As we have bizarrely moved to Plan B for some 'unknown reason' it's probably worth a look at the figures to put some context on the decision (I'm struggling to find one btw).
As of this morning there are 6,053 people in hospital beds in England with covid, that is a 4% increase on last week when it stood at 5,829. This is the 1st week we have had an increase in over a month and it is a small one. To put some worst case scenarios into the mix, at the height of the increasing numbers (last November and this July) we were at 45% increases week on week. If we suddenly jump to those sort of increases then we will reach the peak of the hospitalisations (last January - c34K) in 5 weeks (mid-january).
Don't get me wrong I can see the benefit of vaccine passports in the right circumstances, but there is nothing to indicate that these are the right circumstances. And using the South African figures to emphasise the potential growth rate is a bit disingenuous at South Africa has about 25% of it's population with even 1 dose if I'm correct with what I'm reading.
We all know what this is about and it has nothing to do with protection and all to do with distraction.
As of this morning there are 6,053 people in hospital beds in England with covid, that is a 4% increase on last week when it stood at 5,829. This is the 1st week we have had an increase in over a month and it is a small one. To put some worst case scenarios into the mix, at the height of the increasing numbers (last November and this July) we were at 45% increases week on week. If we suddenly jump to those sort of increases then we will reach the peak of the hospitalisations (last January - c34K) in 5 weeks (mid-january).
Don't get me wrong I can see the benefit of vaccine passports in the right circumstances, but there is nothing to indicate that these are the right circumstances. And using the South African figures to emphasise the potential growth rate is a bit disingenuous at South Africa has about 25% of it's population with even 1 dose if I'm correct with what I'm reading.
We all know what this is about and it has nothing to do with protection and all to do with distraction.