone caught it, or they were immune (natually or due to vaccines). |
A) three known cases at this point, quite like how delta started out
B) Wasn’t the primary point of lockdown to ensure that the NHS didn’t get overran with cases due to having no vaccines or treatment options, and to allow vaccines to be developed?
C) Re milder symptoms we’ve got one African Dr saying this (she’s been misquoted) and we’ve got scientists globally going ‘hmmm hang on a minute, we don’t know this yet’
We’ve got a few scenarios
1) transmission rate higher than delta, but less severe illness is potentially a route out of this entire pandemic.
2) transmission rate remains broadly similar, severity of illness remains the same = we carry on the same path as we are now
3) transmissions rate higher, severity of illness the same, significant vaccine escape = reimposition of restrictions in varying forms until updated vaccines can be rolled out.
Lockdown is only going to reoccur on option 3