We are in the process of getting Covid under control, but stocks of vaccine are delayed and no-one is safe till everyone is safe. A 3rd wave is hitting the Continent and Boris is on record, with an astounding complacency, saying that it will inevitably wash up on our shores.
Surely, surely, now is not the time to repeat some of the egregious mistakes of the last year and we should follow the examples of the countries that have weathered the storm far better than the UK and close our international borders?
Domestic businesses will be able to continue to operate on a near-normal basis and we in the UK will be able to mix while the 3rd wave progresses across the Channel.
If the borders aren't closed, the chances of a new variant arriving in the UK from the Continent will increase exponentially, as the more people are infected the greater the chances of mutations, and mutations can undo all that's been achieved so far.
If we've learned anything in the last year it's that early and firm action results in fewer human casualties and less damage to the economy.
I fear, however, that lessons won't be learned.
1 comment:
Agreed, bloody obvious!
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