RE: Brazil Mutant in UK28 Feb 2021 19:36
As you know I am 100 % behind NCYT but to say the current vaccinations are useless is not imo correct. I view them as a start , a dam good one.
The concern is the variants and the constant boosters that will be required. It has been a mammoth effort to get 20 million vaccinated , diverting doctors; the army , consultants etc to administer them , we cannot maintain this on an ongoing basis ,that is my concern. We saw today in the news people out in droves mingling , schools returning imminently and still the NHS is flat out coping with existing covid patients. We cannot remain in permanent lockdown ,we need to find a balance. That has to be a first class track and trace with accurate fast testing. I have no faith in any of the track and trace systems that I have read about thus far. Anyone who thinks testing will be reduced has not been following anything that has been happening for the last year. The big threat now is variants which impact the efficacy of the vaccines. To track these the govt needs to use the most accurate tests available to pick up every case of covid and then identify which strain it is. Testing will increase and as Sharon Pea**** said in Fridays Webinar, sequencing and vaccine efficacy go hand in hand. Test Test Test
If there are six cases found then I am in no doubt at all that multiples of that number exist and the whole risk of infecting those already vaccinated, particularly our vunerable rises to the fore.
I am generally a positive person but this situation has the potential to escalate quickly.
Turn now to the rest of the world , even our neighbours France where vaccine take up is an issue. We are looking at border closures for a very long time unless PCR testing is used. Vaccine passports only work if a vaccine is 100% effective and we know even from the govt surge testing doc that you have to take a PCR test even if vaccinated if a variant has been found in your area of residence. That is because the govt know the current vaccines do not have anywhere near 100 efficacy.
All very concerning and there has been enough unnecessary death thus far , the govt must be held accountable if they allow inferior tests to be used. Note my use of the word if. K
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